Social Context of Treatment *DRAFT*
This section addresses the application of adventure therapy within individual, group, and family social contexts of treatment. There are various theories and models of treatment that utilize these social contexts, which are described in the Theory section. This section explores considerations regarding use of adventure therapy in the various social contexts of treatment, including explaining why the social context is an important consideration for treatment and to identify currently accepted best practices.
The decision to use a specific social context is based on a clinical assessment of the client. Please refer to Clinical Decisions for more information related to assessment. Adventure therapy can be successfully incorporated in any of the social contexts. It is assumed that the adventure therapist will have a working knowledge of the basic clinical skills inherent in more traditional applications of the social context as derived from social work, psychology, and counseling literature. For example, it is assumed that a practitioner doing adventure-based individual therapy will understand the conventional clinical disorders his or her clients may present and that he or she will have mastered the art of clinical interviewing to complement the use of adventure based activities.
Specific social contexts are:
