New career opportunities
Your advantages as an Adventure & Nature Therapy Practitioner
Work in the mental health field and integrate your passion for nature.
Gain clarity
Clarity and evidence of your practical and methodological skills, your background knowledge, and the exams you have passed.
Well-founded, clear and recognized
You place your current work as a professional experiential/ outdoor educator in child and youth welfare/psychiatry on a clear, well-founded and recognized basis.
New career opportunities
You will notice that a multitude of new career opportunities opens up. You have the opportunity to work as an adventure and nature therapy specialist in the international CREATE YOUR CHANGE programs.
Clinical Supervision | Quality assurance
Access to worldwide professional networks, meetings, gatherings and special clinical supervision and quality assurance.
Certification
You can become officially certified with ATI courses in the USA and achieve the title of „Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist“ (CCAT).
Publications
You gain access to current publications in research and practice and can easily publish your own scientific articles internationally.
Gain clarity
Clarity and evidence of your practical and methodological skills, your background knowledge, and the exams you have passed.
Well-founded, clear and recognized
You place your current work as a professional experiential/ outdoor educator in child and youth welfare/psychiatry on a clear, well-founded and recognized basis.
New carrer opportunities
You will notice that a multitude of new career opportunities open up. You have the opportunity to work as an adventure and nature therapy specialist in the international CREATE YOUR CHANGE programs.
Clinical Supervision | Qualitiy assurance
Access to worldwide professional networks, meetings, gatherings and special clinical supervision and quality assurance.
Certification
You can become officially certified with ATI courses in the USA and achieve the title of „Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist“ (CCAT).
Publications
You gain access to current publications in research and practice and can easily publish your own scientific articles internationally.
Who is the ebook for ?
For anyone who would like to work with their clients or patients
using adventure and nature therapy, but is unsure whether they have the necessary qualifications. In this ebook, you’ll learn
how to overcome this problem and gain more confidence in your work.
For the practitioners among you who are already achieving positive changes and effects in their work and are wondering whether this is already „Adventure and Nature Therapy“?
Our eBook will provide you with answers to this question.
For anyone wondering whether you’re suited for this – and whether you can even call yourself an „Adventure & Nature Therapist“?
That’s the question of all questions, and we’ll give you some answers in this ebook 😉
Practitioner with field experiences
Level 1 is aimed at practitioners and people with field experience who are already working in the field of adventure, wilderness, or nature education.
Practitioners from different professional fields
Practitioners from the professional fields of health care, health prevention, mental health, family & youth care, social psychiatry, social sciences, teachers, youth workers, medical rehabilitation, disability assistance …
Our training (usually in English or German) is aimed at professionals and students who want to learn Adventure & Nature Therapy as a specialized therapy or complementary therapeutic approach and expand their specialist knowledge.
Insights into your exclusive Ebook
Our exclusive ebook gives answers …
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.
Evidence-Based Foundations of Adventure & Nature Therapy
Adventure and Nature Therapy is grounded in a growing body of research showing its effectiveness in improving mental health, reducing stress, and enhancing emotional and social skills. Our training is based on these evidence-based practices, combining theory and practical tools to ensure ethical, culturally sensitive, and effective interventions.
Comments from our participants
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 titled “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 trainingcourse with 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.
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.
Bonus !
We pave the way for you to obtain international certification as a “Certified Clinical Adventure Therapist (AEE)”.
Quality
We are a member of the German „Federal Association for Individual and Experiential Education“ and have actively promoted the development of the self-image and the professional profile of “Adventure & Nature Therapist”.
We are also a member of the American „Association of Experiential Education (AEE)”.
Why you should download the ebook
You will read how you can work in rehabilitation clinics, psychiatric hospitals, child and youth welfare facilities and in therapeutic teams.
You will learn how you can professionally use natural spaces for therapeutic interventions.
You will be informed how you can organize your therapy sessions in nature in an action- and experience-oriented way and reach your goal faster.
You learn how you can build a new career perspective.
We look forward to getting to know you and perhaps accompanying you on part of your journey.