We’re getting lots of requests for training and presentations. DB has been secured to teach the trek leaders for Alaska Geographic http://www.alaskageographic.org and is finishing his avalanche trainings for the North America Outdoor Institute http://www.aknaoi.org As a Master Counselor, DB is taking on a number of trainees, and serving on a number of graduate thesis [...]

Hey there! It’s been a great season for me, as it stands as the culmination of over a decade of work within wilderness and adventure therapy. This fall I have been fortunate to present at NAOI, gain NCC & DCC credentials, become a certified Master Counselor with NATWC, get a cover story in Counseling Today [...]

        Well, it’s finally posted on Counseling Today Magazine! A little story with yours truly, featuring Alaska Pacific University and ABC Family Therapy. http://ct.counseling.org/2011/12/getting-off-the-couch-2/

I’ve been chatting quite a bit with Lynne Shallcross, Senior writer for Counseling Today magazine, the publication of American Counseling Association. Our conversation started when Lynne asked me about the nuts and bolts of Active Sessions, something I’ve developed at Alaska Pacific University, as well as in my own private practice. Now, active interventions (or active [...]

The Chronicle of Higher Education, to which most of us academics subscribe, has released an article on the anti-depressant effect of physical exercise. What’s most surprising, so far, is that there are NO detracting statements in the posts that follow. I mean… in the world of academia, and certainly within this site (CHE), the strings [...]

While I generally deplore major media’s discourse on anything to do with mental health, counseling, and psychology as pop psychology, at best, and blatant marketing by the psychopharma industry; there are infrequent moments of clarity in major medicine and media. In the continuing saga of the slowly awakening medical community, the Washington Post has released [...]

I’ve long been a proponent of getting outdoors for sessions, and was happy to see the article in WebMD supporting our practice. Take a moment and read the WebMD article, if you like. http://www.webmd.com/balance/features/walk-and-talk-therapy Read what NY Social Worker, Clay Cockrell, LCSW has to say, or rather what The Times, WebMD, Jersey City Reporter, am [...]

In addition to our “standard options”, which is a strange thing for an adventure-based counseling entity to say… we offer customized treks for individuals, couples, families, and groups. These often take place with the support of a local outfitter for logistics, unless the trek is a co-designed option in a case where outfitters are not [...]

Ethics: The Game Show 3 Ethics CE Hours This workshop is a repeat of the popular ethics offering from the 2010 Annual Conference held in Fairbanks last October. Participants will consider problem scenarios in a fast paced and interactive learning environment. Ethical codes of conduct from the various helping professions will be explored. This workshop [...]

After ten years of working in wilderness and adventure-based counseling, DB Palmer took a position with Alaska Pacific University as the Director of the Counseling & Wellness Center. One stipulation, when he began, was that he’d wait a year before opening up his private practice in Alaska. Well, kiddos, the time has come, and after [...]