The Harnessing Wellness Office
is in the beautiful Yarra Ranges
Harnessing Wellness Psychology is a private psychology practice located in the picturesque town of Mount Evelyn, within the Yarra Ranges.
We are committed to providing a supportive, solution-focused service for mental health, wellness, and therapy. We offer psychology, counselling, tele-health counselling, clinical supervision and equine-assisted therapy.
About Naomi
Hello and welcome to Harnessing Wellness. I am Naomi, Senior Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor at Harnessing Wellness Psychology. I believe my work as psychologist is a privilege. Building rapport with clients is the basis of the therapeutic process and without it harnessing wellness may be difficult. I enjoy working with people and seeing how the strategies we have discussed can assist them. Since 2010, I have been working with horses in equine assisted psychology. The therapy horses and ponies I work with have become part of my journey and learning and continue to support offering equine assisted therapy to many people. Through the COVID-19 pandemic, for young people I wrote children’s books based on the real life therapy horses and ponies, Trigger, Happy, Bailey, Bob and Ted and their unique characters. The herd tell their story of mental health and how through their journey through talking about anxiety, depression and their struggles, the herd and self-care strategies emerge for all now and into the future. ‘Hoofprints for Setting up an Equine Assisted Therapy Clinic’ is ‘how to guide’ for equine assisted therapy, based on my learning and professional practice, over the last ten years. It has been a pleasure to bring this and the other books to life, I do hope you enjoy them. Furthermore I have advanced my studies to become a Clinical Supervisor with the AHPRA and love being about share my knowledge to support, mentor and supervise equine assisted therapists, psychology, social work, counselling professionals and students.
OUR TEAM
The psychologists and counselors working at Harnessing Wellness are registered with the Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and other professional associations.
Naomi Rossthorn
Psychologist
Naomi is a registered Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia; a member of the General Division of Psychological Practise; Australian Association of Psychologists Inc.; Crisis Intervention and Management Australasia (CIMA); and the International Association of Workplace Bullying and Harassment. The Co-founder and Director of the Equine Assisted Practitioners Association (EAPA), an organisation supporting practitioners offering Equine Assisted Therapy
Angela Brown
Equine Advisor, Horse Trainer and Counsellor
Angela is the horse trainer at Harnessing Wellness. She works with the therapy horses and ponies to ensure they are competent in groundwork, lead work, and can manage the role of being a therapy pony. Angela works with Horse Safety Australia and has completed university qualifications in Environmental Science, Social Science and International Development. Other study completed includes a Certificate 4 in Training and Assessment, Certificate 4 in Counselling. Angela has specialised in further studies in Hoofcare, Barefoot Trimming, Equine biomechanics and equine bodywork (Masterton Method).
Hayley Roe
Linguist, Provisional Psychologist and Counsellor
Hayley is currently furthering her post graduate studies to become a registered psychologist. She offers equine assisted therapy for young people and is available for counselling on Thursday’s. Coupling her knowledge of linguistics and psychology she can work with young people with learning difficulties to build self esteem, resilience and offer different ways of understanding how the brain works.