Experiential Therapy

If you feel that you may be uncomfortable talking to a therapist in a traditional counseling setting, experiential therapy may be an effective alternative. Experiential therapies take you out of the counseling room and put you into environments where you feel more comfortable and where you may feel better about talking freely.

Experiential therapy activities may include:

• Sculpting
• Rock climbing
• Ropes courses
• Music therapy
• Wilderness therapy
• Recreation therapy
• Adventure therapy

Experiential therapy is designed to help people in recovery to develop a stronger sense of self by understanding and coming to terms with past traumas and buried emotions. Through several sessions, a recovering addict will be better able to cope with these emotions without turning to drugs as a means of escape.