Walk-and-Talk Therapy in Oxnard & Ventura, CA

Real Conversations. Real Movement. Real Healing.

If you’re a Grey’s Anatomy fan, you know all about “dancing it out”: when things got too heavy, when the grief or stress was too much, Meredith and Cristina didn’t sit down to process; they danced it out. They moved. They shook. They released.

Because sometimes, your body needs to move to let go.

But even if you’ve never watched an episode, you know the feeling:

  • That weight in your chest that won’t budge

  • The racing mind that won’t shut off

  • The frustration or grief that has nowhere to go

That’s where movement comes in.

Walking it out is our version of “dance it out.” But we do it on the coast with breath, reflection, and forward motion baked in.

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Therapy That Moves You…. Literally

Walk-and-Talk Therapy isn’t just outside. It’s body-based, brain-calming, and burnout-breaking.

Let’s get real: your body holds the stress you’ve been ignoring. The tension. The pressure. The shutdown.

Walk-and-talk therapy helps release what’s stuck by giving your body permission to move.

Regulates the Nervous System

Rhythmic movement like walking calms your fight-or-flight response, balances brain activity, and keeps you in your window of tolerance. It’s built-in somatic regulation, without the need for a yoga mat or breath-work app.

Increases Focus, Clarity, and Flow

Walking improves executive functioning, which is huge for neurodivergent brains. It helps ADHDers focus, reduces sensory overload, and supports clearer, more organized thoughts during session.

Supports Burnout Recovery

Burnout isn’t just emotional, it’s physical. Walking improves circulation, boosts energy, and helps reduce muscle tension. It gets your blood moving again when everything’s felt heavy and slow.

Improves Mood and Lowers Anxiety

Studies show walking increases serotonin and dopamine, reduces cortisol, and boosts your overall mood, especially in natural environments like the ocean. You leave lighter, clearer, and more grounded.

Emotions Move Through Motion

Sadness, anger, stress, and grief aren’t just “in your head.” They live in your shoulders, your gut, your jaw. Walking helps those emotions move through and out, instead of staying stuck inside.

Reconnects You With Your Body

If you’ve been dissociated, numbed out, or ignoring your own signals, this is a safe way to come back home to your body one step at a time.

Gentle Exercise = Better Mental Health

Even slow-paced walking improves sleep, digestion, cardiovascular health, and immune response. When your body feels better, your mind follows.

Bottom Line:

Walk-and-talk therapy is not just therapy with a view. It’s a full-body, brain-supportive, burnout-healing movement designed to help you reconnect with yourself in a powerful, natural way.

This is what healing in motion looks like.

đź‘Ł Who Walk & Talk Therapy Is For

This is for you if:

If sitting in a chair and trying to “fix it” isn’t working, this might be your answer.

🚫 Who It’s NOT For

This modality isn’t appropriate for people who:

  • Are experiencing active suicidal ideation or self-harm behaviors

  • Are navigating severe depressive episodes or emotional dysregulation that prevents safe public engagement

  • Have medical limitations that make walking unsafe or unmanageable

  • Require a controlled, enclosed safe or calm predictable space due to high psychiatric risk or trauma responses

If you’re unsure whether this is the right fit, we’ll figure it out together during your virtual intake.

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Why It Works (Especially for Your Nervous System)

Because movement regulates

Walking reduces cortisol and activates your parasympathetic system aka, your body’s “safe mode.” It helps you stop spiraling and start processing.

Because trauma lives in the body

Grief, anxiety, shame, they don’t just live in your thoughts. They live in your breath, your muscles, your chest. Movement helps release what’s been trapped inside.

Because being side-by-side is less intense

No staring across a room. No pressure to “say it right.” Side-by-side pacing reduces social performance anxiety and opens the door for truth.

Because motion supports integration

Moving while talking engages both hemispheres of your brain, helping you process emotion and insight faster and more fully than static, seated therapy.

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What to Expect

Every session is intentionally curated for you.
Whether we’re walking steadily, pausing to breathe, burying memories in the sand, thinking on a bench, sitting on the rocks to process something deeper, or letting the ocean hold space while we talk, each session flows based on what you need that day.

Breath work, grounding pauses, or moments of stillness are always welcome. This isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about connection, safety, and attunement.

Weather conditions are taken into account. We can reschedule or adapt when needed (although walking in light rain on a cool, foggy day is healing, and I honestly love it and welcome it if you do too). All safety protocols are in place to protect both the client and clinician throughout.

Let's Walk it Out!

Let's Walk it Out!

Let’s Walk It Out!

If you’re ready to stop overthinking, over-performing, or holding it all in, this is your next step.
Literally.

We’ll start with an initial virtual intake session to ensure Walk & Talk is a good fit for your needs, energy level, and goals.

From there, we schedule our first session Walk & Talk session in the Ventura or Oxnard area, on safe, quiet, beautiful waterfront paths, to move through what’s been weighing you down.

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60- or 90-minute options available ($240/60 or $260/90)
🌊 Trauma-informed. Movement-based. Nervous-system aware.
đź“Ť Serving Ventura and Oxnard, California

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