Under The Willow Tree Gippsland

30/12/2025

When the nervous system settles, everything changes.
Breathing slows.
The body softens.
Emotions feel less overwhelming.

So many people live in a constant state of stress or survival mode, where regulating emotions feels impossible. By slowing down, engaging the body, and connecting with safe environments, we give the nervous system permission to reset.

Through grounding practices, movement, nature, animals, and therapeutic activities, we support emotional regulation in a way that feels natural — not forced.

Regulation comes before reflection.
Safety comes before healing.
This is where real change begins. 🌿

Caitlin- Under the Willow Tree Gippsland 🌷

30/12/2025

Saying No & Setting Boundaries

*Saying no is not rejection.
*It’s not selfish.
*And it’s not a lack of care.
**Saying no is an act of self-respect.**

Boundaries are the invisible lines that protect our mental health, energy, values, and nervous system. They help us stay safe, regulated, and connected—without burning ourselves out or losing who we are in the process.

When we don’t have boundaries, we often:
Feel overwhelmed or resentful
Say yes out of fear, guilt, or obligation
Put others’ needs above our own wellbeing
Become emotionally exhausted or disconnected

Setting boundaries means:
Knowing what is okay and what is not
Communicating needs clearly and respectfully
Allowing others to take responsibility for their own emotions

Choosing peace over people-pleasing
A healthy boundary might sound like:
“I can’t commit to that right now.”
“That doesn’t feel okay for me.”
“I need some time and space.”
“No, and that doesn’t require an explanation.”

Boundaries are not about controlling others—they’re about honouring yourself.
And when boundaries are respected, relationships become safer, healthier, and more authentic.

Just like horses respond best to calm, clear, and consistent boundaries, humans thrive when expectations are honest and respectful. Boundaries create trust, not distance.

So if no one has today you today....
You are allowed to say no.
You are allowed to protect your energy.
You are allowed to choose yourself—without guilt.

Caitlin - Under the Willow Tree Gippsland 🌷

30/12/2025

Keep showing up, cowgirl. 🙌🥰

29/12/2025

🌿 GIVEAWAY – FREE EQUINE THERAPY SESSION 🌿

We’re giving away 1 FREE Equine Therapy Session to someone who could really benefit from time, connection, and healing with our horses 🐎💚

✨ How to enter:
1️⃣ Tag someone you think could really do with an equine therapy session
2️⃣ Share this post
🔢 Each tag = one entry
🔢 Every entry will be allocated a number

📅 Winner drawn 31st of January
So get tagging, sharing, and spreading the love 🤍
You never know whose life this could positively impact.

Www.underthewillowtreegippsland.com.au
Underthewillowtreegippsland@outlook.com

29/12/2025

🌿 GIVEAWAY – FREE EQUINE THERAPY SESSION 🌿

We’re giving away 1 FREE Equine Therapy Session to someone who could really benefit from time, connection, and healing with our horses 🐎💚

✨ How to enter:
1️⃣ Tag someone you think could really do with an equine therapy session
2️⃣ Share this post
🔢 Each tag = one entry
🔢 Every entry will be allocated a number

📅 Winner drawn 31st of January
So get tagging, sharing, and spreading the love 🤍
You never know whose life this could positively impact.

Www.underthewillowtreegippsland.com.au
Underthewillowtreegippsland@outlook.com

At Under The Willow Tree Gippsland, we offer a range of Counselling, Equine/Animal Assisted Therapy and Learning as well as Life Coaching services.

29/12/2025

Under the Willow Tree Gippsland offers a safe, calm, and supportive space for individuals, children, and families to reconnect with themselves through counselling and equine-assisted therapy.

Set on a peaceful rural property in Gippsland, our sessions move away from the traditional clinical room and into nature — where healing can feel more natural, gentle, and real. Whether you’re sitting under the trees, walking the paddocks, or working alongside our horses, each session is guided at your pace and tailored to your needs.

🌿 Counselling Sessions
Our counselling services support emotional wellbeing, personal growth, and life challenges such as stress, anxiety, trauma, burnout, grief, and relationship difficulties. Sessions are grounded, practical, and compassionate — creating space to feel heard, understood, and supported without judgement.

