Health and Wellbeing in Nature
Forest Therapy Victoria
Individual, Family, Corporate and Community Group sessions in Nature for Health and Wellbeing.
Forest Therapy Victoria
Health and Wellbeing in Nature
“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” – John Muir
Forest Therapy Victoria stands out as a unique nature-based counselling service by integrating the healing power of nature into therapeutic practices. Unlike traditional therapy, sessions take place in serene natural settings, where clients engage in mindfulness and sensory awareness activities. This approach harnesses the calming effects of nature to reduce stress, improve mood, and foster deep emotional healing. Whether through individual counselling, family sessions, or corporate team days, Forest Therapy Victoria offers a refreshing and effective alternative for mental health support, promoting well-being while enhancing connection with the natural environment.
Forest Therapy Victoria currently offers individual counselling, professional development workshops, corporate well-being days, and public events.
To enquire about any of Forest Therapy Victoria’s offerings, call Matt Glover on 1300 38 50 20 or email matt@foresttherapyvictoria.com.au.
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Don’t forget, you can give your loved ones the gift of a Forest Therapy experience for Christmas by purchasing one of our gift cards. Click here for more information.
The Forest Therapy Journal: Your Year in Nature
A Collaboration between Forest Therapy Victoria and Zorali
Step into the forest and find your way back to yourself. The Forest Therapy Journal is a beautifully crafted volume designed to guide you through 52 weeks of forest therapy-one for each week of the year-drawing inspiration from the natural rhythm of the season
Created by Matt Glover from Forest Therapy Victoria and Cam & Elise Greenwood from Zorali, this journal invites you to slow down, breathe deeply, and reawaken your senses. Each season-Autumn, Winter, Spring, and Summer-offers its own unique invitations for reflection, mindfulness, creativity and connection. Whether you’re walking through towering eucalypts or sitting beneath the changing canopy of your local park, these simple, nature-based practices help you pause, reflect, and realign with what matters.
Forest therapy is more than a walk in the woods-it’s a research-backed practice that reduces stress, boosts mental clarity, improves immune function, and nurtures emotional wellbeing. It reminds us that nature isn’t something we visit, but something we are part of.
This journal is your companion for cultivating presence, wonder, and peace across the year. With spacious prompts, calming exercises and seasonal wisdom, the Forest Therapy Journal helps you develop a deeper relationship with the natural world-and, in turn, with yourself.
Now available in the FTV online shop.
Research suggests that exposure to the natural world – including nearby nature in cities – helps improve human health, well-being, and intellectual capacity in ways that science is only recently beginning to understand.
Richard Louv
The Forest Therapy Victoria Team
Our guides are trained by Forest Therapy Victoria or with the International Nature and Forest therapy Alliance. We also partner with guides trained in Wayapa Wuurrk – an indigenous form of reconnecting to land.
Guides that offer 1 on 1 or group counselling are tertiary trained in counselling, are members of the Australian Counselling Association, and are supervised by MGA Counselling Services. All guides are trained in first aid, food handling, plus have current working with children checks, police checks and insurance policies.
Matt Glover
Counsellor and Lead Guide
Gail Ackroyd
Counsellor and Guide
Rhiannon Ross
Counsellor and Guide
Amanda Myring
Counsellor and Guide
Laura Cox
Counsellor and Guide
Anna Taylor
Public, Corporate and Community Groups
Melanie Cop
Public, Corporate and Community Groups
Dr Rachel Davies
Public, Corporate and Community Groups
