Edenhope Integrated Psychotherapy

11/09/2026

When was the last time you took a day just for you?
Many of us spend our days caring for others—supporting family, clients, our community, or managing the many demands of everyday life. Over time, it can be easy to lose sight of our own need for rest, connection, and renewal.

This is why we have created Nourish & Replenish—a restorative workshop offering space to pause, reflect, and restore your sense of balance.

Surrounded by trees, birdlife, and the quiet presence of the land, you’ll be invited to step away from the busyness of everyday life and reconnect with yourself through nature, horses, and gentle mind-body practices.

During the workshop, we will explore:
• The calming presence of horses, noticing how their natural way of being can invite greater awareness, calm, and regulation within our own nervous system
• Gentle, practical mind-body strategies, including somatic and polyvagal-informed practices, to support wellbeing in everyday life
• Time observing and connecting with the herd, creating space for reflection, fresh perspective, and renewed clarity
• Creative reflection and restorative experiences in nature to help integrate your experience, reconnect with yourself, and leave feeling nurtured and replenished

No horse experience is needed—just come as you are, with curiosity and a willingness to slow down.

Saturday 7 November 2026
9:30am – 3:00pm

Edenhope Homestead, Gembrook

Facilitated by Lindy Spanger (Clinical Psychotherapist & PACFA Accredited Supervisor) and Michelle Brooks (Certified Practising Counsellor & Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioner).

Includes:
• 5-hour nature-based workshop
• Equine-Assisted Learning experiences (non-riding)
• Somatic and nervous system regulation practices
• Small group experience (maximum 12 participants)
• Country-style morning tea

Early Bird: $249 incl. GST (book before 30 September)
Standard: $275 incl. GST

We all need moments to pause, reconnect, and restore. Taking time for ourselves helps us return to everyday life feeling more grounded, present, and connected.

We would love to welcome you to share this special day with us—to spend time with the horses, reconnect with yourself, and experience the peace and restoration that comes from being present in nature.

Find out more or book your place:
https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenish

08/09/2026

People often ask me, "Why horses?" or "How do horses support therapy?" They're great questions—and not always easy to answer, because so much of it is experienced rather than explained.

One of the reasons I love working with horses is that they have an incredible way of helping us slow down, without saying a word. They don't ask us to be anything other than who we are in that moment. They aren't interested in the masks we wear or the roles we play. Instead, they simply respond to what we bring—our presence, our body language, and our energy.

In doing so, they gently invite us to notice what's happening within ourselves. Are we rushing? Holding our breath? Carrying tension? Feeling disconnected? Or are we present, grounded, and open?

Horses have a remarkable way of bringing us back to the present moment. And often, that's where healing, insight, and meaningful change begin.

They remind us of something we often forget—that sometimes the most important thing we can do is simply slow down, be present, and listen to ourselves.

If you'd like to experience this for yourself, I'd love to invite you to Nourish & Replenish, a restorative workshop that I'm co-facilitating with Lindy Spanger on Saturday 7 November at Edenhope Homestead in Gembrook.

Together, we'll spend the day connecting with the horses, exploring practical mind-body strategies to support your nervous system, and embracing the peace and beauty of nature. You'll leave with simple practices you can continue to use in everyday life, along with a renewed sense of calm, connection, and balance.

No horse experience is needed—just a willingness to slow down and be present.

For more information or to book your place, visit: https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenish

I'd love to hear from you—what have horses taught you?
- Michelle

02/09/2026

Our popular Nourish & Replenish workshop is returning.
Do you spend your days caring for others?

Whether supporting family, clients, your community, or managing the demands of everyday life, it can be easy to put your own wellbeing last.

Nourish & Replenish offers a space to slow down, reconnect with yourself, and restore your sense of balance.

Set amidst the peaceful surrounds of Edenhope Homestead, this restorative workshop invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect through gentle interactions with horses, mind-body practices that support nervous system regulation, and time immersed in nature.

Together, we will explore the calming presence of horses, practical regulation tools, and reflective experiences designed to support renewal, clarity, and personal growth.

No horse experience is needed—just a willingness to slow down, be curious, and be present.

Facilitated by Lindy Spanger (Clinical Psychotherapist & PACFA Accredited Supervisor) and Michelle Brooks(Certified Practising Counsellor & Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioner).

