Adventure therapy: theory, research, and practice

✍ Scribed by Michael A. Gass, H. L. Lee Gillis, Keith C. Russell

• Publisher: Taylor & Francis;Routledge
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Edition: 1st ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The evolution and history of adventure therapy, as chronicled in the second chapter of this book, well demonstrates how far this field has evolved from a "divergent therapy" into an efficacious form of therapy that engages clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels. Adventure Therapy is written by three professionals who have been at the forefront of the field since its infancy. The theory, techniques, research, and case studies they present are the cutting edge of this field. The authors focus on: * the theory substantiating adventure therapy * illustrations that exempli.

✦ Table of Contents

1. Introduction
   The beauties of identities / Mark Ames --
   2. A History of Adventure Therapy / Will White
   Rafting on the Rio Chama with youth on probation / Jenn Jevertson --
   3. A Psychotherapeutic foundation for adventure therapy
   A cooperative sailing experience / Lorri Hanna --
   4. Foundations of Adventure therapy
   Climbing for a change / Kim Wasserburger --
   5. Nature's role in adventure therapy
   Action, assessment, awareness / Sean Hoyer
   6. Adventure therapy models
   The power of collaboration / Bobbi Beale --
   7. Assessment in adventure therapy
   Case study
   Setting traps / Tiffany Wynn --
   8. Practicing adventure therapy
   Case study
   Going in circles / Maurie Lung --
   9. Risk management of adventure therapy programs
   Throwing out stuff / Gary Stauffer --
   10. Adventure therapy competancies
   Turning off the faucet of anger management / Antonio G. Alvarez --
   11. Supervision in adventure therapy
   Building something with That / Christine Lynn Norton --
   12. Adventure therapy ethics
   Finding family balance / Kim Stacksteder --
   13. Research and evaluation of adventure therapy
   Building trust / Rachel Wood --
   14. The future of adventure therapy
   Ain't but one way out / Nicole Lovato --
   Appendix A: Risk Management of Adventure Therapy Programs --
   Appendix B: Adventure Therapy Competencies --
   Appendix C: Adventure Therapy Ethics --
   Appendix D. Research rubric for evidence based research on adventure programs.

✦ Subjects

Adventure therapy;MEDICAL--Psychiatry--General;Play Therapy;Psychotherapy--methods;Recreation Therapy;Electronic books;Psychotherapy -- methods;MEDICAL -- Psychiatry -- General