The Mul­ti­ple Ro­les of Na­tu­re in Ad­ven­ture The­ra­py

Ad­ven­ture the­ra­py (AT) em­ploys na­tu­re in se­ve­ral ways. This ar­tic­le brief­ly sum­ma­ri­zes the he­alth be­ne­fits and me­cha­nisms of ch­an­ge for both chall­enge and na­tu­re di­men­si­ons in AT. It ex­ami­nes ten in­ter­ac­ti­ve ro­les for na­tu­re in AT. It con­cludes with a th­ree di­men­sio­nal mo­del that ba­lan­ces va­ry­ing de­grees of chall­enge, na­tu­re, and psy­cho­the­ra­py in AT.