Angela Herzog, MA, RP, SEP
Registered Psychotherapist & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
My playful and compassionate spirit guides me in supporting the restoration of myself, others, and the natural world. I’ve come to see how essential each of these pieces is for true healing.
I’ve always been drawn to the quiet wisdom of the woods and the body’s innate ability to heal. As a Registered Psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, I blend nature-immersive experiences with deep nervous system attunement. I believe healing isn’t about pushing harder, it’s about safety, presence, and moving at your own rhythm.
I support those who feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck, gently guiding them back to themselves through nature, movement, and grounded support. I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master’s in Counselling and Spirituality from the University of Ottawa. I’ve completed the full Somatic Experiencing trauma training and now serve as an international assistant in this modality. I weave this somatic wisdom into my work alongside nature therapy, attachment theory, and Internal Family Systems.
I know firsthand what it’s like to live with stress, anxiety, self-doubt, and a sense of unworthiness. When those feelings took over, I would either withdraw from the world or push forward until I collapsed in exhaustion. This cycle of burnout and isolation was all too familiar.
Dance became my first doorway back to myself. I quickly learned to delight in movement and began exploring the wisdom of my body through Somatic Experiencing. I also began to spend more time outside–connecting to trees and sky and soil–and I noticed how my body began to soften. I felt my place in the web of life. It was a kind of belonging I hadn’t known I was missing.
I came to understand that a lot of my suffering was a result of my body doing its best to protect itself, and the healing I experienced through dance and nature allowed me to begin to unwind these deeply held patterns. Today, I live with more space, more wonder, and more ease.
I believe it’s possible to return to a reciprocal relationship between body and earth… to come home to yourself and feel truly alive. I would love to help guide your way.
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I am a Registered Psychotherapist and Canadian Certified Counsellor. I hold a BA in Psychology and an MA in Counselling and Spirituality from the University of Ottawa. I have completed the full Somatic Experiencing trauma training and now assist internationally in SE trainings. I integrate SE with attachment therapy, nature therapy, expressive arts, and Internal Family Systems.
Before launching my private practice, I worked in the Social Service sector, supporting young mothers, survivors of domestic violence and childhood trauma, unhoused youth, and individuals living with complex mental health needs. These roles continually affirmed the resilience and resourcefulness of the human spirit.
I remain dedicated to deepening my skills through ongoing training and consultation. I have completed workshops in IFS, the Alchemy of Shame, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, Wholebody Focusing, and more. My approach continues to evolve in response to what both my clients and the earth are teaching me.
Nature-Oriented Training
Nature has always been my greatest teacher. I’ve explored wilderness by foot, ski, and kayak, and participated in local restoration projects. I completed an Eco-Spirituality program through The Living Centre and deepened my connection to place through Learn the Land with the Guelph Outdoor School.
My Approach
I believe we all have the innate ability to return to our authentic selves and be able to live with more ease, connection and joy. My role is to help create the right conditions for you to rediscover your sense of aliveness.
That’s why I offer experiences that go beyond the therapy room. Whether through individual Somatic Experiencing sessions or group programs in nature, my work centers on restoring your relationship with your body and the natural world.
In one-on-one sessions, we gently unwind patterns of fight, flight, and freeze in your nervous system to support more safety and vitality. My group offerings through Wellness in the Woods, invite you into immersive, nature-based experiences: forest walks, creekside meditations, fireside sharing, and community connection.
These offerings aim not only to support your healing but also to reawaken a sense of reciprocity with the earth. Many of our programs include opportunities to participate in land restoration, because healing goes both ways.
Why Wellness in the Woods?
Over the years, I noticed how many clients believed their struggles were uniquely theirs. Yet I’d heard the same fears and feelings echoed by many others who sat in the same chair. I realized that individual therapy can sometimes reinforce the experience of isolation.
I wanted to create something different… something that reminded us of our interconnectedness. So I took therapy out of the office and into the woods.
Wellness in the Woods offers seasonal workshops, circles, and retreats that invite deep reconnection to body, land, and one another. Through mindful movement, nature immersion, and community care, these programs invite us into new ways of being.
I’ve witnessed incredible transformation when people gather in safe, supportive circles held by the natural world. Nature becomes our co-regulator, our teacher, our mirror.
A New Chapter
As I approached my 40th birthday, I felt a stirring, a desire to enter this new decade with deeper intention. I began with a women’s circle, surrounded by friends of all ages, where we shared stories about aging, grief, and the expectations placed on us. Together, we reflected on what it means to grow older, celebrated the shedding of outdated roles, and named the longing for lives that feel more honest and alive.
That circle sparked something in me. I set off on a solo pilgrimage to the Redwoods to sit with the big questions of my life. I grieved the version of life I thought I “should” have had. And in that grief, I found spaciousness… space to dream differently, to imagine a life beyond the cookie-cutter version we’re sold.
Not long after, life opened up an unexpected doorway. I moved to Manitoulin Island, where I now live near the water, surrounded by the rhythms of land and lake. This place has changed me. I’ve found myself gathering with strangers-turned-friends around campfires, listening to loons, and dreaming up new ways of supporting others through nature’s quiet wisdom.
Here, I’m building something new, a slower, more grounded way of living and working. My Wellness in the Woods offerings are rooted in this new chapter: nature-immersive programs, somatic support, and seasonal retreats that reflect the kind of healing I believe in: embodied, earth-honoring, and led by your own inner rhythm.
I still don’t know exactly how it will all unfold… and I’m okay with that. I’m no longer forcing a path that doesn’t fit. Instead, I’m choosing the one that feels like mine.
The Why Beneath It All
Mission
Our bodies and our earth are both depleted. We treat our bodies as limitless machines, just as we treat the land as an endless resource meant to serve us. But neither is sustainable.
Wellness in the Woods exists to support the reweaving of our relationship with the body and the land, so that true wellness, for all beings, can begin to emerge.
Vision
My vision is to move beyond the confines of traditional therapy and co-create experiences rooted in collective healing and earth care.
I dream of collaborations, with Indigenous leaders, therapists, restoration projects, naturalists, and artists, to build spaces where we don’t just feel better… we make the earth better, too.
Want to co-create something beautiful? Let’s connect.