Step Away From Everyday Life and Focus on You

Sometimes a one-hour counselling session simply isn’t enough.

When grief, trauma, burnout, life transitions, or emotional overwhelm have been building for months or years, it can be difficult to create meaningful change while juggling the demands of everyday life. Our Intensive Therapy Stays provide the opportunity to step away from distractions and immerse yourself in a supportive environment dedicated entirely to your wellbeing.

Set amongst the rolling hills of South Gippsland, these personalised residential experiences combine accommodation, counselling, nature, horses, and time for reflection, creating space for deeper healing and lasting change.

A Gentle Yet Powerful Approach

Intensive Therapy Stays are tailored to your individual needs and goals. There is no rigid program and no pressure to share more than feels comfortable.

Together, we create a personalised experience that may include:

• Equine Assisted Grief Counselling
• Equine Assisted Counselling
• Individual counselling sessions
• Guided reflection and self-discovery
• Mindfulness and grounding practices
• Time in nature
• Rest and integration

The presence of horses offers a unique opportunity to slow down, become more aware of emotions and patterns, and experience connection in a way that words alone cannot always reach.

Who Are Intensive Stays For?

These stays may be beneficial for people experiencing:

• Grief and bereavement
• Sudden or traumatic loss
• Anticipatory Loss
• Major life transitions
• Emotional overwhelm
• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship breakdown
• The feeling of being “stuck” and unsure of the next step

Whether your loss is recent or many years old, intensive support can provide the space needed to process experiences that may have been difficult to fully explore within the busyness of everyday life.

Why Choose an Intensive?

Healing often requires both support and space.

By stepping away from daily responsibilities and immersing yourself in a calm, nurturing environment, you can focus entirely on your own wellbeing. Many people find that a concentrated period of support allows them to gain clarity, process emotions more deeply, and reconnect with themselves in meaningful ways.

Our approach is warm, trauma-informed, and grounded in compassion. There is no expectation to be fixed, healed, or transformed overnight. Instead, we provide a safe space where you can simply begin where you are.

What’s Included?

Depending on your personalised program, your stay may include:

• Accommodation
• Individual counselling sessions
• Equine assisted sessions
• Integrative Activities tailored to your goals
• Time for rest and reflection
• Meals and refreshments

Programs are individually designed and may range from a single overnight stay through to multi-day experiences.

A Place to Breathe Again

Stable & Nook was created from lived experience and a belief that healing happens through connection — connection with ourselves, with others, with nature, and with the quiet wisdom of horses.

If life feels heavy, if grief has changed your world, or if you simply need space to pause and find your footing again, an Intensive Therapy Stay may provide the support you have been searching for.

You don’t have to do it alone.