Adventure Based Counseling: an innovation in counseling.

Journal of Counseling and Development,  June, 2002  by Fletcher, Teresa B.; Hinkle, J. Scott

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Adventure Based Counseling (ABC) is a therapeutic tool that can be adapted to almost any setting and is a mixture of experiential learning, outdoor education, group counseling (Schoel, Prouty, & Radcliffe, 1988), and intrapersonal exploration. Although obviously not a panacea, the conceptual framework of ABC is based on several counseling theories including behavioral and cognitive theories, experiential learning, an affective perspective (Priest & Gass, 1997; Schoel et al., 1988), as well as a process of events that promotes positive change.

ABC involves activities in which ...

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