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Therapy in the open air: Introducing wilderness therapy to adolescent mental health services in Scandinavia.   Despite the rich traditions of outdoor life in the Scandinavian countries, structured nature-based therapeutic interventions remain underexplored in adolescent mental health services. We suggest that wilderness therapy is an age-appropriate and effective group treatment that may hold particular appeal …

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Treatment Effectiveness of Wilderness Adventure Therapy This document is a summary of key results from a more detailed report of a comprehensive evaluation of a therapeutic adventure-based intervention for adolescents and families termed “Wilderness Adventure Therapy” (WAT)   Read more…

The Use of Adventure Therapy Techniques by Clinical Social Workers: Implications for Practice and Training Adventure therapy, an experiential intervention that combines outdoor, adventure based activities and group process, is used in direct practice by clinical social workers; however, it is unclear to what extent clinical social workers are actually utilizing these techniques. read more…  …

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Adventure Therapy Effects on Self-concept – A Meta-analysis Self-concept change has been proposed as a key driver of behavioral change through adventure therapy (Hans, 2000). Through exploratory moderator analysis we tried to identify process variables that influence the effect of adventure therapy on self-concept to contribute to a deeper understanding of why and when adventure …

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Emerging for Recovery: A Descriptive Analysis of Adventure Therapy for Substance Abusers Examines client characteristics, referral and screening procedures, program characteristics, treatment goals, financial arrangements, and staff characteristics in 50 programs using adventure experiences with substance abuse populations. Notes needs for specific program evaluation research and for the development of prescriptive treatment modalities for specific …

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Breaking Bad Habits If you know something’s bad for you, why can’t you just stop? About 70% of smokers say they would like to quit. Drug and alcohol abusers struggle to give up addictions that hurt their bodies and tear apart families and friendships. And many of us have unhealthy excess weight that we could …

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The Grow Project. A report on the well-being benefits of nature connection for people with experience of mental distress. Brighton, Community University Partnership Programme, University of Brighton Read more…

Gestalt and Adventure Therapy: Parallels and Perspectives. by Rudiger Gilsdorf This paper calls attention to parallels in the literature of adventure education and that of Gestalt therapy, demonstrating that both are rooted in an experiential tradition. The philosophies of adventure or experiential education and Gestalt therapy have the following areas in common: (1) emphasis on personal …

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