Abstract

Contents Introduction * Nuestra Hermana * I. Theoretical Perspectives * Wilderness Therapy: What Makes It Empowering for Women? * Self Control: The Key to Adventure? Towards a Model of the Adventure Experience * Transforming Body Image Through Women's Wilderness Experiences * Ethical Considerations in Adventure Therapy: A Feminist Critique * II. Wilderness Therapy in Action * The Wilderness Solo: An Empowering Growth Experience for Women * Women on the Ropes: Change Through Challenge * Building Self-Efficacy Through Women-Centered Ropes Course Experiences * What is the Therapeutic Value of Camping for Emotionally Disturbed Girls? * Equine Psychotherapy: Worth More Than Just a Horse Laugh * III. Special Populations * Two Bears, Dancing: A Mid-Life Vision Quest * Therapeutic Considerations of Wilderness Experiences for Incest and Rape Survivors * Breaking Through Barriers: Wilderness Therapy for Sexual Assault Survivors * Women's Adventure Group: Experiential Therapy in an HMO Setting * So ... What Does Rock Climbing Have to Do With Career Planning? * IV: Voices of Experience: Personal Narratives * When I Reach the Place I'm Goin', I Will Surely Know My Way * Climbing for My Life * After the Next Full Moon * A New Generation of Women in the Wilderness * Reference Notes Included * Index

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