Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Eve M Tallman

Wilderness Therapy for Women (eBook, PDF)

The Power of Adventure

• Format: PDF

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: 4. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317764632
• Artikelnr.: 40446566

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