{"id":2641,"date":"2012-12-10T09:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T14:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2012-12-10T09:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T14:20:33","slug":"22-kilometers-off-the-logging-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=2641","title":{"rendered":"22 Kilometers Off the Logging Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/intro1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2642\" src=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/intro1-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/intro1-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/intro1.jpg 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>This week I am featuring a special therapy program called <a title=\"Wendigo Lake Expeditions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wendigolake.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wendigo Lake Expeditions<\/a>. \u00a0Why would I feature this program, you might ask? \u00a0Well, I am lucky enough to have just gotten hired as their new therapist! \u00a0As a therapist, this is my dream job come true. \u00a0Specifically, I am working as a wilderness therapist. \u00a0And no, this does not mean I therapize trees and woodland creatures&#8230;good try though.<\/p>\n<p>A few of my most favorite researchers define wilderness therapy or adventure therapy as &#8220;the prescriptive use of adventure experiences provided by mental health professionals, often conducted in natural settings that kinesthetically engage clients on cognitive, affective, and behavioral levels&#8221; (Gass, Gillis, &amp; Russell, 2012).<\/p>\n<p>I define it as the cool type of therapy.<\/p>\n<p>At Wendigo, I specifically am one of two therapists that work within the REACH program, which stands for Responsibility, Effort, Attitude, Community, and Honor. \u00a0This program is a residential adventure therapy program for male youth-at-risk ages 13-18 located in South River, Ontario, Canada. \u00a0The program provides a coordinated blend of adventure\/wilderness programming; engaging classroom experience; and individual, family, and group counselling in a structured, intensive, and individualized program design (taken from a WLE brochure).<\/p>\n<p>I feel that it is a personal responsibility of mine to help get the word out about wilderness\/adventure therapy as a viable approach to therapy, especially in the Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) world. \u00a0As an LMFTA, I find the blend of MFT and wilderness\/adventure therapy to provide that extra oomph of effectiveness that perhaps more traditional forms of therapy or wilderness experiences alone could provide.<\/p>\n<p>Let me know if you are interested to learn more about wilderness\/adventure therapy or about my experience 22 kilometers off the logging road (aka, I work in the middle of nowhere). \u00a0I would love to chat with you about this wonderful way of providing therapy and living life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I am featuring a special therapy program called Wendigo Lake Expeditions. \u00a0Why would I feature this program, you might ask? \u00a0Well, I am lucky enough to have just gotten hired as their new therapist! \u00a0As a therapist, this is my dream job come true. \u00a0Specifically, I am working as a wilderness therapist. \u00a0And no, this does not mean<a href=\"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/?p=2641\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[210,213,212,211,209],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-therapy-2","tag-adventure-therapy","tag-job","tag-reach","tag-wendigo-lake-expeditions","tag-wilderness-therapy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/intro1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2641"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2641\/revisions\/2649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2641"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/collectiveinquiry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcoauthors&post=2641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}