Adventure Therapy

Michael A. Gass, PhD, LMFT, is Director of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Research Center in the College of Health and Human Services at the University of New Hampshire, USA, and a licensed marriage and family therapist. H.L. "Lee" Gillis, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Psychological Science at Georgia College, USA, and a licensed psychologist. Keith C. Russell, PhD, is Professor and Chair in the Department of Health and Human Development at Western Washington University, USA.

1. Introduction 2. A History of Adventure Therapy 3. A Psychotherapeutic Foundation for Adventure Therapy 4. Nature and Adventure Therapy 5. Foundations of Adventure Therapy 6. Assessment in Adventure Therapy 7. Practicing Adventure Therapy 8. Adventure Therapy Competencies 9. Supervision in Adventure Therapy 10. Research and Evaluation of Adventure Therapy 11. Risk Management of Adventure Therapy Programs 12. Adventure Therapy Ethics 13. The Future of Adventure Therapy Appendix A: Risk Management of Adventure Therapy Programs Appendix B: Adventure Therapy Competencies Appendix C: Adventure Therapy Ethics Appendix D: Research Rubric for Evidence-Based Research on Adventure Programs