Axis Therapeutic Services

02/11/2026

NEW PROGRAM ALERT 🚨Introducing: Bush & Adventure Play — 1:1

For the intense, sensitive, deeply-feeling kids who don't fit the usual mould — the big-hearted adventurers, the deep thinkers, the ones who shut down in a classroom but come alive outdoors.

I'm Gabriel — counsellor, Forest School Level 3 Leader , registered counsellor and play practitioner. I take one child into the bush at a time, at their own pace, and help them rebuild the thing pressure knocked out of them: the belief that they can.

No demands to push against. Just real adventure, real skills, and a trusted adult alongside them — confidence built one challenge at a time.

🧭 Who it's for: deep feelers · sensitive, creative kids · ADHD · autism & PDA profiles · school can't

Every session is genuinely fun and working toward real growth — confidence, independence, regulation, resilience.

💚 Available through NDIS (Community Access) or privately.

📍 Macedon Ranges · Mount Alexander · Central Vic · Bendigo

🗓️ Mondays · Fridays · Saturdays · Sundays

📩 [email protected] ·

📱 0420 609 974

Delivered under Axis Therapeutic Services.

07/10/2026

☀️ IT'S HERE! Eco Ranges Bush Playgroup starts TODAY! 🌿

It's a perfect sunny spring morning fir bush playgroup and we can't wait to meet you all down by the Campaspe River for our very first session

👕 Dress for messy play, pals!

The kids will be starting the day building their very own mud kitchen, so wear clothes that can get messy , muddy and that let little ones climb, dig and explore.

Closed shoes or gumboots are best.

🎒 Bring:
- Hat
- Sunscreen (slip, slop, slap before you arrive)
- Drinking water / water bottle
- Sitting rug or picnic blanket
Snacks / morning tea
- A spare change of clothes (trust us!)
- Wipes or a small towel

This week is all about getting to know one another: the kids, the grown-ups and our beautiful woodland and river spot. Come as you are.

Little ones who want to watch from your lap for a while are just as welcome as the ones who dive straight in.

See you there for a morning of nature play , exploration and adventure! 🌿✨

Gabriel

29/09/2026

Meet the Facilitator -

Built by someone who does this for a living.

Gabriel Carazo is a relationship counsellor, family therapist and play specialist based in the Macedon Ranges, whose practice centres on outdoor and adventure-based work with children and families.

He is the founder of Eco Ranges Bush & Adventure Playgroup, established in 2024, and of RAD DADS, Australia's first council-funded father-specific early intervention program. An ACA-accredited counsellor with fifteen years in the community sector, Gabriel is a Play Strong Institute–trained neuro-relational play therapist who works from the Playwork Principles, with a particular focus on risky, challenge-based play. He originated the NRSCP framework, which grounds outdoor challenge in attachment theory and developmental neuroscience.

Through Axis Therapeutic Services he delivers 1:1 NDIS Adventure Support Work and Outdoor Mentoring, supporting young people through forest skills, navigation and community access. Through Ranges Counselling he provides relationship and family therapy. His professional training spans the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Forest School and neuro-relational play therapy.

Gabriel has presented original research at Deakin University's Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium and was named Victorian Father of the Year.

24/09/2026

🌿 **TERM 4 BUSH PLAYGROUP — FULLY BOOKED!** 🌿

We’re excited to announce that our Eco Ranges Bush Playgroup is now fully booked for Term 4! 🌳🐞🍂 If you have registered interest please check your DMS or emails!

A huge thank you to all the families joining us for another term of outdoor adventures, messy exploration, nature play and connection. 💚

We’re now taking names for our waitlist.

📧 Email [email protected] to be added.

See you in the bush! 🌿🥾

22/09/2026

We only have a few spots left for our Thursday morning bush playgroup !! PM your email address and we can send you registration forms !

Something new and exciting is coming to the Macedon Ranges this Spring.

