GATE 2019

GATHERING ADVENTURE THERAPY EUROPE 2019 "COMMON GROUND"

24th - 27th July 2019. Schwangau, Germany.

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Pre-Conference from 22th to 24th July.

Top Keynote Speakers from Europe

Participiants worldwide

Nations

special workshops, be one of them!

Come and Join us in Schwangau, Germany

For Whom

Your opportunity to experience the European Network of Adventure Therapy in its full dimension: GATE provides a platform to gather practitioners, organizations, researchers and people interested in the field of Adventure Therapy. The program will be a colorful mosaic of keynote talks, workshops, roundtables and lots of opportunities to get to know each other, get inspired and celebrate together.

Common Ground

What is our common understanding of Adventure Therapy? Where are differences or even opposite opinions? What makes a program therapeutic? And who can be an Adventure Therapist? As a multi-lingual, multi-cultural and multi-professional community there is a lot to discover. This year’s focus is on looking for the common ground we share. It is not meant to be an endless theoretical discussion, but a thorough investigation through experiential workshops, multi-professional forums and conversations about what we all share. Adventure Therapy is still young, often unknown in Europe – there is a need for explanation, definition, distinction. We are shaping the picture, right now. You are welcome to contribute to the GATE by holding an experiential workshop or presenting your research or concept in one of the forums. Sign up will be posted soon.

ATE Roundtable

For the first time the national representatives of each country will meet for the ATE Roundtable. There they will work on consolidating and expanding the ATE-Network and elect the next coordination team democratically. For more information about the ATE Roundtable and on how to become a representative please check the website: adventuretherapy.eu/ate-network/

Find out just what Adventure Therapy means and what are the programs and suggestion of that kind of therapist?

Keynote Speaker Line-up

Roger Braas

Former Head and Director of Department Psychiatric Department Federal Armed Central Military Hospital, Koblenz

He is specialist for Psychiatry/Psychotherapy and Neurology and also a member of the Teaching Team SISPA - Institute of Progress in the Nature since 2016.

Stephan Natynczuk

Creative Director and Co-Founder

He loves trying out new techniques and finding the perfect solution for any kind of requirements.

Leiv Einar Gabrielsen

researcher and outdoor Therapist at Sorlandet Hospital, Norway

He manages a comprehensive clinical research project where a Norwegian version of wilderness therapy is offered to adolescents with mental health challenges.

Adventure Therapy as a new strategy in Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

My presentation for Adventure Gate 2019 will show new strategies in Treatment of „Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) by using „adventure therapy“ and for instance animal assisted therapy.

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Adventure Therapy Deconstructed: a Journey towards Professional Practice

There are possibly as many versions of Adventure Therapy as there are practitioners.

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On zebras and meaning making in adventure therapy – embracing individuality and the human connection

In this talk, I will attempt nothing less than to apply basic understandings from psychology and philosophy about what it means to be a human being, to the core of our adventure therapy practice.

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Full program GATE 2019

2nd GATE - Gathering for Adventure Therapy in Europe

Download a copy of timeline here.

ATE RoundTable 1. meeting
Arrival and Checkin
Opening Conference
ATE Presentation
Dinner
Campfire

Morning Workshop
Breakfast
Keynote: On zebras and meaning making in adventure therapy – embracing individuality and the human connection
Workshops
- The sweading Lodge as ritual structure in change processes (4hours)/ Klaus Langmüller (AT)
- Come and Play - and have your say!/ Helen Jeffery (NZ)
- The inviting nature of working with stones, rocks and pebbles/ Luk Peters (BE)
- Is going out always "going in" ?/ Lynn van Hoof (BE)
- Inner balance in a crisis/ Josef Sözbir (DE)
Lunch
Workshop
- The sweading Lodge as ritual structure in change processes (4hours) Part 2/ Klaus Langmüller (AT)
- An Exploration of Therapeutic Alliance and Rapport in Wilderness Therapy and Adventure Therapy programs/ Maximiliano Prieto (ES)
- Adventure (logo)therapy: how to implement meaning-full AT interventions/ Alexander Rose (ES)
- Easy activities, fun, save, stretchy, trust activities/ Jan Karssens (DK)
- Time-in place: elements/ Annette Bergmann (DE)
ATE Europe Network
Dinner / Barbecue
Campfire

Morning Workshop
Breakfast
Keynote: Adventure Therapy as a new strategy in Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Workshop
- The natureelements in therapeutical change processes (4hours)/ Annette Bergmann (DE)
- Empowering families in nature/ Marian Beyts (BE)
- Pathfinder-Skills/ Geoffrey McMullan (UK)
- Adventure therapy considerations and practical resources for addiction prevention and treatment with adolescents/ Alex Rose (ES)
- project "Nachtaktiv" - Kickboxing in therapeutical processes/ Frank Kistner (DE)
- Nature and Quantenphysics/ Sylke Iacone (DE)
parallel

15′ presentation about research + 5′ (academic format)
Lunch
Workshop
- The natureelements in therapeutical change processes (4hours) Part 2/ Annette Bergmann (DE)
- The medicne wheel/ Stefan Perau (DE)
- CO-operation In Network - COIN-Methode/ Tanja Kolar (AT)
- Academic reviews/ Paul Hemmelmayr, Vanessa Stropp, Deborah Wieskötter, Viktoria Prietz, Peer Wijnands
Academic Presentation
Dinner / Barbecue
DJ Dorle/ Dance & Party