VISTAS Counselor Education and Supervision

VISTAS Online is an innovative publication produced for ACA by Dr. Garry R. Walz and Dr. Jeanne C. Bleuer of Counseling Outfitters, LLC. Its purpose is to provide a means of capturing the ideas, information and experiences generated by the annual ACA Conference and selected ACA Division Conferences. Papers on a program or practice that has been validated through research or experience may also be submitted. This digital collection of peer-reviewed articles is authored by counselors, for counselors. VISTAS Online contains the full text of over 900 proprietary counseling articles published from 2004 to 2017.



Counseling Students Learn Adventure Counseling as an Additional Mode of Therapy to increase their Repertoire of Counseling Skills

Louise B. Graham

2009

Most graduate programs require their students to take a class in group therapy. The Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) requires this and for students to also participate in a group experience. There are many types of groups and an adventure based or outdoor type of group experience affords the graduate student an opportunity to add a new skill to their repertoire of group counseling techniques. This technique is adaptable to many different age groups and types of groups.

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