Mel, the founder and principal practitioner, has combined her love of helping, listening and empowering humans with her love of horses.
Through Equine Assisted Therapy, Mel and her lovely horses offer a safe therapeutic environment to explore psychological, emotional and social issues with children and adolescents.

After years of working directly with children and adolescents, Mel is aware that traditional therapy is often not effective for children and adolescents. The growing rate of mental health issues in Australian children and adolescents inspired her to research and question why this rate is increasing and how we can help those children in need.

Mel holds years of experience in traditional acute and chronic mental health and wellbeing health care settings. Knowing that these services are often not effective enough for children, Mel took initiative and began researching and implementing alternative methods of therapy to help these children. Equine Assisted Therapy is now her primary method of therapy as she has witnessed its effectiveness with children and practices this today. She uses this in conjunction with Mindfulness and Meditation practices as well as Ecotherapy.

It is her lifelong mission to continue researching and exploring Equine Assisted Therapy, Mindfulness and Ecotherapy and ways to help children within Australia back to health and improve their overall wellbeing.

Mel has 15 years of experience in Emergency Trauma Nursing, Paediatric and Adolescent Health Care and Adult Trauma and Mental Health Nursing. She holds years of experience in acute and chronic mental health and wellbeing and is aware of the effectiveness of non-conventional methods of helping people.

Mel’s passion for horses and nature reveals an extensive background in nature therapy and horse and dog behavioural training and welfare. She is aware of the infinite contributions animals and nature have on all aspects of health.

• Equine Assisted Learning Practitioner - The Equine Psychotherapy Institute

• Member of the International Institute of Complementary Therapies
  

• Adolescent Health and Wellbeing Nurse
  

• Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Nursing
  

• Clincal Nurse Specialist in Paediatric Nursing
  

• Bachelor of Nursing
  

• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency AHPRA Registered
  

• Australian Working with Childrens Check

Professional Registration and Licensing