Individuals
I’m looking to start a new career
Reaching a career crossroads can leave you feeling stranded without a compass. On the trail behind you, there’s burnout, dissatisfaction, and a nagging feeling of seeking a new career with a deeper purpose.
Ahead of you is an opportunity to truly make a difference to people’s lives while enriching your own with a career as an INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide which offers:
- Freedom of flexible hours and diverse work environments
- Personal health benefits of working outdoors in nature and together with nature
- Evidence-based public health practices promoting mental and physical wellbeing
- A globally recognised qualification giving you a competitive edge and ability to work from anywhere in the world
- A strong promotion of environmental conservation, reforestation and urban greening
- Access to a global network of industries and practitioners engaged with Forest Therapy
- The ability to have a positive and transformative impact on people’s lives and wellbeing
Expand my therapeutic practices
Looking outside the four walls of your Allied Health practice for new ways to expand on the benefits and outcomes of clients can be draining. You want something that can easily integrate with your service model, has evidence-based practices, and offers a reputable qualification that won’t take years to put into action.
Forest Therapy Guide training with INFTA offers you:
- Specialised evidence-based public health activities with proven mental and physical wellbeing outcomes
- Activities you can begin implementing immediately following the completion of your training
- Flexible therapeutic practices which can easily be integrated, and which are complementary to your existing modalities
- A unique set of services offering effective and affordable nature-based interventions which sets you apart from your competitors
- Access to a global network of practitioners and industries
What is a Forest Therapy Guide?
An INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide is qualified with specialist skills and knowledge to facilitate evidence-based immersive sessions in suitable forested surroundings designed to reconnect participants with nature and improve their mental and physical wellbeing.
What Forest Therapy Guides do
INFTA-Certified and Accredited Forest Therapy Guides are trained and individually mentored to:
- Coordinate and lead well structured Forest Therapy sessions in forested surroundings and other natural environments
- Create awareness about the research-based health benefits of Forest Therapy
- Investigate trees, plants, other flora and fauna and identify the level of biodiversity on nature trails
- Guide participants to tune into and engage their senses in a device-free setting – promote green time instead of screen time
- Understand and manage group dynamics
- Manage different participant cultures, ages, abilities, and social backgrounds
- Identify and manage individual and environmental risks
- Effectively manage activity and session timings
- Empower participants to become nature-connected and environmentally conscious
- Help to make a transformative difference to participants’ mental and physical wellbeing
Career Pathways of a Forest Therapy Guide
Becoming an INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide will unearth career pathways which span from setting up your own practice to easily integrating activities into your existing practice.
Some of the most common successful career paths following training include:
- INFTA and INFTA-Accredited Training Providers
- Self-employment as a Forest Therapy Guide and practitioner
- Research institutes and organisations
- Counselling, coaching, and allied health
- Local government and councils
- Community services
- Aged-care facilities
- Disability support providers
- Rehabilitation, nursing & hospitals
- Educational and vocational institutions
- Human Resources management/corporate health management
- Health & wellbeing eco-tourism
Start your training any time
Start your training whenever it suits you with the advanced and intuitive INFTA Learning Management System (LMS), accessible from anywhere in the world 24/7 and all year round.
INFTA’s purpose-built LMS is multilingual, user-friendly, and streamlined to work around your schedule for an efficient and enjoyable experience tailored to your individual learning needs.
Discover INFTA Training Courses
Attend a FREE 60-minute presentation and learn about Forest Therapy as a Public Health practice and how to become an INFTA-Certified Forest Therapy Guide.
Why train with INFTA?
The global standard of training
INFTA designed the global standard in Forest Therapy Guide training, the International Core Curriculum of Forest Therapy (ICCFT). Our training has been evaluated and validated by 120+ experts from 20 countries and is trusted by governments and health providers around the world.
Worldwide opportunities
Join INFTA’s global network
INFTA’s advanced Learning Management System (LMS)
INFTA uses an advanced LMS which is multilingual, user-friendly, and streamlined to make your training an efficient and enjoyable experience accessible from anywhere in the world 24/7 and all year round.
The latest in scientific research and innovative training
Join one of the fastest-growing and innovative professions in the world as an INFTA- Certified and Accredited Forest Therapy Guide.
