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An end to an #adventure @BOEtherapy #update #dyk

Dear Blackwater Outdoor Experiences Family, I am writing this letter to officially inform you that as of November 30, 2017, I will no longer be working for Blackwater Outdoor Experiences. Taking such a huge step has without a doubt been one of the toughest decisions Dr. Bright, the other BOE staff, and myself had to make this year. Over the past two years I have worked hard to help Blackwater…

Blackwater Outdoor Experiences: 2016 Accomplishments

I have been working at Blackwater Outdoor Experiences as a Field Therapist for a little over a year at this point. What has been able to be accomplished since my last post about Blackwater Outdoor Experiences? We have been able to have 7 successful 22 Day Therapeutic Wilderness Expeditions for the 2016 year. Throughout that time we launched social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,…

#Active Interventions: A #Response to "Getting off the couch" in #Counseling Today. #experience #adventure #BOEtherapy

The Original Article for this Discussion: Getting off the couch | Counseling Today In this issue of counseling today it talks about getting off the couch and doing other types of interactions with our clients other than sitting and doing talk therapy. The major premise is that counseling is able to have an active component to it especially when a part of adventure based counseling (ABC).…

“Sometimes we don’t fully understand what the client is going through until we take a step back, clean our mind, and look at the situation with new eyes. I like to think of this as if I have cleaned my windshield before driving. How do you accomplish this?” I first wrote these words in my first year of my graduate program at Alfred University. Since then I have learned more about groups and group…