Eco Rangers: Bush & Adventure Playgroup — Thursday mornings of nature play and real bush adventure in Kyneton, with two sessions so every age has a place in the bush:

🐛 Bush Bubs — nature & sensory play for our littlest explorers (0–2)

🌿 Little Rangers — bush craft, skills & adventure play for young explorers (2–5)

Fresh air, real adventure, and the freedom to explore.

For families who believe childhood belongs outside.

Dates, times & locations announced soon.

14/09/2026

🌿 Registrations are open — Eco Ranges Bush & Adventure Playgroup, Term 4!

Thursday mornings by the Campaspe River in Kyneton, for families and their young explorers (2–5 years). Nature-based play, bush craft, skills and adventures — the kind of morning where children lead, get muddy, and figure out the world at their own pace.

🗓 Thursdays, 9:30–11:00am
📍 Kyneton, Campaspe River
👥 Just 10 families per term
💲 $150 per term
📅 Term 4: Thu 8 Oct – Thu 10 Dec

Register and more information at: https://ecoranges.com/

30/08/2026

Eco Rangers — Bush & Adventure Playgroup.
Thursday mornings on the Campaspe in Kyneton, from 8 October 2026.

There's a kind of learning that only happens outside.

Bush Bubs (0–2) — slow and sensory. Textures, sounds, and everything close to the ground.

Little Rangers (2–5) — busier and muddier, and more of it theirs to run.

Ten weeks under the trees along the river.

More info and registrations coming soon. 🌿

25/08/2026

Something new and exciting is coming to the Macedon Ranges this Spring.

Eco Rangers: Bush & Adventure Playgroup — Thursday mornings of nature play and real bush adventure in Kyneton, with two sessions so every age has a place in the bush:

🐛 Bush Bubs — nature & sensory play for our littlest explorers (0–2)

🌿 Little Rangers — bush craft, skills & adventure play for young explorers (2–5)

Fresh air, real adventure, and the freedom to explore.

For families who believe childhood belongs outside.

Dates, times & locations announced soon.

04/08/2026

Adventure Support Work & Outdoor Mentoring
Community Access — now taking new NDIS participants
Mount Alexander Shire · Macedon Ranges · Central Victoria · Bendigo

I'm Gabriel Carazo — ACA-Accredited Counsellor and Family Therapist, Forest School Level 3 Leader and Certified Play Therapist, with 15+ years in the community sector and the last four running bush and adventure playgroups in the Macedon Ranges.

Alongside my counselling practice, I take participants into the bush for hands-on 1:1 support. After all these years, this is still where I see real change happen — one person, one challenge, one meaningful gain at a time.

🗓️ New availability: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays & Sundays.

What we do

Bush walks and exploration · Forest School skills and safe tool use · navigation and route planning · fossicking, waterfalls, caves and geology · community access to cafés, gear shops and local meets.

Who I support

• Young people experiencing school avoidance / school can't
• Young people and adults with ADHD and autism
• Neurodevelopmental conditions
• Intellectual and psychosocial disability
• Co-occurring AOD concerns

What we build

Confidence, independence, social participation, emotional regulation and resilience.

Every session is enjoyable and mapped to the participant's NDIS goals — tracked, documented and reported, so progress is clear and reviewable.

Qualifications
ACA-Accredited Counsellor & Family Therapist · Grad Cert in Relationship Counselling · Forest School Level 3 · Certified Play Therapist (Play Strong) · Diploma of Community Services (AOD & Mental Health) · Cert IV TAE · CBT (CBT Australia) · LEGO®-Based Therapy Facilitator · Gottman & EFT trained

NDIS Worker Screening · WWCC · First Aid & CPR · Public Liability.

Funding & referrals
Delivered under the Community Access line item for plan- and self-managed participants.

Referrals welcome from Support Coordinators, LACs, Plan Managers, families and self-managing participants — I work collaboratively with your team, with clear notes, progress reports and care team participation.

📧 [email protected] ·
📱 0406 020 577

Delivered under Axis Therapeutic Services.

I acknowledge the Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples as Traditional Custodians of the Country I walk and work on, and pay my respects to Elders past and present.

Please note: the child pictured is my son, from one of the bush playgroups I facilitate.