About me
Working in Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders, Just Wandering Outdoor Therapy offers psychodynamic counselling & psychotherapy in nature, where the open air and natural surroundings support a gentle exploration of your thoughts, feelings, and unconscious patterns.
This approach combines psychodynamic therapy with the calming, regulative presence of the natural environment. Rooted in the understanding that unconscious patterns and early relational experiences shape current behaviour and emotional life, psychodynamic therapy supports insight, emotional processing, and long-term growth.
As we walk, sit, or simply breathe outdoors, we create space to gently explore your inner world - using nature’s metaphors to illuminate feelings, relationships, and experiences that might otherwise remain hidden. Meeting outdoors allows nature to act as a co-therapist - offering a grounding, spacious setting in which to explore complex feelings, relational dynamics, and the deeper layers of your inner experience.
This work is especially suited for those facing challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, or major life changes who are ready to engage in deeper self-reflection and healing.
All bodies, identities, and life experiences are welcome here. Nature meets you exactly where you are-and so do I. Together, we’ll walk alongside your process-finding insight, clarity, and renewal one step at a time.
Training, qualifications & experience
Qualifications:
- Post Graduate Diploma – Human Relations & Psychodynamic Counselling – Robert Gordon University
- COSCA Certificate in Clinical Supervision – Crossreach
- British Association of Ski Patrollers (BASP) – Outdoor First Aid
- Foundation – Human Relations & Psychodynamic Counselling – Human Development Scotland
- MSc – Outdoor Environmental & Sustainability Education – Edinburgh University
- BSc – Conservation & Countryside Management – University of Derby
- Mountain Leader Training Board (MLTB) – Mountain Leader (Summer)
- Mountain Leader Training Board (MLTB) – Mountain Leader (Winter) – Training
Training:
- Complex Trauma Institute – Stage One – Safety & Stabilisation (2 days)
- Counselling Children and Young People (120 hours)
- Anna Freud Centre Mentalization Based Therapy – Children & Young People (MBT-CYP)
- Tavistock & Portman Understanding Groups – Reflective Practice & Work Discussion (4 days)
- Tavistock & Portman – Children and Young People – Understanding Adolescence (72 hrs)
- NSPCC Designated Child Protection Lead (2 days)
- PHAROS Offsite Safety Management (2 days)
- Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) Children Young People & Families (online course)
Experience: (Over 2000 clinical hours of practice)
- Venture Trust - Outdoor Practice & Development Manager/Outdoor Therapist
- Lifelink - Associate Psychotherapist Scottish Prison Service
- Human Development Scotland - Academic Tutor Post Graduate Diploma - Human Relations & Psychodynamic Counselling Course
- Human Development Scotland - Course Lead - COSCA Supervision Training course
- University of Highlands & Islands - Academic Tutor - Post Graduate Certificate in Outdoor & Adventure Therapeutic Practice
- Association of Outdoor Therapy - Founding Member & Committee Member
- Youth Vision - Committee Member
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- Class Identity
- Male socialization
- Male identity - vulnerability/tenderness
- Ex-service personnel/military veteran work
- Criminal justice work
- Nature connection
Therapies offered
Fees
£65.00 per session
Additional information
I support up to x 2 client sessions per week, at the Concessionary Rate of £45 per session.
Concessionary Sessions are for clients who are unemployed, receiving benefits and/or on a low income, who otherwise would not be able to afford the full session fee.
Concessionary Sessions can only be booked as and when they are available.
Please note, we do not operate a Waiting List for Concessionary Sessions as the waiting list for concessionary sessions very quickly becomes very long and unserviceable.
When I work
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I currently only work private practice on Monday and Friday's but will be increasing hours into Thursday's from mid September 2026
Further information
Reach out to schedule a brief 15-minute phone call to ask questions and see if psychodynamic therapy feels right for you.
Your first session is a 50-minute online meeting where we’ll explore your current challenges and your connection to nature. We’ll also plan your next session together. The second session will be outdoors, in a location you choose - giving you a chance to experience how we work, set therapy goals, and build trust in a natural setting.
We’ll have a clear foundation to build on, and you’ll have the freedom to decide if continuing the work feels right for you.
There’s no fixed timeline for this work - it’s a process of ongoing discovery. Some clients come for a short period during a time of transition, while others stay longer to explore deeper patterns. However long you choose to continue, the aim is to support your growth in a way that feels steady, meaningful, and rooted in your lived experience.
