V International training: An Experiential approach to Wilderness Therapy

DEADLINE: 10-04-2019

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The Training Course will take place in Valencia, Spain from 24 to 29 May 2019.

Wilderness Therapy is a methodology within the Experiential Therapies and therefore they promote experiential learning. Wilderness Therapy is an ideal approach to work with youth like troubled teens with psychosocial or educational problems that struggle at school, home, relationships. They believe that by living this experience on first hand, as professionals, they will be able to provide a better experience to their youth participants in the future. Through a backpacking expedition in the fields of Valencia, Spain, sharing and creating new experiences in a small group, while learning and experiencing the therapeutic effects of the wilderness.

Come to develop yourself as a person and as a professional to better understand how can we use the healing power of nature for our work and interventions with youth.

The Training process is divided in 3 different part: the Experience, the Process and the Transfer.

The goals are: to provide a Wilderness Therapy experience that is commonly used in other countries such as USA, to learn theoretical and practical grounds of Wilderness Therapy and to promote good practices when implementing Wilderness Therapy programs adapted to the population and context in which we work.

The Training process is divided in 3 different part: the Experience, the Process and the Transfer.

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