How individuals with self-reported anxiety and depression experienced a combination of individual counselling with an adventurous outdoor experience: A qualitative evaluation
| Autor: | Alex Kyriakopoulos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Service (systems architecture)
Psychotherapist Interpretative phenomenological analysis Adventure therapy Experiential learning Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Interpersonal relationship Intervention (counseling) medicine Anxiety medicine.symptom Psychology Applied Psychology Intrapersonal communication |
| Zdroj: | Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 11:120-128 |
| ISSN: | 1746-1405 1473-3145 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14733145.2010.485696 |
| Popis: | Background: Adventure therapy is a short-term experiential psychotherapeutic approach that utilises adventurous activities and being in natural environments in order to facilitate therapeutic change in clients. The present paper examines how students with self-reported anxiety and depression experienced participating in an innovative intervention that combined individual therapy with an adventurous outdoor experience. Clients participating in the Adventure Therapy Project received between 1015 one-to-one counselling sessions prior to the outdoor experience, as well as ongoing counselling following it. Method: Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used in order to record and analyse the experiences of three male and three female students who presented at a major UK university student counselling service with self-reported depression and anxiety. Findings: Twelve themes emerged which were categorised into four major domains: enhancing intrapersonal relationships; improving interpersonal relationships; providing an experiential outdoor venue for achieving therapeutic change; offering a secure, personal place for achieving inner healing. The intervention was perceived to improve the ways in which interviewees related towards themselves and other people. Interviewees perceived the counselling sessions as offering a safe therapeutic space within which they could unveil their anxieties and achieve inner healing. Conclusions: Outdoor experiences offer an experiential venue for achieving personal change and, it appears enhance the therapeutic process. Prior and subsequent individual therapy increases the benefits of such experiences. |
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