ABSTRACT
This phase of the Facilitated Wave Model focuses squarely on what practitioners do in the moment to facilitate a healthy group process. The discussion begins with an overview of how the practitioner operates to move through the typical structure of an adventure group, including check-in, expectations review, identify clinical focus, facilitate activities, processing, and closure. It explores common facilitator techniques used during facilitating adventure therapy groups, including: using the group process, tuning in, clarification, gatekeeping, opening up discussion, confronting incongruent behavior, proximity control, calling on the adventure beliefs, and “antiseptic bouncing.” Additionally, facilitators need to understand when to intervene with an individual or the whole group, managing resistance, the use of metaphor, and co-facilitation considerations. Specific suggestions for how to facilitate client learning from the experience complete the chapter.
