The dates for LEVEL 1 in 2026 are official.
Download your Ebook for more informations and book a free consultation date to check out.
Who is the qualification for ?
- You are already working in the field or would like to professionalize your work in adventure and nature therapy.
- Instead of relying on chance effects, you want to work systematically and effectively using adventure and nature therapy methods.
- You work in the field of rehabilitation, prevention, or resilience promotion and already use preferred nature-based methods/interventions—e.g., therapeutic archery, therapeutic climbing, or forest bathing.
- You are part of a specialized therapy team and would like to expand your range of services to include adventure and nature therapy interventions.
- You work in the field of child and youth welfare and carry out experiential education activities that have a social therapeutic objective?
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 …
Checklist
Here you can download/read the checklist with all the requirements for Level 1.
Dates
Here you will find all course dates for Level 1, as well as the online theory units and important deadlines.
Our prices
We have different price groups in order to achieve approximate fairness. We are aware that in some cases this is still not fair. However, we strive to reflect European income differences in our price table. Please visit our Landingpage about Pricing Policy.
Level 1 | Adventure & Nature Therapy Practitioner
To Start with LEVEL 1 there are general requirements:
Prior verification of the requirements by ATI (documents, proof of experience)
- Health requirements: to be able to work with people in a natural environment (prior completion of the medical questionnaire from ATI)
- Proof of at least 25 days á 8 hrs = 200 hrs (practical) experience in adventure, nature and outdoor activities with groups/ individuals (leading/ facilitating)
or - Certified title of „Erlebnispädagog*in be®“ (Bundesverband Individual- und Erlebnispädagogik e.V./ Deutschland) = „Experiential educator be®“ (Federal Association for Individual and Experiential Education / Germany)
If you don’t have 200 hrs experience (practical) …
We recommend that you start with Level 0
“Grow through nature: Strengthen connection, leadership, and resilience that lasts.”
If you’re ready to step into Adventure & Nature Therapy but still need experience and practice hours, this course gives you the grounding you’re looking for.
Recognized with 60 hours by ATI and co-developed in close collaboration with their team, it offers you a confident and well-supported start into your Practitioner journey.
Download Ebook Level 0
This eBook gives you all the key information you need to make your decision — including dates, location, trainers, pricing, and course content. Download it now.
To help you make a better decision, please read the ebook.
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.
Our international training 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.
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.
