Wilderness Therapy for Women: The Power of Adventure (Hardcover)

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