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Article: Research update: the wilderness therapy trail: wilderness therapy can help provide personal growth and physical health benefits.(THE ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVE)
- Article from:
- Parks & Recreation
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
- Author:
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"The only real antidote is inside ... It is the skill and humor and courage within, the ability to build your own tires and find your own peace. On a solo trip you may discover these, or try to build them, and life becomes simple and deeply satisfying. The confidence and strength remain and are brought back and applied to the rest of your life" (Sutherland, p. 265).
As suggested in Sutherland's writing, individuals who seek inner strength, confidence or an antidote to the problems they face often turn to the wilderness as a place to receive therapy. Wilderness settings are an effective medium for therapy because they take people out of their everyday environment ...