EXCLUSIVE
RECOVERY PROGRAMME
INCLUDING
WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
INTRODUCING
WILDOLOGY
MARRYING WILDERNESS TO MODERN CULTURE
wildology, n.
Pronounciation: Brit. waild/ol/o/gy
[usually singular]
1.
a. the science of wild human nature (spec. authentic, primordial, natural state) and wilderness (untouched, unspoilt natural world).
b. esp. related to studying the recovery of ancient, intimate, relational bonds of interconnection between wild-human-nature and wilderness (spec. in the West).
c. a concept dedicated to marrying wilderness to modern culture.
LONDON
S. AFRICA
A UNIQUE | EXCLUSIVE | RESTORATIVE
THERAPEUTIC RETREAT | WELLNESS | RECOVERY
REHABILITATION PROGRAMME
WILDOLOGY IS A DISTINGUISHED PROVIDER OF WORLD-CLASS TREATMENT FOR DISCERNING INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS SEEKING THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF MEDICAL EXCELLENCE AND DISCREET, BESPOKE, PERSONALISED CARE IN UTMOST PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY.
WE PROVIDE
LONDON'S HARLEY STREET MEDICAL EXCELLENCE
COMBINED WITH 5-STAR LUXURY
NESTLED IN PRISTINE WILDERNESS
OUR LOCATION
THE OLDEST-KNOWN AREA OF PRISTINE WILDERNESS
ON THE ENTIRE CONTINENT OF AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA
The game reserve surrounding this area spans 96,000 hectares (roughly the size of Greater London) is home to a sublime array wildlife (including the "Big-5"), flora, fauna and birdlife, and is the oldest in South Africa.
Only about a third of this region is open to tourists; the remaining 40,000 hectares of “wilderness” area is accessible only on foot, and then only in the company of trained game guards and wilderness guides.
A SACRED PLACE, KNOWN AS THE BIRTHPLACE OF HUMANITY
In wilderness lies the preservation of mankind.
Henry David Thoreau
Situating a recovery programme cradled within the origins of our species' deep ancestral ties to this landscape and wilderness is profound in its simplicity. It is also an enormous privilege.
We look forward to meeting you, and welcome you to come - just as you are!
Melanie Oliver
FOUNDER & CLINICAL DIRECTOR
MODERN
ANCIENT
AUTHENTIC
ALIVE
INSPIRED
WILDERNESS
CONSERVATION
RECOVERY
PROGRAMME
ACOMODATION
LUXURY PRIVATE GAME LODGE
A masterpiece of architectural elegance.
A family owned and run lodge operating entirely off-grid (including private air strip) is discretely nestled in the heart of awe-inspiring African bushveld. is a haven of serenity and peace in utmost privacy. The open-plan design, with floor to ceiling glass windows and sliding doors provides a relaxed atmosphere to take in breath-taking panoramic views overlooking the river. Savour watching wildlife throughout the day as the sun sets and rises and the light changes.
OUR APPROACH
At the crossroads of relational neuroscience, trauma-informed care, indigenous knowledge and wilderness.
The modern human condition is a desperate longing for connection and belonging.
Modern culture is at odds with our inherent genetic make-up.
INCLUDING WILDERNESS CONSERVATION
A UNIQUE AND PROGRESSIVE
DISCREET | BESPOKE | PERSONALISED CARE
01.
WE WORK WITH ONLY 7 CLIENTS AT ANY TIME
02.
360 BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT
02.
INDIVIDUALISED PROGRAMME AND TREATMENT PLAN, INCLUDING AFTERCARE
Our care is client-centric, relational, compassionate, transparent, respectful and non-judgemental. We partner with you to understand your values and preferences and support you in decision-making and care. Following an in-depth assessment of your needs and therapeutic goals, our expert team skilfully craft an individualised programme and treatment plan with a focus on sustainable integration and trajectory of continuing healing and growth, including aftercare.
MARRYING WILDERNESS TO MODERN CULTURE
Experiential adventure wilderness therapy is a unique opportunity for self-discovery, personal growth and healing which can be experienced as a transcendent and/or transformational experience.
AT THE CROSSROADS OF RELATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE, INDIGENOUS
KNOWLEDGE AND WILDERNESS.
Addressing the vital role the human-wilderness-animal relationship plays in our well-being and profound impact recovering our deep bonds with the natural world has to our sense of connection and belonging in the world.
Addressing the vital role the human-wilderness-animal relationship plays in our well-being and profound impact
EXPLORING AND RECOVERING OUR DEEP recovering our deep bonds with the natural world has to our sense of connection and belonging in the world.
focuses on your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing
helping you restore purpose and meaning through the healing power of nature.
Our holistic approach draws on research in the areas of stress physiology, psychology, ethology (understanding human behaviour), leading developments in neuroscience, indigenous knowledge and wildere
OUR PROGRAMME
Our programme is underpinned by a trauma-informed corticolimbic neuroplastic therapeutic and behavioural approach, focusing on a variety of experiential herapies to intentionally re-wire the limbic system and improve emotional regulation. These therapies involve actively engaging in activities and experiences that can facilitate and improve emotional regulation, processing and healing.
It is clear our bodies still recognise nature as our home.
Dr Qing Li
We facilitate and guide the lived emotional (not just intellectual knowledge) of our interconnection with the natural world.
MODERN | ANCIENT | ALIVE
AUTHENTIC | INSPIRED
Like None Other
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Expand perceptions of connection and belonging.
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Mind-Body-Spirit-Natural world REBALANCE
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Capacity to profoundly re-orientate attachment style in relationship to self, other and the sacred.
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Can be experienced as a transcendent and/or transformative experience.
Empowering you to make positive changes.
And live your best life.
MARRYING WILDERNESS
TO MODERN CULTURE
Our sense of self and who we are in the world is intimately connected with a deep historical sense of landscape and our links with animals; some ancient memory of where we have all come from. It is therefore a sense of home, and to be without it is to suffer one of the most overlooked psychiatric conditions of our time: Homesickness.
Dr McCullum
Psychiatrist, author and wilderness guide
MARRYING WILDERNESS
TO MODERN CULTURE
RESTORING AND RE-BALANCING
AN AUTHENTIC HUMAN NATURE
MIND-BODY-SPIRIT CONNECTION
WHICH INCLUDES
RECONNECTING TO OUR INTIMATE BONDS WITH NATURE
MARRYING WILDERNESS
TO MODERN CULTURE
RE-TELL YOUR STORY
The story of who you are and, who you are becoming - not only was has happened in the past.
HANDPICKED, DEDICATED EXPERTS
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Harley Street Consultant Psychiatrists
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Harley Street psychotherapists and psychologists
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International psychotherapists and psychologists
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Some of the finest wilderness guides in Africa
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Zulu community elders and counsellors
Kudu Antelope
MARRYING WILDERNESS
TO MODERN CULTURE
OUR PROGRAMME
It's the smell that hits you when you first arrive in Africa. That hot waft of baked tarmac, the thick undertone of rich earth, and a jagged hint of rainstorm in the air. Then its the light... much more vivid, the colours so much brighter than anywhere else in the world. Finally it's the sounds, cascading over the senses like a waterfall, which is when you know you're home, back where it all began in the cradle of mankind all those years ago.
Saba Douglas Hamilton
