This course will be a virtual, zoom, contact hours course and is designed for individuals seeking to deepen their therapeutic facilitation skills and develop a strong foundation in the therapeutic process, including assessment, planning, implementation/facilitation, evaluation, and documentation.
Please take a few minutes to share your availability and preferences for the course. This will help me ensure we best meet students' needs!
Please note – completing this interest form does not commit you to the course. However, it does allow me to add you to a waiting list to receive further information in late summer/ early fall 2025.
Clinical Skills in Horticultural Therapy
Thank you for your interest in the 'Clinical Skills in Horticultural Therapy' BVHT course, offered in Fall 2025.
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Here's what we're going to cover:
- Person-first or client-centered practice
- Setting therapeutic goals and objectives
- Understanding and practicing documentation types and skills, including progress notes, charting, and program evaluation
- Multiple assessment types and strategies to effectively assess client needs, progress, and program impact
- Developing program modifications
- Risk management and ethical considerations in therapeutic settings
- Interdisciplinary teamwork, including effective collaboration with other healthcare and social service professionals
- Advocacy strategies to promote the value of horticultural therapy as a recognized therapeutic modality
- Creative therapeutic interventions
- Sensory-based approaches
- Cultural competency in therapeutic practice
- and more!
Additionally, this course will explore effective communication techniques, explore multiple care approaches, and strategies for fostering engagement and motivation in clients across different populations.
cliff Thorbes
HTR, CCDP, and MHFA Canada Facilitator.
There are so many qualities and skills that Bianca possesses; I would probably need an entire page to list them. To start with, I respect her dedication and passion for supporting others to become the best they can be in whatever context she works with them. She is a model for professionalism and always generous to share her skills and knowledge with others.
Carly Deal
Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Health Center,
Youth Counsellor
"Bianca is full of invaluable knowledge and was incredibly engaging with the youth in our eco-therapy group. Her passion, insight, and personality are infectious and I hope to work alongside her again."
ADRIANA ELIAS, MENTAL HEALTH STRATEGIST, VIU THRIVE
Bianca’s professional skills in designing, promoting and delivering horticultural programs are outstanding. Whenever I request her services, she listens to my needs and tailors the sessions, considering many factors such as the audience, budget, supplies, type of venue, weather, etc. Every time, Bianca exceeded my expectations.
anonymous client
I'm grieving the loss of my husband, and I'm grieving the process of aging, so at this point - life is about waiting for the next blossom."
