Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Eve M Tallman

Wilderness Therapy for Women

The Power of Adventure

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 1994
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 417g
• ISBN-13: 9781560230588
• ISBN-10: 1560230584
• Artikelnr.: 21796095

Autorenporträt

Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Eve M Tallman

Inhaltsangabe

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