Spending time outdoor and in nature can significantly improve our mental and physical health. Walk-and-talk therapy combines physical activity, nature, and talk therapy to form a wrap around approach that can help with mental health in a number of ways, including:
- reducing anxiety, depression, and stress
- reducing intrusive and ruminative thoughts, and an increased ability to be present
-increased energy, sense of well being, and emotional regulation.
Most of the hour is spent talking through whatâs been happening, how youâve been reacting, and what patterns keep showing up â your counsellor asks questions, reflects things back, and helps you put words to it â so you leave with a clearer sense of what came up and what to keep noticing between sessions.
