A Hybrid Wild Therapy Training - encountering our wild edges through outdoor, indoor and online therapy

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Nick Totton's book "Wild Therapy'

In 2012 this year-long journey for therapists and other related professionals, exploring wild and domestication, was seeded by Nick Totton and carried forward by a web of facilitators over the last 14 years.

Our lineage is interwoven with other than human residents and spirits of the land, with the many participants and facilitators, with the history, with the people in the background who are never seen and noticed but who play their part in holding the whole, with the sun and moon and stars, with fires lit from the ashes of the old fires, with the wind and the rain, with the mycelium which permeates far and wide, and so much more....all these aspects of Wild Therapy move together in a complex and ever changing dance of life.

Once training has completed you are welcome to join our growing community, who meet monthly online and once a year at an in person 3 day gathering. With opportunities to team up to create interesting off shoots like Wild Couples & Wild Therapy with dogs.





Wild Therapy beginings and history

Wild Therapy website

This is an 18-day hybrid Wild Therapy training over 10 months, combining residential weekends, a non residential weekend, online learning, supervised practice, journalling, and peer support between September 2027 and June 2028.

Designed for therapists, practitioners, and helping professionals. This is a grounded, relational, embodied and practice-based Wild Therapy training which balances depth, accessibility, professional rigour, and real-world integration.

Training Overview:
Wild Therapy solo, in pairs and small groups outdoors, indoors, and online.

This training combines:
•	Certification in Wild Therapy
•   Complexity-informed relational approaches
•   Reflection and supervision
•   Seasonal and ecological awareness
•	Accessibility and inclusivity
•	Ongoing community connection

The land and venues are accessible for people who experience marginalisation and exclusion. Ideal for participants wanting a deep and meaningful training without long periods away from home.



 



Why choose a hybrid Wild Therapy Training?

Rookhow Venue

Exploring the edges of wild and domesticated through outdoor, indoor and online therapy.

September 10th to 14th 2027 – Opening Residential
At: Rookhow, Cumbria 
4 nights focused on:
•	Building group connection
•	Wild Therapy practice in pairs
•	Beginning sit spot practice
•	Embodied learning outdoors

October 2027 – February 2028
Online meeting - 2nd Saturday in the month:
•	Peer supervision
•	Reflection and integration
•	Practice sharing
•	Winter Dreaming project support
•   Theory teaching and discussion

March 2028 – City Weekend (Date TBC)
Durham City NON residential – 3 nights
•   Wild Therapy in urban settings
•	Indoor and outdoor practice
•	Display and witnessing of Winter Dreaming projects

One online meeting in April and May - 2nd Saturday in the month:
Beginning Integration

June 9th to 13th 2028 - Final Residential at Rookhow:
4 nights focused on:
•	Full-day sit spot practice
•	Consolidation and reflection
•	Final peer practice sessions
•	Closing and integration



Training Structure

This training welcomes and can accommodate participants with mobility restrictions, wheelchair users, hard of hearing participants, and people who identify as marginalised.

Rookhow venue includes:
•	Accessible facilities
•	Hearing loop in the main room

 For all participants at Rookhow:
•	Indoor showers and toilets, fire circles in woodland spaces, yurt, indoor facilitation space with under floor heating and wood burning stove, full modern and well equipped kitchen with wood burning stove and recreation space. Food will be provided and evening meals will be lovingly and skilfully prepared by one of our Wild Therapy community, who is also a chef. Sleeping is shared bunks rooms or camping.

Durham venue will also include disability access. You will need to find your own accommodation and food for this NON residential weekend. These costs are NOT covered in the course fees.

The 3 tier pricing is designed to offer financial accessibility and flexibility. (see pricing)

Group size: 18




Venue Information - Accessibility and Inclusion

There are a series of introductory online Saturdays, from 10am to 2pm, designed to offer you a small taste of Wild Therapy and to come along and meet Jayne and some of the assistants. 

Dates:
2026
7th November

2027
13th March
8th May 
10th July

Cost: £5 to £20 (pay what you can afford)

We will offer some experiential Wild Therapy and get a feel for both outdoor and indoor (on your own in your own place) and how the online sessions during the training might feel and work. 

