Sarah Munn Therapy Teachings

25/05/2026

NEW PROGRAM - Join experienced animal & equine assisted therapist, educator, clinical supervisor and mentor, Sarah Munn, AHPRA registered occupational therapist. Sarah runs a multi disciplinary therapy & learning team focusing on paediatrics and mental health, neurodivergence and trauma. Sarah has run clinic and farm based services for 14 years making this a rare opportunity to learn from a leader in the sector.

This is an individual and bespoke program where you learn to navigate getting started in equine or animal assisted therapy or learning. Or if you have already started but need to write pouches, procedures and check into evidence based or trauma informed practice this is also valuable.

Usually delivered over 10 weeks for an intense and goal focused experience, this program can also be run over a year if you need longer to work on things in between sessions or prefer a payment plan and course delivery over a longer time frame.

Even if you want to include some animal practice and also use outdoor spaces, nature and gardening this is the program for you. Understand scope of practice and how to integrate your core skills and techniques to include horses, other animals, horticulture and nature. Get all the help you need to get on the right track and secure insurances required to start with clients and grade your own professional development and support in the sector.

For More Info Check Out
www.sarahmunn.com.au/professionaldevelopment

Or Contact. enquiries@sarahmunn.com.au

07/05/2026

This one is for the locals on the Pen. Experience the movement and breath practice of the Druids handed down through oral tradition.

Experience Wyda - Yoga of the Druids Celtic Ancient Wellbeing & Healing. 10 Friday sessions at Gadara Farm, Mornington Peninsula.

02/05/2026

Join me for Equine Assisted Therapy & Learning Level 1. Dig in for 10 weeks online and earn all you need to know to earn a certificate in EAT or EAL which is in line with Australian competencies and guidelines. It’s part time so you can work within your own schedule and we meet weekly. Can’t wait to meet you and help you reach your goals. We start on the 13th May.

Email enquiries@sarahmunn.com.au for more info or to book in.

27/04/2026

Just a recap, for those at the back. I provide authentic support to health professionals. If you choose supervision, training or coaching with me, it is with me and it’s live. No AI or prerecorded content - that’s not my jam, and doesn’t fit my values.

I work together with people to create real experiences and effective change in both real life and in clinical practice. I have 30 years experience as an OT in paediatrics, mental health and animal/equine assisted therapy. I now lead a multi disciplinary clinic and therapy care farm and offer my knowledge bank and supportive, motivating approach for others.

And I took this little selfie using my timer yesterday. No filters, no fake advertising, just me being me. To see more of what I do connect on LinkedIn, or have a gander at

Gadara Farm
Barefoot Therapists

If you want to get in touch for professional support and to make an appointment contact…..

admin@barefoottherapists.com.au

Or for questions…..

enquiries@sarahmunn.com.au

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13/04/2026

Booking link in comments.

12/04/2026

So many psychotherapists are counsellors by background, but many are also OT’s. I certainly learned it as an undergraduate and have it as an approach in my repertoire of mental health clinical skills. Among others, because psychotherapy isn’t always the best approach. But great to see it being written about.

Here is my article on Psychotherapeutic Occupational Therapy in this month's OT Today Magazine. In it I discuss the unique way Psychotherapeutic OTs utilise psychotherapy modalities and how we are uniquely placed to enhance mental health through post-traumatic growth. I also describe a bit about how...

26/03/2026

*Support for Cost of Living* Autumn and winter can be the perfect time to get that all important clinical supervision in AAT, integrated therapies or OT. I have put together a special offer to help with the cost of living crisis. Because it is getting more and more difficult to afford supervision and essential PD, especially in private practice.

If we work on the quirkier edges of professional scope of practice, it is even more important to connect with someone experienced in the field to ensure best practice and your own development.

Cosy up inside for an online chat about your practice - go deeper into how integrative practice works and the most authentic way for you to blend your different ways of working while being in scope.

I am offering an autumn/winter discount - block of 4 sessions for the price of 3. Book in for May, June, July, August.

Perfect for a project, finding balance and focus, animal wellbeing, trauma or ND informed practice, or simply upskilling on meditation, paeds or mental health approaches.

Book into my calendar at times that suit you. Contact admin@barefoottherapists.com.au

19/03/2026

Convalescence is often time for a philosophical review. I recently had surgery so am off work, and it’s been a wonderful opportunity to bend like a reed I the wind. Not breaking - just finding the strength in being quietly flexible.

So far I have had a week in hospital and am now getting help while I can’t lift anything or drive.

Every time I get space to myself due to illness or holiday, I tend to come up with new (ADHD activated) work projects. Some of them take flight over the long term, others receive energy and then fizzle out, and some never reach the starting blocks.

This time I am doing it differently. I am aware that my restless mind when I’m meant to be resting, makes up really awesome things to do when I’m better. But it’s also very good at forgetting that when I’m better I will reach my capacity easily as I already have plenty to do.

It is a typical ND thing of not being able to properly assess how much is already on the spinning plates if we aren’t actively spinning the plates each day.

So the mantra is NO NEW PROJECTS.

It has been a time to re-assess what’s working and what’s not. What I will love returning to, and what I won’t. As life changes we need to bend with it. Like those beautiful reeds that can stand upright in no wind and then bend almost horizontal in response to changes in the weather or when strong winds haul them over. Strongly rooted, they allow for any conditions with acceptance, grace and dignity.

I am the reed. And the wind is still. And I can wait quietly to see what the world has in store for me. I don’t need to hustle to fill the stillness.

One thing is for sure, I love working with other therapists on creations they want to take flight over the long term. I won’t be seeing anyone online for a few weeks. But if you are ready to hustle something up, or slow something down, you can book in therapy supervision to focus on integrating animal, equine, nature or ancient practices like yoga, meditation and reiki into your everyday practice.

Time available from mid April. Feel free to email or call.

admin@barefoottherapists.com.au
(03) 59811120 and my admin crew will book you in.

13/03/2026

I work with a lot of people with attachment disorders (mostly undiagnosed but seen in clinical observations). This article talks about the use of the phone as a ‘significant other.’ Hmmm. Makes sense why it’s a hard addiction to break if it’s easing those awful feeling of attachment disorders.

19/02/2026

I am still teaching this year. Reach out if you want supervision, equine or animal assisted training, meditation training or any support around integrating therapy and ancient wisdom practices. I’m still here but maybe not doing so much on the socials for a while.

07/02/2026

What an inspiring couple of days. There are moments in your career when you pinch yourself that you can have a job like this. Teaching Equine Reiki to such an amazing group of dedicated and compassionate people was the sweetest gift. The potency of the experience is never lost on me. From the corporate world to highland cow breeders and busy mums, we connected in the most important way. Through universal loving energy. The horses LOVED it, and we all had a wonderful and deep experience. Me as much as anyone. Because this is how I make a living and yet it feels like a calling or a hobby or a path along which I walk, sometimes holding the hands of others, sometimes carving out time alone.

Often life changing, getting into Reiki and completing level one, can change how we experience life. Forever. It has opened doors for me I wouldn’t have imagined. I feel blessed, and held, in this crazy world of ours. Reiki helps us feel brighter and safer. And for those of us working in the light (where I now place myself with no apology for the pride I feel in that placement having spent a lot of life in a foggy dullness and at times darkness) we need to stay in the light. To lead people out of the dark craziness of their experience. I am not a healer. Only a simple facilitator of something much bigger than all of us. And I love my job!