Nature Based Therapy is a therapeutic and educational brand founded by Kit Kline, a social worker, clinical supervisor, and leader in nature-based mental health. This emerging field blends holistic health with complementary therapies and is used by professionals to support emotional, physical, and cognitive wellbeing. Kit’s work integrates Indigenous wisdom, trauma-informed care, and nature connection. Listen to Kit and other experts share their insights and stories.
In this episode, Kit Kline is joined by Richard Scales, founder of Therapeutic Horticulture with WA the Scales Way. Richard shares his journey of bringing nature into classrooms and communities, showing how plants, gardens, and green spaces can nurture learning, wellbeing, and connection.
Together, they explore the power of horticulture as therapy, how nature can be a teacher in itself, and the importance of slowing down to reconnect with the living world around us.
🌱 Whether you’re an educator, parent, or practitioner, this conversation invites you to see nature as a classroom for growth, healing, and resilience.
👉 Learn more and connect with Richard:
📧 Email: thwithwathescalesway@gmail.com
📘 Facebook: Therapeutic Horticulture with WA the Scales Way (https://www.facebook.com/share/1CJ7DJEzaA/?mibextid=wwXIfr)
✨ Explore more about Nature Based Therapy at www.naturebasedtherapy.com.au
12 Sept 2025
🎧 Episode 9 Grounded in Country: Nature-Based Community Development
In this episode, Kit Kline is joined by Karen Jesson, a passionate nature journaler, writer, gardener, and community connector. With over 17 years of experience in Community Development, Karen brings deep wisdom and lived practice into her work. She holds a Diploma in Community Development and recently completed the Advanced Accreditation in Nature-Based Therapy in April 2024.
Karen shares how she’s weaving nature-based approaches into community development—supporting stronger connections, fostering resilience, and promoting nature as a tool for self-care. Together, we explore how grounding in country can nurture individuals, families, and communities.
🌱 Whether you’re a practitioner, community worker, or simply curious about the healing power of nature, this conversation will inspire you to see new ways of integrating the natural world into collective wellbeing.
👉 Listen now and discover more resources at www.naturebasedtherapy.com.au
#NatureBasedTherapy #CommunityDevelopment #GroundedInCountry #HolisticMentalHealth #KitKlinePodcast
5 Sept 2025
🎧 Episode 8 Remembering Our Roots : Nature, Culture and the African Spirit with Sharlene Cohen
In this heartfelt conversation, Kit Kline is joined by Sharlene Cohen, Founder of Urban Rewild, who shares her journey of reconnecting with the natural world and the African spirit. Sharlene is deeply inspired by wild places and the wisdom they carry, and she works to nurture harmony between people, animals, and the environment.
Together, they explore the importance of remembering our roots, honouring culture, and finding belonging through nature. This episode invites you to reflect on how nature can reconnect us to spirit, ancestry, and the collective human story.
🌿 Tune in to discover how the African spirit and cultural traditions can guide us back to a deeper sense of connection—with ourselves, with others, and with the land.
👉 Listen now and explore more resources at www.naturebasedtherapy.com.au
#NatureBasedTherapy #AfricanSpirit #CulturalHealing #ReconnectWithNature #HolisticMentalHealth #KitKlinePodcast
13 Aug 2025
🌿 Episode 7: The Art of Awe with Sheryl Hanula
In this 7th episode, Kit sits down with Sheryl Hanula, Founder and CEO of Nourishmeant Radical Wellness https://www.instagram.com/nourishmeant_radical_wellness/ to explore the transformative power of awe—how slowing down, noticing the extraordinary in the everyday, and embracing wonder can shift our perspective, renew our spirit, and reconnect us to what truly matters.
Whether it’s found in the vastness of a landscape or the detail of a single flower, awe has the power to open our hearts and minds.
About Sheryl Hanula:
Sheryl is a community, wellness, and psychedelic advocate focused on the relationship between ecology and consciousness through therapeutic nature practices and embodied meditation. With 20 years of experience in cultural diversity and transformative experiences, she founded https://www.instagram.com/nourishmeant_radical_wellness/Nourishmeant Radical Wellness, offering programs that reconnect individuals with their bodies and nature. As Operations Manager of the Psychedelic Association of Canada, she works with professionals, Indigenous nations, and government agencies to promote safe and ethical access to psychedelic medicine for mental health.
🎧 Listen now and reconnect with the wonder around you.
👉 Visit www.naturebasedtherapy.com.au to explore more episodes and resources.
27 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 6: 🌿Bringing Self-Care into Motherhood and Menopause
Holistic health practitioner Cynthia Johnson discusses self-care practices during motherhood and menopause with Kit Kline, highlighting nature's wisdom and inner alignment in this interview.
25 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 5: 🌿 Unearthed: Healing Plants and the SELF with Dr. Lani Roy
Dr. Lani Roy discusses plant medicine, ancestral connections, and Indigenous knowledge as tools for self-healing and rediscovering one's true identity in this interview.
19 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 4: Nature, Nurture, and Intention: Family Therapy in the Outdoors with Jonty
Jonty Perchard discusses how nature acts as a co-facilitator in family therapy, building trust and nurturing deeper connections in an interview with Kit Kline.
19 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 3: Processing GRIEF through Nature Connection with Dani
Nature-based therapist Daniela Henshaw Hill discusses with Kit how nature's cycles and stillness provide metaphors and medicine for processing grief and returning to wholeness in this interview.
17 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 2: Neuro Meets Neurodiversity with Louise Finn
Kit Kline interviews Louise Finn, a nature-based therapist, about the intersection of the nervous system, trauma, and neurodiversity in therapy and life.
13 Jun 2025
🎧 Episode 1: Time to RECHARGE with Peta Jay
Host Kit Kline interviews nature-based therapist Peta Jay, who discusses how nature serves as a co-therapist and guides individuals on their healing journeys.
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