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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 424 050 RC 021 699 AUTHOR Itin, Christian M., Ed. TITLE Exploring the Boundaries of Adventure Therapy: International Perspectives. Proceedings of the International Adventure Therapy Conference (1st, Perth, Australia, July 1997). INSTITUTION Association for Experiential Education, Boulder, CO. PUB DATE 1998-00-00 NOTE 414p.; For selected individual papers, see RC 021 700-729. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC17 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Adolescents; Adventure Education; *Behavior Change; Behavior Theories; Counseling Theories; *Experiential Learning; Foreign Countries; Group Counseling; Group Dynamics; Group Therapy; Individual Development; Intervention; Mental Health; *Outdoor Education; Wilderness IDENTIFIERS *Adventure Therapy; Family Therapy; Sex Offenders ABSTRACT This proceedings contains selected papers from the first International Adventure Therapy Conference. The papers reflect a wide range of ideas about what constitutes adventure therapy and how it should be conducted. Presenting an array of international perspectives, programs, and practices, the papers expand the current literature, which has come primarily from the United States. Following an introduction, the 38 papers are organized into 6 sections: theoretical considerations, facilitating adventure therapy, working with adolescents, working with offenders and sexual perpetrators, working with mental health concerns, and working with families. The papers include the following: "The Journey in OZ: From Activity-Based Psychotherapy to Adventure Therapy" (H. Gillis); "International Models of Best Practice in Wilderness and Adventure Therapy" (S. Crisp); "It Is Better To Learn To Fish: Empowerment in Adventure Education" (I. Hyde-Hills); "The Wilderness Enhanced Model for Holistic Strategic Intervention" (R. Handley); "Adolescent Coping Styles and Outdoor Education: Searching for the Mechanisms of Change"(J. Neill, B. Heubeck); "The Wilderness Intervention Program: Change through Mentoring" (L. Haynes, S. Gallagher); "Integrating Adventure Therapy into an Adolescent Sex Offender Program"(D. Eger, S. Kilby); "An Evaluation of the Outdoor Adventure Challenge Programme (OACP) at Rolleston Prison" (E. Mossman); "Wilderness Adventure Therapy in Adolescent Psychiatry" (S. Crisp, M. O'Donnell); "Adventure with Adults Living with Psychiatric Disabilities" (B. Roberts, S. Horwood, N. Aunger, M. Wong); "Families at Play: The Dynamics of Intervention"(S. Bandoroff, A. Parrish); and "Exploring Together Outdoors:. A Family Therapy Approach Based in the Outdoors"(R. Mulholland, A. Williams). 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Proceedinge of the '1st hiteroattOi*Actitehtur4 Therapy Conferehce; Peith, Austialia , U S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDI4CATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as 'ChrWian*ItitilWW1 PhD received from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality Ediiór Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY 6.0 8akey- < , s TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) `1 nnis AMPIN Exploring the Boundaries of Adventure Therapy: International Perspectives Proceedings of the 1st International Adventure Therapy Conference: Perth, Australia Christian M. Itin, MSW, PhD Editor Article Reviewers Johan Hovelynck, Marg Cosgriff, Scott Bandoroff, Willie Bannister, Don Kopf, Rob Sveen, Randy Haluza-DeLay, Amy Hyams Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group Association for Experiential Education 2305 Canyon Blvd., Suite #100 Boulder, Colorado 80302-5651 USA 3 Copyright ©1998 by the Association for Experiential Education All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright owner. Printed in the United States of America 4 Contents - INTRODUCTION BY CHRISTIAN M. ITIN, MSW, PHD VI SECTION I - THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS - IDEAS ABOUT IDEAS: EXPLORING THE GENESIS AND MOVEMENT OF CONCEPTUAL BOUNDARIES BY MARTIN RINGER 2 3 - THE JOURNEY IN OZ: FROM ACTIVITY-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY TO ADVENTURE THERAPY H L "LEE" Gnus, PH D 9 4 - THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF THERAPEUTIC CONCEPTS IN ADVENTURE THERAPY BY GUENTER AMESBERGER 21 S - PROVOKING THOUGHT - EVOKING MEANING. GIVING EXPLANATION TO ADVENTURE THERAPY BY RAY HANDLEY 37 6 - A QUESTION OF IDENTITY BY JENNY BUNCE 46 7 - INTERNATIONAL MODELS OF BEST PRACTICE IN WILDERNESS AND ADVENTURE THERAPY BY SIMON CRISP, MPSYCH, MAPsS 56 8 - PANACEA