These Intro online sessions will also give you a chance to learn more about the training and bring your questions to the team.

To book contact: Jayne - mail@jaynejohnson.co.uk

A zoom link will sent nearer to the date of your chosen Intro session and after confirmation of your booking has been received.

Wild Therapy Online Introduction Saturdays 

This training will be supported by volunteer assistants from the Wild Therapy community. Up to two volunteers for residential and non residential sessions and up to four for online sessions.

Volunteers assistants will be there to support Jayne Johnson as the main facilitator holding the training. They will also be there to support the participants for practical and emotional needs throughout the training. Some of them may offer some aspects of facilitation as agreed with Jayne at the time.

They are all enthusiastic Wild Therapists in their own right and they are taking this step towards learning and understanding how to plan, organise, and facilitate a Wild Therapy training.

Wild Therapy Assistants


✔︎ INCLUDES all training and access to theory material.

✔︎ INCLUDES accommodation for both residential sessions at Rookhow. This will be shared bunk rooms OR for a solo space - bring your own tent or camper van. 

✔︎ INCLUDES all food for residential parts of the training.

✘ EXCLUDES accommodation and food for the non-residential city-based part of the training.

✘ EXCLUDES travel expenses.
 
Pricing structure:

🌳 Thriving – Supporter Tier
£2,950 Supports wider accessibility and contributes towards lower-cost places for others.

🌿 Striving – Standard Tier
£2,250 - standard training fee 

🌱 Surviving – Access Tier
£1,500 For participants on low income, experiencing challenging life circumstances, or identifying as marginalised.
Limited to 4 places.

Deposit:
£300 deposit required

Flexible payment plans available.

➤ By agreeing to join the training, you accept responsibility for payment of the full fee, regardless of whether all parts of the training are attended.


£ Pricing

Course Requirements:

80% attendance throughout the course.

Practice Clients:
Participants are expected to work with one or more practice clients throughout the course, including:
•	3 outdoor sessions
•	3 indoor sessions
•	3 online sessions

Practice reflections can be recorded through writing, artwork, poetry, photography, or other creative forms.

Course Journal:
Participants keep an ongoing journal throughout the training documenting learning, experiences, reflections, and creative responses.

Sit Spot Practice:
•	Opening sit spot during the first residential
•	Half-day sit spot completed independently during online learning
•	Full-day sit spot during the final residential

Winter Dreaming Project:
During the winter months participants create a self-directed Winter Dreaming project through writing, artwork, poetry, photography, or other creative forms.

Participants not meeting certification requirements will receive an attendance certificate.



Requirements and Certification

There will be a series of introductory on line sessions designed to offer a small taste of Wild Therapy on the following Saturdays 10am to 2pm (see Wild Therapy Online Introduction Saturdays button) :

2026
7th November

2027
13th March
8th May 
10th July

For applications we invite you for an informal chat online to explore if this training is suitable and fits well for you and us.  

Once we have agreed together then we will send you an application form to complete and return with your deposit.

Contact: Jayne - mail@jaynejohnson.co.uk


How to apply for this training

Jayne Johnson's personal substack

I was in the first Wild Therapy training group as a participant with Nick Totton (the person who seeded Wild Therapy) in 2012. 

I have since gone on to facilitate six year long Wild Therapy Trainings, all with different flavours and a variety of co facilitators.
 
I have over 20 years experience in holistic and therapeutic practices. My work includes one to one support and supervision online, as well as facilitating groups in wild and wonderful places.

I also offer group work and retreats for Shamanic and movement based practices.  

I have completed two in depth trainings in Warm Data with Nora Bateson and from these I will be bringing my embodied experience and understanding of complex systems, to inform this training. https://www.warmdata.life 

I am in the process of writing my first book "Edgewalker', which I hope to be completed in 2027.

I also include the ground breaking work of Iain McGilchrist's right and left hemisphere understanding into my work and life.





Jayne Johnson

To contact us:
Email - mail@jaynejohnson.co.uk

Website: www.wildtherapy.uk

You tube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@WildTherapy-y9h

Jayne's personal substack: https://substack.com/@jaynejohnson62

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