1st Edition
Wilderness Therapy for Women The Power of Adventure
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
278 Pages
by
Routledge
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Wilderness Therapy for Women offers women risktaking adventure activities in the outdoors as an alternative to traditional therapy. The contributing authors illustrate the empowerment, confidence, and self-esteem women can derive from adventure and experiential activities. This is the first book of its kind devoted to the symbolic value of wilderness accomplishments to women’s mental health.... Read more
Contents
Introduction
- Nuestra Hermana
- I. Theoretical Perspectives
- Wilderness Therapy: What Makes It Empowering for Women?
- Self Control: The Key to Adventure? Towards a Model of the Adventure Experience
- Transforming Body Image Through Women’s Wilderness Experiences
- Ethical Considerations in Adventure Therapy: A Feminist Critique
- II. Wilderness Therapy in Action
- The Wilderness Solo: An Empowering Growth Experience for Women
- Women on the Ropes: Change Through Challenge
- Building Self-Efficacy Through Women-Centered Ropes Course Experiences
- What is the Therapeutic Value of Camping for Emotionally Disturbed Girls?
- Equine Psychotherapy: Worth More Than Just a Horse Laugh
- III. Special Populations
- Two Bears, Dancing: A Mid-Life Vision Quest
- Therapeutic Considerations of Wilderness Experiences for Incest and Rape Survivors
- Breaking Through Barriers: Wilderness Therapy for Sexual Assault Survivors
- Women’s Adventure Group: Experiential Therapy in an HMO Setting
- So . . . What Does Rock Climbing Have to Do With Career Planning?
- IV: Voices of Experience: Personal Narratives
- When I Reach the Place I’m Goin’, I Will Surely Know My Way
- Climbing for My Life
- After the Next Full Moon
- A New Generation of Women in the Wilderness
- Reference Notes Included
- Index
Biography
Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Eve M Tallman
