Episode 3

Healing in the Heart of a Forest

Do you love nature or just being outdoors? Maybe you’re not sure whether talk therapy on its own is entirely for you? Perhaps you have a spiritual connection to the land. This episode on Forest Therapy is for you!

 

In today’s episode you get a glimpse of what it is like to sit Inside the Therapy Room or rather the outdoor therapy space. Where we discuss why being in nature is so powerful, Matt shares his profound personal and professional experiences, and how forest therapy is different from just going for a walk.

 

Matt is the Director of MGA Counselling Services and provides individual, couple, family, and group counselling.

 

He is also the founder of Forest Therapy Victoria. Matt has a special interest in relationship counselling, grief, trauma, abuse recovery, high sensitivity, and spirituality.

 

Matt provides professional and personal development courses on a range of topics and speaks regularly at conferences and in the media on sexuality and mental health.

 

Aside from his counselling work, Matt also freelances as a cartoonist and illustrator. He is the author and illustrator of the Shapes, Lines and Dots: Creativity and Wellbeing for Kids series of books, plus regularly does commissions for corporate and community clients. He runs cartoon incursions in schools around the country, as well as the unique “Creativity and Wellbeing” workshops that combine his cartooning skills with mindful practice.

 

More details can be found at http://mattglover.com

 

Interested in Forest Therapy? https://www.foresttherapyvictoria.com.au/

 

Want to know more about Matt? Head to https://mgacounselling.com.au/

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Samantha Sellers

Sam is a registered therapist in Australia; she specialises in Religious Trauma, Deconstruction and the Queer Community. She works locally in Goulburn, NSW and online worldwide (except US & Canada)

She values the privilege that she gets to sit with people, hear their story and share in the highs and lows of the thing we call life. Sam loves nothing more than being a part of someone feeling seen and heard.

Sam is a proudly queer woman and married to the wonderful Chrissy and together they have a sweet Cavoodle named Naya who is a frequent guest in the therapy space.