GRADUATE PRACTICUM / INTERNSHIP

We are stoked to become the first Ocean Clinic in Ventura County that sustains its agency by the hard work and training of our practicum interns. We are a supplementary site that focuses on leadership skills and self-care. We believe that the mental health sector has become flooded with pressured waves of challenges post-pandemic. Our main goal is to provide resources and training in Surf Therapy practices, working in the community space with a Diverse lens, learning modalities that can apply into directives in Nature.

Understanding firsthand the pressures of the mental health field, the ethical and moral compass we learn to navigate, we strive to use a humanistic, person-centered approach to the community model.. We apply our trainings and allow Hydro Theory’s platform to be a space to empower the voice and awareness skills needed to fluidly provide group and individual surf therapy sessions. We promote the work of clinicians outdoors, where the Earth’s elements help magnify our learning experience and to channel deeper levels of connection from within and beyond our selves.

Our training allows the opportunity to design and pilot new Ocean Programs to bridge mental health into a more approachable model, aiming to reduce stigma and increase participation in healing.. If you love nature, or haven’t spent enough time with nature, and have a willingness to support others while feeling supported through your clinical work in nature, you are Hydro.