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Berkman Academy
Counselling, outdoors, with horses
Imagine your working day. Open sky instead of a waiting room. A beautiful horse property on Melbourne's fringe. A horse beside you that reads your client better than any intake form.
And a kid who wouldn't say a word in a therapy room, chatting away while they brush a pony.
That's the work. We're building a community of counsellors to do it, and the clients are already asking for it.
What the work is
Ground-based equine assisted therapy, no riding.
Real counselling methodology (ACT, CBT, evidence-based), delivered outdoors with movement, with the horse as an honest, in-the-moment feedback loop.
Most clients are kids and young people with autism, ADHD and anxiety who never connected with a therapy room.
What you'd get
A part-time chair at a partner property, with clients supplied by us. No marketing, no cold start, no admin: we handle enquiries, bookings and billing.
A named method, with the worksheets and standards behind it.
Training with horses, and a certification pathway that ends with you delivering as a Berkman Academy Certified Practitioner.
And a community instead of working alone: mentoring from our head practitioner and a monthly practice circle.
Want to know more?
Have a chat with us. No commitment, just a conversation about the work and whether it fits you.
hello@berkmanacademy.com.au or 0405 689 210.
Or leave your details below and we'll be in touch.