Walk and Talk Therapy

A Clinician’s Guide to Incorporating Movement and Nature into Your Practice

By: Jennifer Udler LCSW-C

Narrated by: Faith Connor

Feeling restricted by her office-bound clinical practice, licensed clinical social worker Jen Udler decided to take therapy outdoors. Walking on local nature trails with her clients proved to be the breakthrough Jen was looking for. The calming presence of nature provided a varied backdrop, offering natural metaphors for each client's experience, while the rhythmic movement cultivated deeper connections between mind and body.

In Walk and Talk Therapy: A Clinician's Guide to Incorporating Movement and Nature into Your Practice, Jen presents the many benefits of an outdoor psychotherapy practice and provides tools for clinicians to develop their own version, no matter where or with whom they practice.

Inside, you'll find answers for your questions about how to take your therapy practice outside, including:

- Advice on foundational concerns such as ethics and safety

- Tips to preserve confidentiality in a public setting

- Practical considerations like timing, note taking, and the inherent unpredictability of the great outdoors

Learn how you can harness the unique beauty of each passing season to help your clients discover a healing sense of direction and meaning.

©2023 Jennifer Udler (P)2023 Tantor

A good grounding start

I was thinking of other possibilities of counseling other than sitting for long outs and searched if walking and talking has existed and this beautiful book came up to me with useful tips, courage, what to search for, what to put in mind, safeties and a lot more to start.

I'm a very picky reader,and this is a great book!

Great real life examples of walk and talk therapy, practical advice, and great research. Wonderful perspective of this approach. The writer did a wonderful job of thinking of many aspects of this type of therapy and wrote about them in an interesting and comprehensive way. This book definitely was able to keep my attention and normally I struggle to finish books. Great read!

Outstanding read

I learned so much from the book, knowledge has opened and expanded my mindset. Thank you for sharing

Disappointed

Overall it was not completely useless. There were a few insights at the end of the book. The first portion was a disappointing memoir. The "Research" review was an uninsightful review of books like the "Body Keeps the Score" and "Why Zebras Don't Get Ulsers". It was clear that the Author lacks real facility with the clinical literature. 2 Stars instead of 1 because of the single insight that a therapist should call their insurance and their lawyer before doing something. Overall, could have been a Blog Post and been more effective.