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Evidence-Based Therapy

At Maui Recovery, we try to create a variety of such nature immersion/adventure therapy opportunities where clients can also experience just such a potentially life-saving “shift”.

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Nature Immersion as a Therapeutic Tool

Clinicians who have worked with clients struggling with emotional, psychiatric or addiction issues have long appreciated the healing value of nature immersion as well as the benefits of “fun” recreational activities where a once-isolated, often addicted and mood dysregulated client could experience a deeper sense of connection and joy with experiences that were not related to their addictive patterns of abuse.

Indeed, there is ample research that has proven the clinical efficacy of such experiences: 91.4 percent of participants show a significant clinical improvement and, on average, participants significantly improve from intake to 6 months after completing the program. In addition, in a study published in 2003 by Dr. Keith Russell from the University of Idaho, found that participants showed significant improvement in functioning from intake to discharge and that the gains were maintained one year after discharge.

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Dr. Nicholas Kardaras

Co-Founder | Chief Clinical Officer | PH. D. | LCSW-R

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The Magic Moment

According to Dr. Steve DuBois, Clinical Director of Second Nature, a wilderness program in Utah: “A big part of this experience is helping people experience for themselves a greater sense of self-efficacy and internal locus of control.” For clients struggling with emotional or addictive disorders, this is a critically important healing dynamic.
These experiences were often the magic moment when “the shift” occurs and a client gains the internal realization that there is more to life than addictive self-medicating, numbing and escape. In addition, for many struggling clients, there is a profound sense of healing and grounding that comes with re-connecting to nature.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”100px”][/stack_text_video][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_section el_class=”bg–secondary”][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

15 Years of Healing and Treating

We know first hand the pain and suffering that comes from active addiction. We’re here for you

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