Adventure & Nature Therapy represents a holistic, experiential framework that primarily employs experiential (as well as adventure-based) and nature-based methods to facilitate therapeutic change processes.
Central to this approach is direct experiential engagement: Through structured actions and task-oriented activities, meaningful experiences emerge that are then professionally reflected upon and connected to everyday domains of functioning and participation (according to the ICF – International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) as well as to individual life contexts.

While nature-based interventions (NBI) constitute an important subdomain of this practice—systematically fostering nature connectedness and interactions in and with nature to support therapeutic processes—the Adventure Therapy Institute conceptualizes a broader spectrum under the term “experiential- and nature-based interventionsENBI

ENBI (Experiential- and Nature-Based Interventions) describes an integrative therapeutic framework that combines intentional experiential engagement with nature-based methods to evoke meaningful, embodied experiences that strengthen self-efficacy, regulation, and therapeutic change.

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This concept extends beyond the scope of NBI by intentionally integrating experiential dimensions—particularly intentional action, affective and physical engagement, embodied perception, and reflective meaning-making—to initiate or support therapeutic processes.

ENBI is understood as an expanded, integrative framework that combines nature-based components with experiential, action-oriented, and reflection-centered elements, thereby enhancing the therapeutic depth and impact.

Across all modalities, the overarching goal remains to activate developmental, regulatory, and self-healing processes by immersing clients and patients in meaningful, embodied experiences that strengthen intrinsic motivation, and personal self-efficacy within the therapeutic process.