In the last few days, all of the facebook groups for therapists have had a consistent focus… TeleHealth solutions are choppy, impersonal and getting used to them is challenging. As more and more of our field begins to transition to online and virtual solutions to provide therapy during the practice of ‘social distancing’, how do…
If you found out today that you were going to be assigned to work with a new co-therapist, my guess is that you would probably have a LOT of questions. What questions would you have about them? Perhaps, you might want to get an understanding of their style of facilitation, their approach to client behaviors,…
Passion – Adventure Therapy It’s 6:00am and my watch alarm goes off. My instant reflex is directly to the button that silences the cacophony happening in my sleeping bag. It’s fifteen degrees out and my first conscious moment draws attention to the ring of frost clinging to the hole of my sleeping bag where only…
The final element of archetypal adventure is the use of Limitations for individuals or the group. “Limitations” refers to the little rules that facilitators use to add challenge, moderate participation and to mimic real life. This might be a rule changing the way that participants are allowed to communicate (Limited Speech), a request to use…
From Metaphor to Magic In my previous post (Action into Metaphor) I talked about how Action Archetypes can be a great way to find a simple isomorph without having to have a large selection of “back pocket” activities available. That idea serves as a foundation to this post’s topic: developing richer isomorphs by intentionally selecting…
Archetypal Actions in Adventure Therapy By now, if you’ve been following this blog, you might be seeing a theme. It’s my belief that adventure activities can be pretty easily consolidated into a few consistent elements, and each element has about 8 or 9 archetypes that can be applied to almost any activity. Games can be…
My last post discussed the way that I approach the invention, adaptation and conceptualization of Adventure Activities. I proposed that adventure activities follow a universal theme including an objective, an action, a way to use props, and limitations of group members. Several archetypes of each element exist, and they will be explained in detail over…
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to tweak, tune and even invent activities so they work better for my clients. At some point early on, this looked like a constant search for “the magic bullet” and an ever expanding bag of tricks. Then, it became about a few activities that I KNEW…
I mentioned in my last post that I only have a few back pocket activities that I use regularly. It’s an evolving list of tried and true activities that I know work. I don’t believe, however, that they ended up there because they are cool, or because they are that much more fun than any other…
I have a confession to make. When it comes to facilitation and adventure therapy activity selection, I only have about five or six back pocket games. That’s not an exaggeration! That’s not to say that I don’t invent games. That’s actually a huge part of who I am as a facilitator, and hopefully will be…
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