VIC AABAT Spring Offering - Philosophical & Practical Immersion for Practitioners in nature & ACT

Alternative Directions founder Adam Dickinson, is offering a workshop  exploring the uses of therapeutic theories and resources based around Acceptance & Commitment Therapy combined with sitting/playing/working in natural places to allow opportunity and useful change to not only occur during an outdoor session but to provide ongoing ideas/strategies that can be returned to and utilised after the outdoor event/experience.

Participants will be guided through a 3-hour experience and be given time at the conclusion of the experience to unpack the conversation and resources provided and how to incorporate the ideas and resources used into their own programs. This workshop is not to be seen as the facilitator as the expert, rather as a chance to be involved at looking at an experience and seeing whether it contains useful ideas to be used in other ways. (Participants will be encouraged to bring their own resources/ideas to strengthen the outcomes of the day)

Alternative Directions believes immersion in natural places allows thickening of individuals self-understanding, yet the paradox is that it sometimes leaves participants with complex ideas about how to utilise the skills learnt back in their wider community.

Outline of day

• Introduction/acknowledgement of country
• Guided 3 hour session, utilising the local natural environment and ACT frameworks.
• A conversation on the usefulness and possibilities of the activity
• BYO lunch; the lunch session will also involve the meaningful discussion on how best to make coffee/hot tea in an outdoor setting.
• Final session, leaping back to our homes. Participants will be invited, and this is definitely not a compulsory activity to undertake, it's a water activity, an activity that is over in one minute, although a wetsuit may be desirable.

Cost
$10 to cover costs

What to bring
- BYO lunch & snacks
- Pen
- Day pack
- 2 water bottles
- A cup
- Notebook
- Appropriate outdoor clothing (please check the weather)
- Mobile phone
- Personal medication
If you wish to take part in the final leap back home activity, please bring bathers and or a wetsuit.

Please be aware that the day will be mobile and requires participants to walk on an 8km return journey through the coastal state park Edwards Point in St Leonards.

COVID POLICY

If you are attending this workshop, just a quick reminder of our COVID and vaccination Policy as per State Government requirements. 

As a condition of participation, ticket holders must abide by all relevant State Government mandated COVID restrictions and must be vaccinated.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.