Saturday 7 November 2026
9:30am – 3:00pm
Edenhope Homestead, Gembrook
Includes:
• 5-hour nature-based workshop
• Equine-Assisted Learning experiences (non-riding)
• Somatic and nervous system regulation practices
• Small group experience (maximum 12 participants)
• Country-style morning tea

Early bird: $249 incl. GST (before 30 September)
Standard rate: $275 incl. GST

Bookings and more information https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenish

Caring for ourselves helps us continue to show up for others with greater balance and presence.

11/05/2026

What a wonderful day we had as part of our Nourish and Replenish PD, designed to support therapists and mental health workers experiencing burnout.

We engaged in somatic Polyvagal-informed processes, explored new tools to help regulate and co-regulate with clients, spent time in reflective presence with the horses, and integrated our experience through creative expression.

”Best PD ever! Nourishing and wholesome...why do we have to leave?" - Julie
”It was an incredible experience and a fantastic introduction to this work” - Kirsten
”Thank you to the Ponies and Michelle and Lindy for a grounding, calming, soothing and peaceful day.” Heather
"Thank you, its not often that I experience a sense of no time just pure in the moment" - Anne-Marie

We will be running these PDs again in the warmer months.

To find out more about our PDs and register your interest, click on the link below: https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenishpd2026

27/04/2026

Last chance to join us this Saturday. Spaces nearly full.

A gentle pause. A breath. A return to yourself.

If you spend your days holding space for others, this is your invitation to be held — to soften, reconnect, and replenish your own nervous system in a supportive, nature-based setting.

Nourish & Replenish is an immersive PD experience for therapists, weaving together somatic practices, mindfulness, creative expression, and the quiet grounding presence of horses.

Set within the peaceful surrounds of Edenhope Homestead, this day is about tending to the person behind the practitioner.

Spaces are limited and nearly full.

$249 | 5 PD hours
Secure your place: https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenishpd2026

Come as you are… leave feeling nourished, replenished, and reconnected.

Nourish & Replenish PDA day of connection, rest and renewal with horsesHelping others means holding space for pain, urgency and complex emotions every day.As therapists, we are continually holding space for others’ pain. We sit with their sorrow, their confusion, their anger, and their hope. This ...

20/04/2026

What happens to your nervous system after a day of holding space for others?
Do you notice yourself still “switched on” long after sessions end?
Or moving from client to client without much space to land back in your own body?

For many therapists and practitioners, the work requires deep attunement—but often leaves little room for replenishment.

You might recognise some of this:
* Feeling emotionally full, but not necessarily resourced
* Carrying activation from session to session
* Needing more time to “come back to yourself” than you actually get
* Holding others well, while quietly running on depletion

What would change if your system had space to truly downshift?

And if you could not only tend to your own regulation, but deepen your capacity and develop practical skills to support your clients into the future?

This is a space for replenishment.

Nourish & Replenish is a somatic, experiential professional development day for therapists, designed to support nervous system regulation, presence, and restoration—through embodied practice and connection with horses.

A day to replenish your toolkit with tangible somatic processes you can use in session with your clients, while also tending to your own system.

In this unique space, you will explore:
* Practical embodied regulation strategies for client work and self-care
* Nervous system awareness and regulation
* Mindfulness and creative expression
* The quiet, grounding wisdom of horses
* Direct experience of co-regulation through horse–human interaction
* First-hand experience of regulation skills in a relational context

Rather than focusing on doing more, this work supports you in returning to yourself—through presence, body awareness, and relational regulation.

The Herd
Working in connection with horses offers immediate, non-verbal feedback of internal state, supporting awareness, grounding, and nervous system attunement. This provides a powerful opportunity to experience regulation in real time, and to deepen understanding of how these states can be supported in clients.

About Lindy
For over two decades, I have worked as a Soul Centred Psychotherapist from my home office—a space that continues to offer a rich landscape for healing and exploration.
More recently, I’ve stepped out of the room and into the paddock, integrating Equine Assisted Psychotherapy alongside a beautiful herd of horses. This blending of therapeutic skills with the wisdom of the horse’s presence feels deeply natural. This is a space to experience calm, balance, and wellbeing.
I integrate somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, mindfulness, focusing, and creative arts to support deep healing and embodied change.

Our invitation
Set in the tranquil, private surrounds of Edenhope Homestead, this is a space to slow down, reconnect, and gently restore your energy.
Because when we tend to ourselves, we deepen our capacity to truly be with others.

Details
Suited to Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners
$249 for 5 PD hours
Spaces are intentionally limited

If you’re noticing the need to replenish your own system, while also expanding your embodied regulation skills for client work, this offering is designed with that in mind.

Learn more or book your place: https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenishpd2026

Come as you are…
Leave feeling nourished, replenished, and reconnected.

