About
Hiiii! Welcome to Outlook Ecotherapy!
We are a clinical psychologist, psychologist, and counselor who blend evidence-based interventions with nature, animals, and movement to support children, teens, young adults and their families.
We work flexibly between indoor (room-based counselling) and outdoor spaces (in the paddock), as well as offering clients opportunities for home visits, school visits, Tele-health, and community support.
The Outlook is an 18 acre property situated on Darkinyung land, which borders Avoca Lake and Pickett’s Valley on the NSW Central Coast.
Our aim is to support clients, couples, clinicians and corporate teams to create meaningful connections and sustainable change, and to advancing the research of Ecotherapy and Equine Assisted Psychology.
To refer:
Please read about our values and model of care (on this page), team, and services on offer
Open the ‘Resources’ Tab and download the Referral Forms
Return completed referral forms to Vicki, at admin@outlookecotherapy.com
Our Values
We are a team who CARES.
We are creative in our approach, bringing evidence-based practice to the outdoors, and integrating animals, movement, and play.
We are adventurous and active by offering experiences and experiments to effect new ways of thinking, feeling, and relating
We are realistic and responsible, and consider the goals of the client as well as the expectations and needs of each person in your family system
We are empathetic and will listen openly to you. We will notice your courage
We foster psychological and physical safety by actively listening and observing, working within your window of tolerance, maintaining confidentiality, and being present to the environment.
Model of Care
Holistic experiential learning
Chapters of care
We pride ourselves in doing things a little differently. At Outlook Ecotherapy, we offer evidence-based therapies with the EPI’s Equine-assisted psychotherapy (Gestalt Therapy) and complimentary therapies (yoga, breath-work). Our interventions are experiential, so clients gain immediate feedback and in-the-moment coaching.
Clients are offered chapters of care with our differing clinicians, modalities of treatment, and locations. This increases a clients’ resources, follow through and follow-up, creating greater application of skills and sustainability of change. Through receiving comprehensive and coordinated care, we can reduce wait times on a waiting list and gaps in treatment created by clinician leave (i.e. annual leave, maternity leave). Our clinicians also benefit from this model with co-management, cross-pollination of expertise, creativity and team connection.