OR POISON? BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM THROUGH ADVENTURE EXPERIENCES BY TRAVIS KEMP, M.A. 75 9 - REDISCOVERING OUR DREAMING: AN ADVENTURE WITH NATURE BY GRAHAM aus-SmiTH 84 10 - THE TASK OF ADVENTURE WITHIN THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS BY MIKE BARTLE 88 II - THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ZEALAND TERTIARY QUALIFICATION IN ADVENTURE BASED SOCIAL WORK BY BLAIR GILBERT 106 SECTION II - FACILITATING ADVENTURE THERAPY 12- FACILITATING PROCESSES OF METAPHOR CHANGE: ENVISIONING BEHAVIORAL ALTERNATIVES BY JOHAN HOVELYNCK 115 5 13 - THE SEVENTH GENERATION IN ADVENTURE THERAPY BY CHRISTIAN ITIN, MSW, PH.D 120 14- GESTALT AND ADVENTURE THERAPY: PARALLELS AND PERSPECTIVES BY RUDIGER GILSDORF 131 IS - IT IS BETTER TO LEARN TO FISH: EMPOWERMENT IN ADVENTURE EDUCATION BY IAN HYDE-HILLS 144 itc - STORIES OF CHANGE BY PAUL STOLZ 149 17- SCARED SPITLESS: THE THERAPEUTIC POWER OF LANGUAGE BY PHIL FITZSIMMONS & TONY ELSHOF 153 iS - LEARNING NEW BEHAVIOURS THROUGH GROUP ADVENTURE INITIATIVE TASKS: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE BY TRAVIS KEMP, M.A. & LEONIE MCCARRON, PH.D. 161 - CHOOSING YOUR STYLE: APPROACHES TO LEADING ADVENTURE THERAPY PROGRAMMES BY JOHN PICKARD 167 - CASE STUDIES IN MANAGING PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPTH BY MARTIN RINGER & H L. "LEE" Gulls 179 II- SUSTAINING THE WILDERNESS THERAPIST BY JENNY BUNCE 189 22- THE WILDERNESS ENHANCED MODEL FOR HOLISTIC STRATEGIC INTERVENTION BY RAY HANDLEY 201 - MASTERING THE MYSTERY IN MANAGEMENT: ISSUES OF CULTURE IN ADVENTURE THERAPY ORGANISATIONS BY MARTIN RINGER 213 - DEALING WITH RELIGIOUS ISSUES IN ADVENTURE THERAPY BY Tom SHACKLES 219 SECTION DI - WORKING WITH ADOLESCENTS 13- ADOLESCENT COPING STYLES AND OUTDOOR EDUCATION: SEARCHING FOR THE MECHANISMS OF CHANGE BY JAmEs T. NEILL & BERND HEUBECK 227 - EFFECTING INTENTIONAL CHANGE IN ADVENTURE PROGRAMMING FOR "AT RISK" ADOLESCENTS BY SANDY GORDON, STEVE HOUGHTON, & JULIE EDWARDS 244 27 - INITIATION: THE RIGHTS OF PASSAGE INTO YOUNG ADULTHOOD BY LEISA THOMPSON, TIM BATTERSBY & ANDREW LEE 251 iv 6 rs- THE AFTERMATH OF THEPORT ARTHUR INCEDENT: THE RESPONSE BY PROJECT HAHN TO ADOLESCENT NEEDS 258 BY ALLAIsI ADAMS, ROBERT L. SVEEN, M.ED.& CAREY J. DENHOLM, PH, D. 29- REFLECTIONS ON WILDERNESSTHERAPY 265 BY EIUN J. EGGLESTON 30- THE WILDERNESS INTERVENTIONPROGRAM: CHANGE THROUGH MENTORING 286 BY LAURIE HAYNES & STEPHEN GALLAGHER SECTION IV - WORKING WITHOkkhNDERS AND SEXUAL PERPETRATORS 31 - AN EVALUATION OF THEOUTDOOR ADVENTURE CHALLENGE PROGRAMME (OACP) AT ROLLESTON PRISON BY ELAM MOSSMAN 293 INTEGRATING ADVENTURE THERAPY INTO AN ADOLESCENTSEX OFFENDER PROGRAM BY DARREN EGER & SCOTT KILBY 305 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. 318 34- THE USE OF ADVENTURE-BASED THERAPY IN WORKWITH ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE SEXUALLY OFFENDED BY SUSAN RAYMENT 332 SECTION V - WORKING WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS 35- WILDERNESS ADVENTURE THERAPY IN ADOLESCENTPSYCHIATRY BY SIMON CRISP & MATTHEW O'DONNELL 346 30- THE WINDANA THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY'SACTION ADVENTURE PROGRAM BY RICHARD PRICE & MARUKE DEBEVER 360 37- ADVENTURE WITH ADULTS LIVING WITHPSYCHIATRIC DISABILITIES BY BRIDGET ROBERTS , SHANE HORWOOD, NIC AUNGER, &MICHELE WONG 368 SECTION VI - WORKING WITH FAMILIES 30- FAMILIES AT PLAY: THE DYNAMICS OFINTERVENTION BY SCOTT BANDOROFF, PH.D. & ANDREA PARRISH, MA 377 39- EXPLORING TOGETHER OUTDOORS: A FAMILY THERAPYAPPROACH BASED IN THE OUTDOORS BY ROBYN MULHOLLAND & ANTONY Williams 386 7 Introduction By Christian M. !tin, MSW, PhD This book developed out of the First International Adventure Therapy Conference held in Perth Australia in July 1997. Originally conceptualized as the proceedings for this conference, the volume and quality of the articles submitted for review demanded that we publish this set of articles using the high standard of production found in textbook quality manuscripts. Thus one year after the conference, the book is published. Its title, Exploring the Boundaries of Adventure Therapy: International Perspectives, grows directly out of the theme of the conference. More importantly, it reflects the nature of the articles in this book. The range of ideas of what constitutes or does not constitute adventure therapy will certainly continue to push the boundaries of this field. There is no one universally accepted definition of adventure therapy, or of what constitutes it and how it is best conducted. This is due in part to the range of meanings in the term therapy