8-14 September 2025
Presenters: Will Dobud, PhD & John Paul Healy, PhD Abstract: This presentation examines how contemporary therapy strayed from its pragmatic and experiential foundations, becoming increasingly techno-rational, standardised, and disconnected from lived experience....
Presenter: Cindy Hansen (Holistic Research Canada) Abstract: In this interactive session, Will Dobud interviews Cindy Hansen, Chief Science Officer at Holistic Research Canada, focusing on how Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT) and Deliberate Practice (DP) can enhance...
Presenter: Graham Pringle, PhD (The School of Therapeutic Practice) Abstract: The Conversational Model (Meares) struts onto the therapy stage, ready to fix complex trauma with some serious swagger! We're diving into how complex trauma (ISSTD) messes with your...
Presenter: Andi Dickmeyer Abstract: Andi’s presentation explores the integration of clinical practice with outdoor and nature-based therapies. Drawing on findings from a recent scoping review of 58 clinical trials involving adult populations, the presentation examines...
This presentation will examine the contemporary research and evidence-base related to outdoor therapies. Attendees will examine what works in outdoor therapy and explore how to become not only evidence-builders themselves, but evidence-informed outdoor practitioners.
Join Dr Will Dobud to discuss recent updates in adventure and outdoor therapy research. Will describes evolutions of how we conceptaulise practice, namely around pathways client’s experience for change – through success and mastery, shared experiences, and hope for a...
Why are Margaret and Josh talking about adventure therapy on their wedding anniversary? Because it was working in an adventure therapy organisation in Alaska where the two met! This session will explore their most important takeaways from a career working...
What does it mean to provide professional youth work outdoors? Is it simply having fun outside or is there more to it? In this discussion, founder of Gippsland Adventure Therapy, Doug Moczynski, presents on how youth workers can operationalise “professional youth...
For many, outdoor therapy approaches focus on scaling the most dangerous climb, summiting the largest mountain, or surviving on little means in remote settings. What if there is another way to make the outdoors count through emotional safety and inclusivity? Tanya...
Fresh moving water, good food, laughter, and a sense of community. This is exactly what Jen Rees brings to her work with Flow Outdoors. In this interactive presentation, Jen’s friends Doug Moczynski and Will Dobud facilitate a Q&A with Jen to learn more about her...