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social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > psychotherapy > expressive therapy > adventure therapy
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adventure therapy  

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  • Adventure therapy is an active and creative form of group psychotherapy that employs experiential activities designed to promote desired therapeutic outcomes for clients. Adventure therapy is a broad rubric that subsumes a variety of experiential approaches to group therapy that utilize challenging, cooperative tasks to foster healthy change in clients. [Source: Encyclopedia of Counseling; Adventure Therapy]

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