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Getting Started as a Walking Therapist: A Step-by-Step Guide

Join Jennifer Udler, LCSW-C, SEP, for a six-module deep dive into integrating movement-based strategies.

Earn up to six (6) CE credits with this Psychnetworker online course!

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Walk and Talk Therapy:
A Clinician's Guide to Incorporating Movement and Nature into Your Practice

A guide to finding your stride. Jennifer Udler, LCSW-C, explores the science and soul of movement-based therapy.

This book is perfect for anyone looking to bridge the gap between evidence-based care and the restorative power of the natural world.

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“You’ve got the movement, you’ve got nature, which is extremely grounding and stabilizing for people, and you have the co-regulation, walking side-by-side.”

— Jennifer Udler, LCSW-C, featured in The Washington Post

Media & Press

Walk + Talk Therapy in Nature with Jen Udler: A Powerful Trifecta

Podcast: Wellness While Walking
Should Your Therapy Session Be Outdoors?

The Washington Post
How to Integrate Walking Therapy Into Your Practice

American Psychology Association
The Walking Drive: Bringing Psychoanalysis to Walking Therapy

The American Psychoanalyst
On Walk and Talk Therapy with Jennifer Udler

Podcast: Climate Change and Happiness
Walk and Talk: Psychotherapy Takes a Stroll

Psychotherapy Networker

Collaborating with leading mental health
organizations to bring therapy to the great outdoors.

Professional Development

Jennifer designs custom, dynamic presentations that bridge the gap between movement, nature, and mental health. Her speaking engagements generally focus on two areas:
- Clinical & Professional Organizations: Delivering continuing education (CE) seminars, ethical frameworks, and advanced clinical strategies to groups like the American Psychological Association (APA), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), and the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium.
- Community & Educational Groups: Providing practical workshops for school faculties, parenting groups, neurodivergent advocacy organizations, and support networks for parents of children with special needs.
To review specific titles, dates, and event partners from these sessions, explore the archive blocks below.
- Psychotherapy Networker | Getting Started as a Walking Therapist: A Step-by-Step Guide
- 2021 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium | The Ins and Outs of Moving Your Practice Outside
- Innovations in Psychotherapy 2020 Conference | Getting off the Couch: Incorporating Walking Therapy in Your Practice
- Psychotherapy Networker Symposium (2019-2025) | Led annual walk-through Rock Creek Park, and a lively discussion on the benefits of walking therapy
- Oregon Psychological Association (2026) | The Ethics of Outdoor Therapy
- International Nature Based Therapists - Israel (2025) | Guest speaker for live webinar for nature informed therapists in Israel
- Therapeutic Adventure Professionals Group (TAPG) (2024) | Three experiential nature-based interventions to use in outdoor therapy
- Center for Nature Informed Therapy- Maryland (2024) | Guest speaker at the nature informed therapy training, scholarship dinner
- Pacifica Graduate Institute’s Advanced Training Certificate: Ecopsychology (2023) | How to Incorporate Ecotherapy into an Existing, Conventional Psychotherapy Practice
- NASW North Carolina Annual Fall Conference (2023) | Walk and Talk Therapy