Heart Wood have been running client-centred, contact-orientated, nature-based groups since 2018 with men who experience complex and enduring poor mental health.

Rab and Chip have separately been offering one-to-one nature-based therapy for over 15 years. We started running in-person CPD training weekends in 2021 and ran our first Certificate Level Training CPD Course in 2024.

The Heart Wood Certificate Level Training Course is an in-person residential course, being offered as a seven-month long training experience, totalling 100 hours of CPD.

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The focus will be on the ways of being, philosophy, ethics and structures necessary for practitioners wanting to work outside the counselling room. A large amount of the input will focus on the many attitudes and skills of working with groups in nature, most of which are transferable to one-to-one working. We will also include specific elements of working one-to-one in nature.​

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The 100 hours of training includes a minimum of five days of input in ‘Contact’ work by including the Extended Certificate in Pre-Therapy (contact reflections) certified by the Pre-Therapy International Network. 

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This course is not a qualification as such, but a rich experiential training opportunity, in line with person-centred training values, which recognises practitioners as responsible for their own learning. ​​More information can be downloaded here.​