Walk & Talk for Wellness Group

At Oakridge Counselling we like to create opportunities for people to experience the physical and mental health benefits of therapy in Mother Nature’s Playground.The Walk & Talk for Wellness Group is a safe and gentle outdoor activity, that meets once a week for 4 weeks, in groups of no more than 6 people, in Springbank Park in London Ontario

Who is the group for?

The Walk & Talk for Wellness Group is for adults that would like to explore different options for their counselling sessions.

Our Walk & Talk for Wellness Group is appropriate if:

• you are curious about alternatives to the traditional indoor, seated format
• you can physically manage gentle walking for 50 minutes
• your mental health is stable
• you are okay with the privacy differences outdoors
• you are able to set boundaries as required for confidentiality ie: when seeing someone you know, when sessions are done outside
• you want to spend less time sitting for your physical health
• you like group therapy or want to see what a group therapy program is like
• you like learning from other clients experiences in a group setting
• you want to learn or to practice new coping skills with your therapist outside of the office
• you think that moving your body might help you cope with difficult emotional work
• you find the on going face to face and/or eye contact of in office sessions or individual therapy uncomfortable
• you get triggered or mentally stuck with in office sessions and wonder if you would do better moving and in the outdoor air
• you wonder if your breathing would be more regulated when you are walking outside

Walk & Talk for Wellness Group might NOT be appropriate if?

• you prefer the traditional in-office, seated group counselling format
• you have a physical health condition or limitation that is worse with movement or when in outdoor conditions
• you are physically unable to do a gentle or slow walk for 50 minutes
• you are doing trauma work in session
• you are worried about getting “too emotional” or crying in a more public setting
• you are starting medication for a mental health condition or another condition and are not sure how you will feel or function on it
• your mental health symptoms are not well managed or stable
• you get distracted outside and might not be able to use the therapy time well outside of the office setting
• you are concerned about seeing someone you know while in an outdoor session and don’t feel able to manage the boundaries required

The Benefits of Walk & Talk Therapy

• Walk and Talk: Psychotherapy Therapy Takes a Stroll
• Park Prescriptions
• Benefits of Walk & Talk Therapy
• Mental Health Benefits of Being Outside – Ontario Parks
• How Being in Nature Benefits Your Health
• “Into the Wild” – A Review of Outdoor Therapy
• Nurtured by Nature
• All Trails – Best Trails in London Ontario

Ready to Sign up for the “Walk & Talk for Wellness Group?”

If you have questions about the program or would like to
Schedule your “Pre-Group Consultation Call” with Elizabeth Lacey

Elizabeth Lacey specializing in Counselling for Women’s & Clinical Supervision for Couples Therapists. As well as Relationship Therapy for One and counselling for mental health symptom management and self care and individual Walk & Talk Therapy Sessions. Sessions are available in-person in London Ontario and online throughout Ontario.

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