INSTITUTIONAL CLIENTS
Trusted by Educational Organizations, Treatment Centers, Recovery Partners
Adventure Recovery partners with treatment centers, clinical practices, recovery programs, and educational institutions to provide adventure-based therapeutic prevention and intervention. Our programs combine clinical expertise with nature-based experiences that generate lasting behavioral change. We serve organizations with ongoing customized programming.
What Adventure Recovery Offers:
Weekly/monthly recurring programs (current examples: McCall Center for Behavioral Health, Britelife Recovery, Center for Motivation + Change, River Rock)
Custom program design to bolster overall therapeutic dynamism and improve programmatic outcomes
Peer-based instruction or clinically-informed adventure therapy (where requested)
Executive clinical oversight provided by Peter Lazar, LCSW, consulting clinical director and Josh Flaherty, LCSW, executive director
Flexible scheduling and locations, with tailored experiential workshops, programming, and events, including everything from basic outdoor adventures to multi-day expeditions, rites of passage, and inspirational activations that create long-term impact.
How It Works:
15-minute discovery call
Custom program proposal
Pilot program (1-3 month)
Ongoing partnership, supervision, and integration
“Adventure Recovery partners with schools, treatment centers, and recovery programs to provide clinically informed adventure programming. We're not replacing therapy; we're enhancing it with experiential interventions that build confidence, connection, resilience, and sustainable coping strategies.”—Josh Flaherty, LCSW, AR COO
CASE STUDY: Britelife Recovery
The Challenge: Britelife Recovery needed consistent, therapeutic outdoor programming for their clients in early recovery. They wanted experiential activities that built confidence, fostered connection, and provided healthy coping strategies, not just "fun outings."
The Solution: Adventure Recovery designed a monthly program combining hiking, rappelling, rock climbing, bushcraft, and other activities with guided reflection and clinical support. Programs are overseen by the Britelife clinical team and Adventure Recovery clinicians, facilitated by trained guides who understand the recovery journey.
The Partnership:
Monthly programming since 2023
Serves 48 clients per month
Customized to Britelife's clinical goals and optimizing client outcomes
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"At BriteLife Recovery, we understand healing as a process of rebuilding connection: to self, to community, and to something larger than ourselves. Adventure Recovery helps bring this vision to life by creating experiential opportunities outside of traditional treatment spaces, where clients challenge themselves, reconnect with nature, and grow through authentic relationships. Because their guides are woven into our clinical culture and collaborate closely with our team, these experiences become an integrated part of treatment rather than an add-on. The result is a level of engagement and meaning that clients consistently describe as transformative."—Dr. Jennifer Richards, PsyD, Chief Clinical Officer, Britelife Recovery
Adventure Recovery Programming Improves Outcomes
In addition to providing infrastructure and programming for treatment and mental healthcare facilities, clincial leaders have directly participated in AR programs.
