Outdoor Leadership Training Seminars

Therapeutic Wilderness and Nature-Based Skills
2009 Professional Trainings
Boulder, Colorado
June 22-27, 2010

Are you a therapist wondering how to incorporate the natural world into your practice? Have you personally experienced the power and magic of the outdoors, yet not sure how to harness this resource to enhance your professional work?

Course Provided In Connection with:

Are you an outdoor educator who wants to learn how to use the outdoor experience therapeutically? Are you wanting to support your students and clients to become conscious and conscientious caretakers of the earth through facilitating a deep personal connection within them?

As a part of the natural world ourselves, we hold the wisdom that allows us each to intuitively tap into the natural healing potential of the earth. Our goal is to empower you to collaborate with the natural world to create meaningful experiences and interventions for the people with whom you work. In this training we will provide information, experience, theory, and support for you to develop specific therapeutic wilderness tools, as well as to trust your own creative ideas.  The course will involve immersing yourself in a personal exploration of the natural world in connection to your own life goals and desires as a path to being a guide for others.

Trainings will provide both personal growth and professional skills in the following:

• Nature as Metaphor
• Adventure-Based Counseling Techniques
• Transpersonal Nature Awareness
• Contemplative practices in the Natural world
• Expressive Arts in the Natural World
• Ceremony and Ritual

Location and Logistics:
Dates: June 22-27, 2009
Cost: $995 (includes lunch)

Location:
This intensive 6-day program will take place at an outdoor site near Boulder, CO.  Our days will be spent outside learning and practicing wilderness and eco-therapy techniques that can be easily applied to your current therapeutic practice or educational curriculum.  

Our daily schedule will be as follows:

• Days 1, 3, 5, 6 of the course we will meet 9am-5pm
• Days 2 & 4 of the course we will meet 9am-9pm
• *We ask that you bring extra food and snacks for yourself

The Instructors:

Michael Jospe M.A.: Michael is a wilderness therapist, professional coach. He instructs for Naropa University’s masters degree program in ecospychology, is the of the Earth-Based Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and advisor for the Master of Arts Program (MAP) at Prescott College.  Michael has a B.A. in Outdoor Recreation Leadership and an M.A. in Adventure Education. He has been teaching others to be outdoor leaders and guides for 12 years..

Katie Asmus M.A., LPC, BMP: Katie is a Wilderness Therapist and Educator.  She combines her passions for creativity, deep self-exploration, radical self-acceptance, and present moment awareness to create eclectic and meaningful experiences for people.  Katie is the Assistant Director of the Wilderness Therapy masters degree program at Naropa University, has a private psychotherapy practice in Boulder, CO, and advisor for the Master of Arts Program (MAP) at Prescott College.  She is an Outward Bound Instructor and a guide for the Women’s Wilderness Institute.

Additional DETAILS:

How to Register: Call Darren Silver at:  970-901-7352 for registration information and to pay by credit card. Tuition for the trip is $995 per person. $300 deposit required to reserve a place on this course. 50% of balance due May 15th, full payment due on June 15th. Contact us for further information. Send check payment and all completed paperwork to: Darren Silver, Outdoor Leadership Training Seminars, 513 D South Main St.  Gunnison, CO 81230.  For course content information call Michael (720-352-7865) or Katie (303-881-8802   DATES: COST: Info Packet : June 22-27, 2010 $995 per person.