| Therefore, in overcoming addiction, it is vital to learn | | | | experiential therapy, is worth reviewing on its own |
| to re-experience life. This lesson helps a treatment | | | | due to its uniqueness and successful results. Research |
| center resident reintegrate into the world after | | | | supports the use of experiential therapy, as |
| therapy is through. Experiential therapy is this bridge | | | | motivation increases and social integration is easier |
| to leaving a life of substance dependency and | | | | through the experience of such therapy.The great |
| commencing a life of health, both physical and mental. | | | | outdoors is well known for its healing abilities, and |
| Experiential therapy is a necessary component in the | | | | exercise in itself releases the same good-feeling |
| steps towards a complete therapy. In addition to | | | | endorphins as a high does. There we have it: the high |
| counseling and more traditional therapies, experiential | | | | that is healthy. Outdoor experiential therapy utilizes |
| is the door to the world - it forces the patient to | | | | nature to help residents work through their problems |
| test herself, to get up when she falls, to learn that | | | | and free themselves from dependency through the |
| giving up is not an option. This is a vital lesson to | | | | physical challenges offered in nature. Activities can |
| learn when overcoming addiction, as when problems | | | | include winter sports like snowshoeing, and summer |
| arise after therapy, the former patient will remember | | | | sports like hiking. More radical activities, like a |
| that there are other means of dealing with problems | | | | heli-experience, are also possible. The heli-experience |
| than turning back to addiction.Experiential therapy | | | | takes people to literally previously unknown heights. |
| includes many various forms, and can be divided into | | | | In opening new worlds, these experiences reconnect |
| two main categories: outdoor experiential therapy | | | | residences to their world, which is so important to |
| and indoor experiential therapy. Both aim at physical | | | | eventually helping them reconnect with the people |
| and mental challenges in order to succeed. Equine | | | | who live in this world. |
| therapy, which falls within the category of outdoor | | | | |