Kate and Siân have led a range of nature connection projects across the South East. They have an innate bond with the natural world and love exploring what it means to come home to oneself, community, and the more-than-human world through their work. They collaborate with MIND, social prescribers, Carers Support, and Sight Support locally, as well as with the NHS and Public Health in the South East.

NatureWell wellbeing courses for NHS staff in Sussex and Kent as part of a Centre for Sustainable Healthcare initiative  in partnership with The Natural Academy.  They were involved in delivering NatureWell for NHS staff in Surrey as part of a green social prescribing initiative.

Siân Jones is an Ecotherapist and integrative arts psychotherapist.  Siân has been working therapeutically with adults and young people for the last twenty years, she has also designed and facilitated training workshops and therapeutic groups both locally and internationally.  She is now a NatureWell trainer and tutor with Natural Academy on their Advanced Pathway and Threshold courses in Ecopsychology.  Siân is fascinated with myth and story and it was studying with mythologists Martin Shaw and Sharon Blackie that reawakened her connection with the natural world.  It was that reawakening that led her to study with the Natural Academy in 2018. Siân currently offers therapy and supervision either outside in woodland, in a yurt or on zoom. She lives between the sea and the downs and is deeply fascinated by the interweaving of myth, story, place and the human and more than human experience.

Kate Drake is a trained Ecotherapist and nature-based practitioner, qualified with Natural Academy in 2024. I bring over 25 years’ experience working in health and social care, supporting people to reach their full potential — a value that has always been central to my work. Her connection with the natural world began in early childhood, spending formative years connecting to and exploring land and water. This enduring relationship with nature and the more-than-human world continues to shape and inform her practice. She holds a strong social conscience and a deep belief in people, community, and fairness. Kate’s work centres on connecting people to place, working creatively, and supporting the personal, social, and ecological self. She currently divides her time between working with the South Downs National Park, as Director of Wild Gathering and as a trainer for Natural Academy on the Threshold course.