Outdoor Play Therapy with Kim Wood - experience and learn about it for yourself at the 2025 Creative Mental Health Forum.
Introducing Kim Wood
Meet Kim Wood, a biologist turned therapist, with a deep-rooted passion for working with kids outdoors on her farm in Bannockburn, west of Melbourne.
Kim’s journey from teaching horse riding to studying Child Play Therapy has led her to establish Heartwood Health, where she integrates her love for nature with her therapeutic practice.
With 27 horses, 6 dogs, and a bustling farm life, Kim finds immense joy in sharing her natural haven with others and witnessing the positive impact it has on their well-being.
Image: a child exploring a dam at Heartwood Health Farm.
We are thrilled to welcome Kim as a facilitator at the 2025 Creative Mental Health Forum and Collective Care Retreat.
Image: a four dogs accompanied by a child exploring a grassy bank in rocky terrain at Heartwood Health Farm.
About Kim's workshop
Join us for an engaging session focused on the practicalities and benefits of offering clients and their families a private, peaceful outdoor space in which to play.
Kim Wood will shares her practice wisdom into the advantages of incorporating playfulness into work and taking clients outdoors, providing practical advice and considerations.
This workshop will provide an informative and experiential learning opportunity, emphasising how this approach can benefit clients of all ages. You can expect to participate in activities designed so that you can learn about what outdoor play therapy is, and experience first hand what it feels like for yourself, here in beautiful Boon Wurrung Country with Inverloch’s pristine coastal environments as your playground.
Kim’s website can be found at www.heartwoodhealth.com.au
Join us for the fifth annual Creative Mental Health Forum. 2nd – 5th May 2025.
Boon Wurrung Country: Inverloch, Victoria, Australia.
An immersive professional development event for allied health professionals, educators and creative practitioners who are deeply interested in the new paradigm of creative mental health and wellbeing.
Join us for the fifth annual Creative Mental Health Forum.
2nd – 5th May 2025.
WE WELCOME
CREATIVE THERAPISTS,
ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
AND EDUCATORS WHO:
want to learn more about creative mental health,
be inspired by holistic and diverse workshops and presenters,
connect with like minded practitioners,
and “refill your well” with time in a beautiful nurturing environment and space for self care.
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