* This book provides a robust and practical discussion about implementing solution-focused therapy in the outdoors
* While other adventure and outdoor therapy books provide general introductions and overview of the work, this book presents an evidence-based and robust model for therapy outdoors, which is largely missing from the field.
* This book brings together experiences of using this model in current outdoor practice, and contrasts with many adventure therapy books written by scholars with limited outdoor therapy experiences.
Will W. Dobud, PhD, MSW, is a social work lecturer with Charles Sturt University and has been involved in outdoor therapy in the United States, Australia, and Norway. His internationally recognized research focuses on participant experiences in care and improving outcomes in the outdoor therapies.
Stephan Natynczuk, DPhil, MBA, LPIOL, FRSA, MNCS(accred), has been professionally involved in experiential education since 1988. Stephan enjoys training aspirant outdoor practitioners internationally and runs a private outdoor therapy practice. His research focuses on effective practice and professionalism in outdoor therapy.
Title: Solution-Focused Practice in Outdoor Therapy: Co-Adventuring for Change
Author: Natynczuk, Stephan,Dobud, Will W.
ISBN: 9781032108810
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-09-08
Number of Pages: 288
Weight: 0.5581 kg
This book expertly combines the authors' practical experience in outdoor work with solution-focused perspectives and academic connections. Whether you want to embrace working in the fresh air, add solution-focused ideas into your work, or simply get more from your adventures with clients, it's a must read and a book to go back to again and again.
Dr. Mark McKergow, author of The Next Generation of Solution-Focused Practice
An eminently practical book of strategies for creating better lives outside of the consulting room.
Scott D. Miller, PhD, founder of the International Center for Clinical Excellence and coauthor of Better Results: Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Your Therapeutic Effectiveness
The field needs the voices of Will and Stephan, who pull together the past and present uses of solution-focused therapy to engage the current and future generations of practitioners. This book can help practitioners resist the pull of 'curing the disease' and embrace an understanding of how clients possess solutions they have yet to discover.
From the foreword by H. Lee Gillis, APA's 2020 Arthur Teicher Group Psychologist of the Year
In this pioneering book, Will Dobud and Stephan Natynczuk invite us into their adventure of taking solution-focused practice outdoors and show convincingly that it belongs there. If you ever work in an outdoor setting, or are contemplating doing so, I recommend putting this in your backpack and joining them.
Guy Shennan, therapist, consultant, trainer, and author of Solution-Focused Practice: Effective Communication to Facilitate Change
Looking for a textbook that will enhance your therapeutic work outdoors? Here it is! The authors' skillful provision of a solution-focused and hands-on model for outdoor and adventure therapy is not only written in an accessible and down-to-earth manner, it is also conveyed in a heartfelt and inspirational way. I am deeply moved by their beautiful references to clients throughout the book as everything from superheroes to sunsets, whilst reiterating their rightful position as co-adventurers for change.
Carina Ribe Fernee, PhD, co-chair of the Adventure Therapy International Committee and clinician and researcher in the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental health at Sorlandet Hospital in Norway
Science has proved that a patient can heal faster and require fewer pain killers if they can are able to see a tree outside their window. How much more can the mind and body heal, destress, and strengthen in close connection with the natural world? Will Dobud and Stephan Natynczuk have given us the gift of a road map, a work of research destined to become the bible of and a practical guide to effecting outdoor therapy of all kinds.
Les Stroud, creator of the survival TV genre (with Survivorman) and author of Survive: Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You out of Anywhere Alive
