Nature based addiction treatment in the Wilderness of Africa? Yes, please. Life gets better! Work, effort and nature are required for it to show results. Without these things, we know that nothing changes if nothing changes.
We call it Nature based addiction treatment. Breaking away from group therapy session, AA and NA meetings, draining and deep psychotherapy session after session, can do one more good than you may think at first. Ecotherapy at its finest! Brilliantly funny this video, probably says it all in one way or another!
Traditionally, therapy sessions and AA 12 step work take place within the four walls of a physical room. During nature-based psychotherapy the natural environment becomes the therapy room.
The encounter between the client and nature can be deeply meaningful and holds the possibility of understanding life dilemmas differently, expanding life skills and for transformative change.
When we feel pain in life, we seek out what we believe to be pleasure to fix it. We are deluded into believing that by seeking sensual pleasures, we can achieve and maintain a pleasurable state of being. It is a view of reality shaped and driven by internal beliefs and wishful fantasies, and it is mostly unconscious. Seeing things as they really are in nature based addiction treatment means letting go of this delusion, this desire for things to be other than they are.
Nature has a way of putting this into perspective. Ecotherapy is based on the theory that nature heals. Patients recovering from surgery heal faster when they have a window with a view of a tree or garden. Nature based addiction treatment likewise, lends itself to Africa. This is magnified in Plettenberg Bay, the Monaco of South Africa. And we throve on it at Pathways Plett Rehab. Treatment at Pathways Plett Rehab has an intimate and exclusive feel to it, and is ideally suited to meet our clients needs right from where they are currently in their lives. We go beyond a mere primary group setting and uniquely provide the individualized tertiary recovery space for you to turn your life around and realize your true potential as well as the joys and promises available to those living a healthy and sober lifestyle. Discover how to Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep learning and Give.
Natural outdoor settings for ecotherapy and nature based addiction treatments are powerful aids to healing, as ancient wisdom and modern science have shown. As research on the health benefits of nature proliferates, a growing number of clients and providers seek to integrate nature contact into psychotherapy sessions. Finding a quiet place to observe the beauty of the living world around you while just existing allows you to slow down and realize your deep connection to everything.
Outings play a bigger part than you may think at first in addiction treatment and recovery. Slowing down to a specific pace, the pace of nature will help you lower your heart rate yes, but in the long term may help you to stop being impulsive. Sitting, just sitting with the reality of a problem is hard work for most of us. It is also one of the things that make us the most sick, if we run from them. Mind over mood is a serious concept to think about when dealing with addiction and depression. impulsivity can be defined as “a pre-disposition toward rapid, unplanned reactions to internal or external stimuli without regard to the negative con-sequences of these reactions to the impulsive individual or to others.” In other words, a person acts or speaks without thinking or caring about the fallout. Nature helps us put this kind of thinking into perspective.
For help with depression and drug, alcohol or other addictions or to learn more about nature based addiction treatment take a look through our website and gallery to view our Nature based addiction treatment interventions or call us for further information. +27824424779 or +27 044 533 0330. We are always here to help.