🐎 Equine-Assisted Therapy
Equine therapy offers a unique, powerful way to explore emotions, boundaries, confidence, and connection. You don’t need riding experience — sessions take place on the ground, with horses acting as intuitive partners who respond honestly to human emotion. This can be especially beneficial for children, adolescents, and individuals who find talking difficult.
At Under the Willow Tree, we believe healing doesn’t need to be rushed or forced. It happens when people feel safe, supported, and connected — to themselves, to others, and to the natural world around them.

📍 Gippsland, VIC
🌏 Telehealth options available Australia-wide, for private and NDIS individuals.
🤍 Sessions available for children, adolescents, and adults.

If you’re feeling called to slow down, reconnect, and begin (or continue) your healing journey, you’re warmly invited to come and spend time with us under the willow tree.

Underthewillowtreegippsland@outlook.com

29/12/2025

A horse is not just a horse.
He is sanity.
He is happiness.
He is a teacher, a therapist.
A best friend.

Forever Cowgirl♥️

29/12/2025

At Under The Willow Tree Gippsland, we offer a range of Counselling, Equine/Animal Assisted Therapy and Learning as well as Life Coaching services.

These services are designed to help clients overcome personal challenges and achieve their goals.

We offer one-on-one Counselling and Coaching sessions, via Phone and Zoom consultations, as well as in person (walk and talk or Nature based counselling sessions at my property near the beautiful Cowwarr Weir), to ensure that our clients can receive support whenever and wherever they need it.

From Complex Traumas to Anxiety Disorders and everything in between such as Life After DV Support and support for Neurodivergent clients.

Counsellor and Equine Therapist Caitlin has endeavored to create a peaceful, safe and nurturing environment where individuals, and families can seek guidance and support on their journeys towards personal growth and continual development of their strengths and worth.

At Under The Willow Tree Gippsland we also offer Equine/Animal Assisted Therapy Sessions.

Which has been hugely popular amongst all demographics.

These sessions are individually designed to help the client to connect with animals in a meaningful way, promoting emotional healing and personal growth.

Clients can develop trust, build confidence, and gain insight into their own behaviors and emotions.




Owner Counsellor and Equine Therapist Caitlin has always had a passion for helping people.

Caitlin is a married mother of 3 (12,11 and 1), and like most unfortunately in today's society, she too has been faced with some traumatic life events over her life. Which in turn has helped shape her incredible passion and understanding for working with people on a deeper level.

Caitlin has found out not only for herself over the years just how therapeutic the equine/human relationship can be but the incredible benefits it has for her clients. It only fuels her aspirations in being able to provide such an amazing therapeutic experience.

Caitlin started her younger self off in the field of Criminal Justice and decided as time went on she wanted to do something more direct within the therapeutic space to help guide people through all periods of their lives.

Caitlin studied her Diploma of Counselling at the Australian Collage of Applied Psychology and gained her qualification back in 2015. Caitlin is also ACA accredited.

Caitlin is also currently enrolled in her bachelor's with ACAP to enhance her skill set, so she can truly offer the best to her clients.

Caitlin has of course over the years gained much more life experience and personal development to assist her professional role, as well as having gone on to continue to build her skill set and explore new Therapies such as studying her Practitioners Training at the Equine Assisted Wellbeing Institute.

Caitlin, has also over the years facilitated DV Support/ Mental Health Groups, worked closely with youths and worked as an independent Support Worker for many different Clients is which she has always found very rewarding. She has also had many years working in the Equine world, as well as in the Agricultural world in which she went on to obtained her cert 3 in Agriculture as a part of that.

Caitlin has always had a very big love and passion for animals and people. And she very much loves that she can combine her skill set to assist her clients through her love of animals.



Under The Willow Tree Gippsland accepts Self-Managed and Plan Managed NDIS Participants.

Full Insured

First Aid/CPR Trained.

Working with Children Check and Police Checked.

For more Information or to make a Booking, you can email underthewillowtreegippsland@outlook.com or alternatively Message our FB Page or Call 0478 674 143
www.underthewillowtreegippsland.com.au

23/12/2025

For more information please get in contact, via Dm or you can email at underthewillowtreegippsland@outlook.com
Boys one to come! 🌷🌷

23/12/2025

🐴 And once a horse trusts you, you don't take that lightly.

23/12/2025

Horses bring you back to the simplest version of yourself...