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List of contents
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
About the author
Ellen Cole, Esther D Rothblum, Eve M Tallman
Summary
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.
