Nature prescribing is a non-pharmacological intervention where healthcare professionals recommend spending time with nature as a way to improve and enhance health & wellbeing outcomes.

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Natural environments provide powerful healing benefits that impact all areas of our health and wellbeing; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Forest Therapy practices enhance these health & wellbeing benefits through a wide variety of evidence based practices. 

 

Nature prescribing builds on humans' biophilia (love of natural environments) and a well developed general framework for restorative environments. It may be useful for the prevention of and therapy for chronic physical and mental health conditions.

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Nature Therapy programs can be facilitated in a wide variety of natural environments from local parks and community or care gardens, wetlands and beaches, and can be effectively adapted to suit indoor spaces as needed. Forest Therapy specifically harnesses the healing power of phytoncides within forest environments.

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Here are 6 key health benefits of Forest Therapy & Bathing

Download Nature Prescription Program pdf

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Australian Journal of General Practice: Prescribing in General Practice - view article​

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What is involved in setting up Nature Prescribing?

 

There are no costs involved for the practitioner in this Nature Prescription Program and it's a very simple process to implement. In line with the Australian Journal of General Practitioners (AJGP) recommendations, we can establish either verbal advice or written referrals to access this service. Referrals could include the type of activity, frequency and duration depending on the client's individual needs.

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Nature Therapy programs can be integrated into chronic disease care plans and team care arrangements to support and enhance client's recovery, health & wellbeing such as part of diabetes management or physical rehabilitation programs. It can also be effectively incorporated into mental healthcare plans for those experiencing mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety & chronic stress.

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Free Forest Bathing Walks are available along with priced programs. I am currently sourcing grant funding to cover the costs of sessions for referral clients so that they can also access the priced programs as a subsidised service. In the interim, the cost per session is discounted to $30 for 90 minutes of forest therapy which includes a herbal tea with light nourishment.

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​​Are you ready to incorporate Nature Prescriptions into your General Practice?​

 

​Contact me and let's share a conversation about how we can work together to implement personalised referral programs for your clients today.