ABSTRACT

Adventure Group Psychotherapy: An Experiential Approach to Treatment explores what is necessary for an experiential therapy group to function effectively, and the practical skills needed to inspire success.

The authors describe how to use activities in a manner that produces the greatest opportunity for clients to reach their goals. Issues such as how to actively assess client functioning in the group, how to select the appropriate activity, how to shape an effective environment, and how to help clients process their experience are a few of the aspects examined to help clients move toward their goals. The practical skills the authors describe enable readers to immediately learn and apply their practice with groups.

This book will be an important tool in any group therapy class, in practice settings to train practitioners, and for any clinician trying to expand their group work capabilities.

chapter 1|3 pages

An Introduction

chapter 3|16 pages

Building Blocks of Adventure Group Psychotherapy

Moving Beyond Group Treatment Foundations with Experience

chapter 4|13 pages

Overview of the Facilitated Wave

chapter 5|11 pages

Guiding the Learning

chapter 6|15 pages

Assessment

chapter 7|35 pages

Matching

chapter 8|36 pages

Shaping the Environment

chapter 9|31 pages

Facilitating the Experience

chapter 10|16 pages

Evaluating the Process

chapter 11|3 pages

Concluding Invitation