Thinking about training?

If you are new to the practice of Clinical Rock Climbing Therapy, training can increase both your technical and professional confidence. Here are some of your options:

Clinical Rock Climbing Therapy Course - Wild & Wonderful Life, Golden, CO, USA.

• Hybrid, synchronous course.

• 5 sessions held weekly, via zoom.

• 2.5 day indoor/outdoor intensive in Golden, CO.

• 36 CE's provided by the NBCC

• Appropriate for: Licensed and pre-licensed therapists and social workers, graduate students, occupational therapists, therapeutic program guides.

• Held yearly, check website for dates and curriculum details.

An obvious first mention, this course was created by myself (Aleya, CTA founder) to help therapists confidently begin rock climbing in their clinical practice. An avid climber, my masters thesis is on the use of rock climbing to treat women with PTSD. After 10 years of professional guiding and climbing therapy, this training is a culmination of my experience in theory and practice. In the course we cover theory, trauma informed practices, treatment planning and intervention creation, assessment, risk management and more. The goal is to end the course with a ready - to - go program you've created to serve your client population.

Website: https://www.wildandwonderfullife.com/training

Therapeutic Climbing in Experiential Education and Psychotherapy - Institute for Climbing Therapy, Bad Ischl, Austria

• 5 days in-person, indoors.

• Taught by the man who literally WROTE THE BOOK.

• Appropriate for therapists, social workers, graduate students and educators.

• Held yearly, 2025 & 2026 dates set, check website for dates and curriculum details.

Alexis Zajetz is a psychologist, psychotherapist and climbing instructor who wrote the german-language text book on the psychology of rock climbing. For us english speakers, the google translated text has been invaluable in understanding the neurobiology, cognitive and physical processes and the path to mental health that climbing provides. The opportunity to learn from Alexis is extraordinary. The course is highly experiential and leverages the group format to explore climbing therapy interventions.

Website: https://www.climbingtherapy.com/

AEE and TAPG - Annual Conference, Various Locations, USA

• Held yearly in different location across the USA

• Workshops on various Climbing Therapy and Experiential Therapy topics.

• Appropriate for therapists, social workers, graduate students and educators.

Each year the Association for Experiential Education hosts it's international conference, with the Therapeutic Adventure Professionals Group's pre-con right before. During the TAPG pre-con workshops on climbing, facilitation and trauma informed care are taught by industry allstars. It's a wonderful opportunity to network and learn from a variety of voices from across the country. All workshops offer CE's.

Website: https://www.aee.org/events/2024-tapg-pre-conference

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