Exploring the Boundaries of Adventure Therapy: International Perspectives
Proceedings of the 1st International Adventure Therapy Conference: Perth, Australia, July 1997
Christian M. Itin, MSW, PhD
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Article Reviewers
Johan Hovelynck, Marg Cosgriff, Scott Bandoroff, Willie Bannister, Don Kopf, Rob Sveen, Randy Haluza-DeLay, Amy Hyams
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Contents
1 - Introduction
By Christian M. Itin, MSW, PhD *
Section I - Theoretical Considerations
2 - Ideas about Ideas: Exploring the Genesis and Movement of Conceptual Boundaries
By Martin Ringer *
3 - The Journey in OZ: From Activity Based Psychotherapy to Adventure Therapy
H. L. "Lee" Gillis, Ph.D. *
4 - Theoretical Considerations of Therapeutic Concepts in Adventure Therapy
By Guenter Amesberger *
5 - Provoking Thought - Evoking Meaning. Giving Explanation to Adventure Therapy
By Ray Handley *
6 - A Question of Identity
By Jenny Bunce *
7 - International Models of Best Practice in Wilderness and Adventure Therapy
By Simon Crisp, MPsych, MAPsS *
8 - Panacea or Poison? Building Self-Esteem through Adventure Experiences
By Travis Kemp, M.A. *
9 - Rediscovering Our Dreaming: An Adventure with Nature
By Graham Ellis-Smith *
10 - The Task of Adventure within the Peace and Reconciliation Process
By Mike Bartle *
11 - The Development of a New Zealand Tertiary Qualification in Adventure Based Social Work
By Blair Gilbert *
Section II - Facilitating Adventure Therapy
12 - Facilitating Processes of Metaphor Change: Envisioning Behavioral Alternatives
By Johan Hovelynck *
13 - The Seventh Generation in Adventure Therapy
By Christian Itin, MSW, Ph.D. *
14 - Gestalt and Adventure Therapy: Parallels and Perspectives
By Rüdiger Gilsdorf *
15 - It is better to Learn to Fish: Empowerment in Adventure Education
By Ian Hyde-Hills *
16 - Stories of Change
By Paul Stolz *
17 - Scared Spitless: The Therapeutic Power of Language
By Phil Fitzsimmons & Tony Elshof *
18 - Learning New Behaviours through Group Adventure Initiative Tasks: A Theoretical Perspective
By Travis Kemp, M.A. & Leonie McCarron, Ph.D. *
19 - Choosing Your Style: Approaches to Leading Adventure Therapy Programmes
By John Pickard *
20 - Case Studies in Managing Psychological Depth
By Martin Ringer & H L. "Lee" Gillis *
21 - Sustaining the Wilderness Therapist
By Jenny Bunce *
22 - The Wilderness Enhanced Model for Holistic Strategic Intervention
By Ray Handley *
23 - Mastering the Mystery in Management: Issues of Culture in Adventure Therapy Organisations
By Martin Ringer *
24 - Dealing with Religious Issues in Adventure Therapy
By Tom Shackles *
Section III - Working With Adolescents
25 - Adolescent Coping Styles and Outdoor Education: Searching for the Mechanisms of Change
By James T. Neill & Bernd Heubeck *
26 - Effecting Intentional Change in Adventure Programming for "At Risk" Adolescents
By Sandy Gordon, Steve Houghton, & Julie Edwards *
27 - Initiation: The Rights of Passage into Young Adulthood
By Leisa Thompson, Tim Battersby & Andrew Lee *
28 - The Aftermath of the Port Arthur Incident: The Response by Project Hahn to Adolescent Needs
By Allan Adams, Robert L. Sveen, M.Ed. & Carey J. Denholm, Ph, D. *
29 - Reflections on Wilderness Therapy
By Erin J. Eggleston *
30 - The Wilderness Intervention Program: Change through Mentoring
By Laurie Haynes & Stephen Gallagher *
Section IV - Working with Offenders and Sexual Perpetrators
31 - An Evaluation of the Outdoor Adventure Challenge Programme (OACP) At Rolleston Prison
By Elaine Mossman *
32 - Integrating Adventure Therapy into an Adolescent Sex Offender Program
By Darren Eger & Scott Kilby *
33 - Working With Those Who Hurt Others: Adventure Therapy with Juvenile Sexual Perpetrators
By Cindy A. Simpson, Ed.S., & H.L. "Lee" Gillis, Ph.D. *
34 - The Use of Adventure-Based Therapy in Work with Adolescents who have Sexually Offended
By Susan Rayment *
Section V - Working with Mental Health Concerns
35 - Wilderness Adventure Therapy in Adolescent Psychiatry
By Simon Crisp & Matthew O’Donnell *
36 - The Windana Therapeutic Community’s Action Adventure Program
By Richard Price & Marijke DeBever *
37 - Adventure with Adults Living with Psychiatric Disabilities
By Bridget Roberts , Shane Horwood, Nic Aunger, & Michele Wong *
Section VI - Working with Families
38 - Families at Play: The Dynamics of Intervention
By Scott Bandoroff, Ph.D. & Andrea Parrish, M.A. *
39 - Exploring Together Outdoors: A Family Therapy Approach based in the Outdoors
By Robyn Mulholland & Antony Williams *