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Papers by Sophia Hjorth Wahlgren

Research paper thumbnail of The potentiality of nature to tug at our heartstrings: an exploratory inquiry into supportive affordances for emotion-focused family therapy in the outdoors

Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, Dec 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Proceedings of the Cave Think Tank: What are the necessary ingredients of International Adventure Therapy training and development?

Griffith University: Griffith Research Online , 2020

The Cave Think Tank workshop was a pre-conference workshop leading up to the Eighth International... more The Cave Think Tank workshop was a pre-conference workshop leading up to the Eighth International Adventure Therapy Conference, held in Australia in 2018. The workshop took place over three days, from 10.30am Friday 24th Aug until 3pm Sunday 26th Aug. Group discussions took place in a cave and a shed, surrounded by natural bushland in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. The 24 participants came from eleven nations, listed here in alphabetical order: Australia (5), Belgium (1), Canada (1), Hungary (2), India (1), New Zealand (2), Norway (1), Spain (3), Taiwan (4), UK (2), and the USA (2). The Adventure Works Australia teaching team (Anita, Pete, Ben, Amanda and Cathryn) voluntarily hosted the workshop, displaying impeccable organisation and catering skills, and helping create a safe and productive space for the work to be done. Participants were diverse in their culture, experience, professional background, ways of using adventure therapy practices, language and food preferences! All were able to speak from their experience and from their understanding of what their local practices and practice needs are. However, all were also aware that they did not necessarily represent their home nation, that they spoke from their own perspective, and that nations represented were limited to those who had volunteered to attend. The workshop aims were co-developed with participants at the outset, and co-facilitated by participants in order to meet agreed aims. It is our shared commitment to strengthen our collective Adventure Therapy practices that motivates us to share Cave outcomes. At heart, it is the benefits we’ve experienced, and the benefits we’ve seen for our participants that motivates our shared efforts. The document is free to be shared with due acknowledgement.

Research paper thumbnail of The potentiality of nature to tug at our heartstrings: an exploratory inquiry into supportive affordances for emotion-focused family therapy in the outdoors

Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, Dec 26, 2023

Research paper thumbnail of Proceedings of the Cave Think Tank: What are the necessary ingredients of International Adventure Therapy training and development?

Griffith University: Griffith Research Online , 2020

The Cave Think Tank workshop was a pre-conference workshop leading up to the Eighth International... more The Cave Think Tank workshop was a pre-conference workshop leading up to the Eighth International Adventure Therapy Conference, held in Australia in 2018. The workshop took place over three days, from 10.30am Friday 24th Aug until 3pm Sunday 26th Aug. Group discussions took place in a cave and a shed, surrounded by natural bushland in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney. The 24 participants came from eleven nations, listed here in alphabetical order: Australia (5), Belgium (1), Canada (1), Hungary (2), India (1), New Zealand (2), Norway (1), Spain (3), Taiwan (4), UK (2), and the USA (2). The Adventure Works Australia teaching team (Anita, Pete, Ben, Amanda and Cathryn) voluntarily hosted the workshop, displaying impeccable organisation and catering skills, and helping create a safe and productive space for the work to be done. Participants were diverse in their culture, experience, professional background, ways of using adventure therapy practices, language and food preferences! All were able to speak from their experience and from their understanding of what their local practices and practice needs are. However, all were also aware that they did not necessarily represent their home nation, that they spoke from their own perspective, and that nations represented were limited to those who had volunteered to attend. The workshop aims were co-developed with participants at the outset, and co-facilitated by participants in order to meet agreed aims. It is our shared commitment to strengthen our collective Adventure Therapy practices that motivates us to share Cave outcomes. At heart, it is the benefits we’ve experienced, and the benefits we’ve seen for our participants that motivates our shared efforts. The document is free to be shared with due acknowledgement.