This isn’t a workout. There’s nowhere you have to get to.

You don’t need to be athletic, love hiking, own special gear, or worry about keeping up.

Walk & Talk Therapy is designed around you.

We choose a location and pace that feel comfortable, and the movement remains secondary to the therapeutic work. Some sessions may involve walking for most of the hour, while others may include slowing down, stopping somewhere along the way, or simply taking a moment to notice what is happening around us.

There may even be days when walking less feels more useful than continuing forward.

That’s okay too.

The goal isn’t distance, speed, or reaching the end of a trail. There is no destination you need to reach before the session ends.

Movement simply becomes part of the space we share.

Walk & Talk may feel right if sitting still has never felt quite right.

There isn’t one particular type of person who benefits from outdoor therapy. Often, it comes down to how you naturally think, process, communicate, and feel most comfortable.

You tend to think more clearly when you move.

Maybe your best conversations have always happened in the car, while walking the dog, or while doing something alongside another person. For some people, movement gives thoughts enough room to organize themselves. Something that feels difficult to access while sitting still may feel easier to approach once the body begins moving.

Face-to-face therapy feels a little too intense.

Talking about vulnerable things while someone is sitting directly across from you can feel like a lot. Walking side by side changes that dynamic without changing the purpose of the conversation, creating a setting that may feel less formal and more natural.

Your life happens mostly indoors.

Screens, meetings, work, caregiving, responsibilities—sometimes almost an entire day can pass without intentionally stepping outside. Walk & Talk Therapy creates an opportunity to physically leave that environment behind for an hour while also making space for yourself.

Nature helps you feel more grounded.

For some people, being outside naturally creates perspective. There is something useful about noticing the air, the trail, the trees, or the mountains while working through something that has made your internal world feel very small.

You’re comfortable letting silence exist.

Not every meaningful moment in therapy requires words. Walking gives quiet moments somewhere to go, allowing you to think, notice, and process without feeling pressure to immediately explain what is happening.

Or maybe you simply prefer being outside.

You don’t need a therapeutic justification for choosing Walk & Talk Therapy.

Sometimes the setting where you feel most comfortable is simply the setting where it becomes easier to do meaningful work.

We start with you—not the trail.

Before beginning Walk & Talk Therapy, we’ll talk about what brings you to therapy, what you hope might be different, and whether an outdoor setting feels appropriate for the work you want to do.

We’ll also discuss the practical pieces: where we’ll meet, the general route, accessibility and physical comfort, privacy in an outdoor environment, weather and trail conditions, and what we’ll do if we happen to encounter someone either of us knows.

Then we walk.

From there, a Walk & Talk session feels much like any other therapy session. Some days the conversation may come easily. Other days may feel quieter and more reflective. We may spend time understanding a pattern, working through something difficult, exploring a relationship, practicing a new way of responding, or simply making space for something you haven’t had room to think about anywhere else.

There is no expectation that you constantly walk or constantly talk.

There is also no requirement that every session look the same.

Therapy should respond to what you need—not force you into a format simply because that is how we started.

Movement can support the work without becoming the work.

Carina’s clinical approach includes trauma-informed therapies and techniques such as Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Internal Family Systems-informed work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, nervous-system awareness, and mind-body approaches.

Walk & Talk Therapy can complement that work by giving us another way to notice what is happening emotionally and physically while staying connected to the present environment.

You may have heard that walking involves bilateral movement and wondered whether Walk & Talk Therapy is similar to EMDR. While walking naturally involves alternating movement, walking itself is not EMDR, and bilateral movement alone does not make something an EMDR intervention.

Walk & Talk Therapy is psychotherapy that happens while walking outdoors.

When more structured trauma-focused work is appropriate, we approach that intentionally and determine together what method and setting best support your treatment.

The trail can support the process.

It doesn’t replace it.

Therapy outside works a little differently.

Part of what makes outdoor therapy appealing is that it happens in the real world. That also means privacy works differently than it does behind a closed office door or through secure telehealth.

Before your first Walk & Talk session, we’ll discuss those differences openly. We can decide how you would like to handle encountering someone you know, how we approach particularly sensitive conversations in public spaces, and whether there are certain topics you would rather explore through telehealth.

There may also be times when the nature of what you are working through makes another setting feel more comfortable or clinically appropriate.

Walk & Talk Therapy should expand your options—not limit them.

Your privacy, comfort, and ability to engage meaningfully in the work will always matter more than staying on the trail.

Some days, the weather gets the final say.

Park City gives us incredible places to walk.

It also gives us snow, heat, thunderstorms, wind, mud, ice, and the occasional weather forecast that changes its mind several times before lunch.

Before beginning Walk & Talk Therapy, we’ll establish a plan for days when trail conditions or weather make meeting outside impractical.

Sometimes that may mean choosing another location. Sometimes it may mean switching to telehealth.

The point is not to force an outdoor session simply because we planned one.

Flexibility is part of the process.