{"title":"Long-Term Group Nature-Assisted Therapy for Veterans Diagnosed with Chronic PTSD","authors":"Shai Shorer, Maitri Shacham, B. Bloch","doi":"10.1080/01609513.2023.2173358","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among veterans. However, many veterans who deal with this condition avoid therapy, and innovative therapeutic solutions are needed. The current article presents a case study of combining nature and group therapy in a long-term, group adventure therapy program for veterans with chronic PTSD. Qualitative data were collected during four focus groups with 10 participants. Thematic content analysis was employed to conceptualize this intervention’s therapeutic components. Three main themes were identified, highlighting how this program enhanced participants’ skills in coping with PTSD avoidance symptoms, because group relations constituted a platform for promoting rehabilitation efforts. Nature was described as a pivotal curative factor, providing added value to this therapeutic model. These findings suggest nature-assisted therapy is a promising supplementary intervention, particularly for clients who fail to gain sufficient improvement via other individual or trauma-focused therapies.","PeriodicalId":39702,"journal":{"name":"Social Work with Groups","volume":"46 1","pages":"235 - 248"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Social Work with Groups","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01609513.2023.2173358","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among veterans. However, many veterans who deal with this condition avoid therapy, and innovative therapeutic solutions are needed. The current article presents a case study of combining nature and group therapy in a long-term, group adventure therapy program for veterans with chronic PTSD. Qualitative data were collected during four focus groups with 10 participants. Thematic content analysis was employed to conceptualize this intervention’s therapeutic components. Three main themes were identified, highlighting how this program enhanced participants’ skills in coping with PTSD avoidance symptoms, because group relations constituted a platform for promoting rehabilitation efforts. Nature was described as a pivotal curative factor, providing added value to this therapeutic model. These findings suggest nature-assisted therapy is a promising supplementary intervention, particularly for clients who fail to gain sufficient improvement via other individual or trauma-focused therapies.
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Social Work with Groups is a unique quarterly journal of community and clinical practice, and an important reference publication for those in the social work profession who value and seek to understand the small group. The journal addresses the issues of group work in psychiatric, rehabilitative, and multipurpose social work and social service agencies; crisis theory and group work; the use of group programs in clinical and community practice; and basic group competencies for all social work professionals. The contributions reflect a sophisticated knowledge of the use of the group as a learning medium and a highly developed understanding of instructional technology in the teaching of social group work knowledge and skills.
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