Hope Adventures uses a variety of farm animals and nature to provide strengths based, client centered services. Hope Adventures is an outpatient therapy practice that combines traditional therapeutic techniques with farm life and animals. Therapy sessions incorporate that mindset as each session is different and catered specifically to every client and their goals. At Hope Adventures, you get the
opportunity to heal, grow and transform while interacting with animals and farm environment. Clients are given the opportunity to step outside their comfort zone and get the chance to enjoy a small taste of farm life. Hope Adventures uses animal assisted therapy, nature therapy and farm based therapy in the therapeutic process. Services offered include:
**Animal Assisted Therapy: Hope Adventures incorporates farm animals into the therapy process. These animals include a dog, bunny, horses and goats. Pictures if the animals can be found under the animal tab at the top of the page. Studies have shown that animals provide a positive influence on improving one's emotional, social and cognitive well being. The skills they learn during session can be transferred to their everyday life and mindset.
**Nature Therapy: Part of Hope Adventures is also allowing clients to connect with nature during sessions. It allows clients to tap back into their 5 senses and learn to enjoy the world around them. Nature therapy has shown to decrease stress levels and increase relaxation skills. Nature therapy allows clients to step outside the typical therapy office setting and enjoy the world around them. While direct interaction with the farm animals is not planned, sometimes they get curious and join us during sessions.
**Farm Based Therapy: Every day is a new and exciting day on the farm. You never know what to expect and things are consistently changing. Animals are fine one day, and then sick the next day. One day two animals get along, the next day they are butting heads and being aggressive with each other. While some days are easier than others, clients learn valuable lessons during sessions that they can apply to everyday life situations. They learn to understand that every animal has a different personality as well as certain likes and dislikes. Just like humans, they have boundaries and personal space that they do not always want others in. Interested in finding out more? Feel free to visit our website at www.hopeadventures.com or email [email protected].
