From a press release:
The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council announces the first annual Regional Wilderness Therapy Symposium to be held April 14-15 in Asheville. It will still be holding its National Wilderness Therapy Symposium in Park City, UT, in August, but to make the symposium more accessible to programs and field-staff on the East coast, it has expanded to include the symposium in Asheville.
Regional keynote speaker, author, adventure speaker, and 2012 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Jennifer Pharr Davis, will join with research scientists, clinicians, educators, and students for the symposium. The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council was formed in 1996 to improve standards of care and promote safety in wilderness therapy programs for adolescents and young adults.
WHO: The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) Council
WHAT: The Symposium consists of interactive presentations, lectures, and outdoor experiential workshops covering a wide variety of topics in wilderness therapy.
(See obhcouncil.com/symposium/schedule for a complete list.) It brings together a diverse cross-section of clinicians, field instructors, rites of passage guides, educational consultants, professors, research specialists, students, and residential program staff to share theories, insights and best practices.
Leading researchers from the field of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare will present the latest research findings on Adventure & Wilderness Therapy.
WHEN: April 14-15
WHERE: Crowne Plaza Resort, Asheville, NC (see obhcouncil.com/symposium/location/)
RELEVANCE: The OBH Council has historically convened in the west in places like Park City, UT and Boulder, CO. This is the first time the organization has held a symposium in the east and has chosen Ashville as its setting. This change is significant because of the large number of outdoor enthusiasts that reside in Ashville and surrounding areas. It is possible the OBH symposium, which hosts about 500 professionals annually, may make Ashville a more regular venue.
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