Why Walk?
The client: "From my perspective, the reason walking therapy is more beneficial for me is that it allows me to think and talk to a flow and a rhythm.
I find the intensity and directness of therapy within closed walls to be somewhat suffocating at times, with the focus constantly on you and your thoughts. With walking, the environment softens and it allows you a free and open stream of conversation and thought.”
CEO, Finance
From my point of view as a therapist, it's simply an alternative to working in a therapist's practice room which some people prefer and benefit from.
I notice for some the change in location brings a sense of being closer to themselves. At times the space may lend perspective, and a feeling of liberty from the stress of a hectic life.
Mood may sometimes be elevated just from stepping out of the office and away from the desk and we see changes in the work and feelings, alongside the changes in the seasons.
How does it work?
We find a location
that's convenient and a
time that suits our
schedules.
We can stick to the paths
near your work for
lunch hours or meet in
green spaces.
Often it's a really welcome
breather in the working day
which actually helps with
focus and stress, or a lunch
break, for others we meet
before or after work.
The location may change,
but the feeling at the end
rarely does, a lift in mood,
or a sense of something
shifting as we wander
or sit on a bench.
For others its simply a
transition from working
together within my
practice room, and
later in the work,
a desire to see what it's
like to work outside.