13/04/2026

A gentle invitation to pause… to breathe… to come back to yourself.

For those who hold space for others, this day is for you.

A day to soften the edges, to listen inwardly, and to be held by nature, presence, and connection.

Nourish & Replenish is an immersive, heart-led professional development experience for therapists, designed to support your whole being — not just the practitioner, but the person within.

Together, we will explore:
- Body-based and somatic practices
- Nervous system awareness and regulation
- Mindfulness and creative expression
- The quiet, grounding wisdom of horses

About Lindy
Lindy Spanger is a Clinical Supervisor and psychotherapist whose work is grounded in presence, compassion, and trauma-informed care. She integrates somatic psychotherapy, EMDR, mindfulness, focusing, and creative arts to support deep healing and embodied change. She is also a PACFA accredited Supervisor with a background in training Soul-Centred Psychotherapy.

Set in the tranquil, private surrounds of Edenhope Homestead, this is a space to slow down, reconnect, and gently restore your energy.

Because when we tend to ourselves, we deepen our capacity to truly be with others.

Spaces are intentionally limited.
Suited to Therapists and Mental Health Practitioners.
$249 for 5 PD hours.

Learn more or book your place: https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenishpd2026

Come as you are…
Leave feeling nourished, replenished, and reconnected.

Nourish & Replenish PDA day of connection, rest and renewal with horsesHelping others means holding space for pain, urgency and complex emotions every day.As therapists, we are continually holding space for others’ pain. We sit with their sorrow, their confusion, their anger, and their hope. This ...

31/03/2026

Helping others means holding space for pain, vulnerability and complex emotions - every day.

As therapists, we are continually holding space for others’ pain. We sit with their sorrow, their confusion, their anger, and their hope. Over time, this exposure to our clients’ emotional distress leaves an impact on us which we carry in our bodies, our nervous system and in the quiet spaces between sessions.

Take a day to be held and supported.

Set in the peaceful surroundings of Edenhope Homestead in Gembrook, and in the presence of our beautiful herd of horses, this restorative professional development experience offers time to slow down, and restore your mind-body system.

Led by experienced Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy practitioners, this gentle, experiential workshop includes:
• Gentle somatic and polyvagal techniques to support your own regulation and your work with clients.
• Reflective observation and connection with horses to gain insight and fresh perspective, inviting you to pause and reset your nervous system.
• Creative integration and resourcing to anchor reflections, nurture and restore.

You will leave feeling more renewed and refreshed giving you clarity and balance. We hope you can join us.

About Us
Edenhope Integrated Psychotherapy specialises in process-oriented counselling, psychotherapy and experiential social-emotional learning, resourced by the natural environment to foster a holistic approach to healing and growth.

Facilitators
Lindy Spanger Clinical Soul Centred Psychotherapist, PACFA Accredited Supervisor, Equine Experience International
Michelle Brooks Certified Practicing Counsellor (PACFA), Certified Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Practitioner (EPI).

Cost: $249 incl. gst per person
SATURDAY
2 MAY 2026
10:00am-3:00pm

Attendees will receive 5 hours of Professional Development

To book or for more information visit: edenhopepsychotherapy.au/nourishreplenishpd2026
Or email [email protected] or phone 0412 326 431

Nourish & Replenish PDA day of connection, rest and renewal with horsesHelping others means holding space for pain, urgency and complex emotions every day.As therapists, we are continually holding space for others’ pain. We sit with their sorrow, their confusion, their anger, and their hope. This ...

27/03/2026

We have absolutely loved supporting students from GPS this term learn social and emotional skills as part of our 6 week Horse Wisdom Program.

02/03/2026

Does emotional regulation = being calm? Well yes... and no.

When we are more regulated, we often feel “calmer” in our bodies, and our thoughts may be quieter.

But regulation isn't about shutting down our emotional experience. It's about having the capacity and flexiblity to respond - and then, as the horses do, return to grazing.

When we are regulated, we can think more clearly and have more choice in how we respond.

We might still feel angry, nervous, excited, or disappointed, but we are not overwhelmed by it.

Horses don't force regulation, or try to "stay calm." They move their bodies, breathe out, notice their surroundings, express what they feel, seek support as needed from their herd, and then they settle again.

It's not about eliminating activation. It's being able to return. https://edenhopepsychotherapy.au/thecalmstate

For me, regulation feels like I'm coming home to myself - not controlled by the moment, but rather having more choice and a greater sense of safety in my own body. I also notice that I show up in my relationships in a more intentional way.

And for you?

- Michelle