A dedicated space to make meaningful and sustainable change.
Daylesford is known as one of Victoria’s most beloved wellness destinations — a place people visit to slow down, breathe, and reconnect with themselves. It’s also home to one of our EMDR Immersive locations, offering a quiet, private space for meaningful change grounded in evidence-based care.
Whether you’re travelling specifically for an EMDR Immersive, visiting Daylesford for rest and recovery, or comparing online versus in-person options, our Daylesford office provides the perfect setting to do focused, intensive therapeutic work.
Why Daylesford?
Daylesford has long been one of Victoria’s most-loved wellness destinations — a place people visit to rest, reconnect and feel held by the landscape. Surrounded by mineral springs, gentle bushland and a slower pace of life, it offers a natural environment that supports nervous system regulation and deeper therapeutic work.
But it’s not just the nature that makes Daylesford special.
Daylesford is also home to a vibrant food and art culture — something many of our clients find nourishing, inspiring and deeply supportive of their EMDR Immersive experience.
Our office is located in the heart of Daylesford, offering a private, cosy, intentionally designed therapeutic space. Many clients choose this location because it allows them to step outside their everyday environment and immerse themselves in therapy in a place that naturally invites slowness, grounding and meaning.
Your time in Daylesford
Many clients find that the Daylesford environment beautifully complements their therapeutic process. Your time here might include:
Walks around Lake Daylesford to settle your body and prepare for sessions
A visit to the mineral springs or a gentle spa experience to support nervous system regulation
Time spent enjoying Daylesford’s food scene — warm meals, nourishing dishes, good coffee, and space to reconnect with your senses
Exploring local art and creative spaces to inspire reflection, awe and moments of beauty between sessions
Quiet afternoons, journalling, grounding or integrating your EMDR work in a way that feels spacious and unhurried
Nature-based activities like gentle bushwalks, forest time, or simply sitting somewhere peaceful to breathe and settle
Your EMDR Immersive can be paired with whatever helps your body and mind soften — nourishment, creativity, rest, stillness, or moments of simple pleasure. You’re welcome to bring anything that supports your comfort and regulation throughout the process, including your dog!
Travelling to Daylesford
Daylesford is located 90 minutes from Melbourne and is easily accessible by car.
Accommodation options include boutique stays, cabins, hotels, and secluded rentals ideal for quiet integration time.
If you’re travelling from interstate, we can help plan timing around your program.
A place to reset, reflect, and create lasting change
Daylesford’s unique blend of nature, art, food and wellbeing creates an environment that naturally supports mental health recovery and deep therapeutic work. Many clients say that combining EMDR Immersive therapy with Daylesford’s calm atmosphere, beautiful food and creative spaces helps them feel more grounded, more open and more emotionally spacious throughout the process.
Daylesford offers the natural calm, privacy and grounding needed for meaningful therapy that creates real change — paired with the clinical expertise of our EMDR-trained therapists.
If you’re ready to explore an EMDR Immersive in Daylesford, we’d love to support you.
Tell me more
What is an EMDR Immersive?
An EMDR Immersive is an accelerated format of EMDR therapy that allows you to complete hours of structured, one-on-one trauma work over a shorter period of time.
Instead of weeks or months of traditional weekly sessions, immersives give you:
Dedicated extended therapy time
A clear, focused approach to your goals
A supportive, contained environment to process difficult memories
Faster, deeper change without the stop–start rhythm of standard therapy
Our immersive programs are available in-person in Daylesford or online, depending on your needs and comfort.
We offer EMDR Retreat at Daylesford
Bathing
Private Outdoor Bathing
Mineral spring waters in your own private outdoor bath. Grounding and deeply restorative
between sessions.
10% off subsequent sessions
From $135
Nature
Forest Therapy (Shinrin-Yoku)
Slow, sensory guided walks through native bush—rooted in the Japanese practice of forestbathing.
$230
Movement
Move, Meditate & Massage
Two days of yoga, pranayama, shiatsu andoriental therapy—one-on-one, with apersonalised take-home practice.
Day 1: 2hrs - Day 2: 1.5hrs + take-home program
$680
Dining
Banquet Dining
Three evenings of curated Ryokan banquetdining (Mon–Wed). Nourishment as part of yourrestoration.
3 evenings available · $294 total
$98/evening
Tell me more
Is an in-person EMDR Immersive
right for me?
Many people choose to do their immersive in Daylesford because it offers:
A therapeutic retreat-style environment
Distance from everyday demands
A setting that promotes nervous system regulation
A chance to pair therapy with rest, nature, spas, reflection or quiet time
If you prefer a more contained in-person space — or if you simply feel best doing this work away from your usual environment — our Daylesford office may be the ideal choice.
Looking to learn more about if an EMDR Immersive Program is right for you – clinic the links below to access our articles.
