Awareness is not the same as capability
The gap we work in
Most wellbeing support is built around insight. You talk, you understand yourself better, and you leave with a clearer picture of the problem. That matters, and for a lot of people it is not enough.
Knowing why you shut down in a difficult conversation does not stop you shutting down. Understanding your nerves does not get you through the interview. Awareness does not automatically produce capability.
There is a second gap underneath the first one. Most of us are not saying what we think we are saying. Under pressure, what we intend and what we signal come apart, and the people around us respond to the signal. Teams call it a communication problem. Riders feel it the moment they sit on the horse. Someone walking into a job interview knows it in their body before they open their mouth.
Stable & Grounded works on both gaps: building the capacity to do hard things, and closing the distance between what you mean and what comes across.
One practice, two ways in
Group and corporate programs
Experiential days for workplaces, teams, community organisations and groups. What actually happens between people under pressure, made visible and practised rather than presented on a slide.
Performance consulting for riders
Mental performance coaching for competitive equestrians, on our dedicated site. Your horse responds to the state you are actually in, not the one you are projecting.
Horses respond to what is actually happening
You can hold a conversation with a person while thinking about something else entirely, and most of the time they will not notice. A horse will. Horses read posture, breathing, tension and attention, and they respond to what is in front of them rather than to job titles, scripts or good intentions.
That makes them unusually useful for this work. The gap between what you are trying to project and what you are actually communicating stops being an abstract idea and becomes something you can see happening in real time, in an animal that has no reason to be polite about it.
No riding is involved, no experience is needed, and nobody is ever pushed past what feels manageable. This is equine-assisted learning, structured and purposeful, facilitated on the ground, and every activity has a reason behind it.
Working with Brittany
I'm Brittany Birch, a rehabilitation counsellor, and Stable & Grounded is my practice.
My background is in helping people rebuild functional capability: work readiness, recovery planning, and the practical business of getting someone from where they are to where they want to be. Private rehabilitation and WorkCover.
I will tell you plainly what I think, including when it is not what you were hoping to hear. That is the same thing I am asking of the people I work with, and it would be strange to run a practice about straight communication and then be careful with you.
When you work with Stable & Grounded, you work with me. Not an account manager, not a rotating roster, not a junior facilitator delivering someone else's material. I design the program, I run it, and I am the person you call if something needs to change.
It also means we take on a deliberately small number of clients and groups at a time. If we are at capacity, I would rather tell you that than stretch and do it badly.
A different standard
We don't compete with clinical systems; we complement them. Our approach is defined by four non-negotiable standards:
Practical, not theoretical.
Every session has a functional goal. Skills get practised in context, not just discussed.
Say the thing.
We use plain language and name what we are seeing, including the uncomfortable parts. No jargon, no vague promises, no claims we cannot stand behind. If we cannot explain what a session is for in one sentence, it does not go in the program.
Professional discipline, non-clinical setting.
Paddocks and open ground rather than a consulting room, with the same rigour, boundaries and record keeping you would expect from any qualified practitioner.
Honest about scope.
We are clear about what this work can and cannot do, and we will tell you when we are not the right fit, including when that means sending you somewhere else.
The details that matter
✓ Registered NDIS provider, Registration ID 4-KZ5ALG8
✓ Rehabilitation counselling background across private rehabilitation and WorkCover Queensland
✓ Evidence-informed, outcome-focused practice
✓ Based at Pine Mountain, serving Brisbane, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Toowoomba and surrounds
Start with a conversation
Tell us a little about your situation and we will give you a straight answer about whether we can help, including if the answer is no.
Or call 07 3156 1239, Monday to Friday 10am to 2pm (excluding public holidays).