Outdoor

CoCo Outdoors

If we sometimes seek solace in nature, speaking to a counsellor in an outdoor environment may help. Working with a professionally trained counsellor and nature as co-therapists can allow us to explore and understand what we are going through in a safe and non-judgemental environment.

Coco Outdoors offers counselling outside the confines of a traditional counselling room. It can help us get 'unstuck' when confronting personal or professional challenges and can encourage creative and deeper ways of thinking aided by physical activity and proximity to nature. This service is for all adults over 16 to access one-to-one counselling with a trained and qualified counsellor.

When you contact us, an initial appointment will be made in an indoor setting to discuss whether outdoor counselling may be helpful to you, your availability for regular sessions and what payment you are able to make. We will also discuss issues around confidentiality and how to manage time, pace and weather. During your sessions you may choose to walk and talk, to sit in a particular spot, or to do a bit of both. You can also decide to have a combination of indoor and outdoor sessions.

If you decide to go ahead, you will be offered sessions on an agreed day and time every week for up to 12 weeks. Sessions will usually be for 50 minutes but depending on your needs, longer sessions may be offered. If the times you request are full, you will be put on a waiting list.

‘I went out for a walk and concluded that going out was really going in’- John Muir

What our clients are saying

'Depression is no longer an issue for me'

'This is a safe place'

' I like the hands off approach. The balance of poignant moments and letting me speak is very effective. The insights (of the counsellor) are very, very helpful'

'If you didn't respond, I don't know where I'd be..probably jobless, probably drinking, probably addiction'

'What is important is simply the fact that I can talk. When I got emotional, there was no embarrassment'

'Finding a way of letting go of the panic..'

'I think i'm more balanced in my state of mind'

'I could feel a cloud parting to gain clarity in my thoughts'

'I found it very transformative'

'I am more honest with myself'

'Very effective. I feel more in control and less overwhelmed by emotion'