Work outside with purpose – in Adventure, Outdoor & Nature settings
For outdoor educators, youth workers, psychologists, occupational therapists, mental health and rehabilitation professionals …
We'll show you ...
- how you can build a new professional career perspective.
- how you can professionally use natural spaces for therapeutic interventions.
- how you can settle up.
So that you can ...
… work as a professionally trained expert in rehabilitation clinics, psychiatric hospitals, child and youth welfare facilities and therapeutic teams.
Your next steps
You will receive a free consultation
We develop the next steps to you
We open up new career prospects for you
We will work with you to create a reliable
plan for your professionalization
We support you on your way to your new professional future
Typical questions EVERYONE asks
I am already working as a therapist – am I already doing Adventure & Nature Therapy?
Do you have a therapeutic mandate? This question is crucial. Because in many fields, so-called „therapeutic effects“ are explicitly desired. If you are already achieving such effects, it is a sign of the quality of your work.
This is precisely why we developed Level 1 – the „Adventure and Nature Therapy Practitioner.“ This qualification enables you to design therapeutic processes not only intuitively, but also in a targeted and methodically sound manner.
Where can I get certification & recognition?
In the US, the AEE already offers a formal certification in Adventure Therapy. Our training structure, with its three qualification levels (Levels 1–3), is designed to enable you to later obtain recognition and certification in the US. We maintain direct contact with the AEE Board of Directors and continuously adapt our content to current developments.
Can Adventure & Nature Therapy be billed?
Yes – in different ways!
The possibilities depend heavily on the respective field of work (in Germany):
- Clinics and hospitals can bill for Adventure & Nature Therapy using OPS codes.
- Rehabilitation facilities use the KTL codes.
- In child and youth welfare services, billing is possible via “individual additional services (IZL)” – comparable to horse riding or art therapy.
There are also billing models for independent therapists or in health prevention – depending on the framework conditions and target group.
As part of the 2025 graduating class I never thought I would surpass myself like this and graduate as „Adventure & Nature Therapist“ (Level 3).
My thesis entitled “Perspectives and recommendations for the use of nature and adventure therapy with queer adolescents and young adults” even won an award at the international congress “erleben & lernen” and will be published soon.
I am curious to see where my future career path will take me.
I have been accompanying the Adventure Therapy Institute with my cameras since the very beginning. It is fascinating to see how the participants and courses have developed. I would never have thought that this would fill me with so much joy. With my camera, I was able to get to know interesting participants very personally and accompany them through the lens. Thank you for the fantastic natural spaces that I was able to get to know with you.
The training at the ATI was an eventful journey for me – both professionally and personally. In my closeness to nature and with my previous experience, I learned through this training how powerful and healing nature-based processes can be in therapeutic work.
The trainers and participants made a lasting impression on me – professionally excellent, humanly authentic, inspiring and always supportive. Their passion for adventure and nature therapy motivated and encouraged me in the long term.
I am grateful for this time. It has enriched my professional path and opened up new perspectives for my personal development. I benefit daily from the methods I learned, the network and the attitude that this training imparts.
The connection between nature and healing is not just a concept for me, but has become a living part of my everyday life.