THE HEART OF MEDICINE 2026
An International Gathering of Compassionate Leaders in Medicine
Minky van der Walt
Director of Tempo Therapy & Consulting, Registered Music Therapist, Registered Clinical Counsellor, Clinical Supervisor
Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania
About Minky
Minky van der Walt (she/her), is a Registered Music Therapist, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor.
Through Tempo Therapy & Consulting, Minky is a passionate advocate for supporting clinicians to connect to their humanity as a foundation for personal wellbeing and professional excellence in rewarding, sustainable careers.
Drawing on 25 years of clinical experience across medical, educational, community, and private settings, Minky brings a responsive, integrative approach, weaving together neuroscience, compassion, and collective care with therapeutic arts, music, and somatic practices to support connection, transformation, and growth.
Minky’s work is informed by 15 years as a child and family trauma therapist, and trainer into child protective services, her own experiences of moral distress, and witnessing the impact of systemic failures on health professionals.
Minky is based in the beautiful lutruwita / Tasmania where she loves playing music, gardening, and being in, on or near the ocean.
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Where you can find Minky
linkedin.com/in/tempotherapyandconsulting
instagram.com/tempo.therapy.supervision
tempotherapy.com.au
facebook.com/tempotherapyandconsulting
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Registration opens for those on our EOI list
11 August
EOI to Join Us
We acknowledge Australia's First Peoples
Coaching for Doctors is based on Gunaikurnai country. We pay our respects and honour the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their ancestors, Elders past and present and to their emerging leaders. And recognise that this land was never ceded.
Our Country | Gunaikurnai Land and Waters
The Heart of Medicine Gathering and Retreat will take place on Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Country
