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Porter, William Wales – 1975
An innovative therapeutic use of the wilderness environment was explored. A purely recreational outdoor camping program organized in 1971 for economically deprived youths subsequently developed into an outdoor therapeutic program designed for problem youth. The wilderness environment was employed as an effective treatment milieu for helping youths…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Attitudes, Behavior Change, Environmental Research
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Miller, Laurence – American Journal of Family Therapy, 1999
Describes approaches for working with children exposed to catastrophic community violence. Details one program, Posttraumatic Child Therapy, and its phases: pretherapy, stabilization of biopsychic response, returning to psychogeographic scene, and completion-moving toward growth and integration. Recommends that therapists must stretch counseling…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Counseling, Counseling Effectiveness