A therapist led experiential program that uses rock climbing to work through fear, control, trust, and emotional regulation in real time.

In partnership with Levitation Climbing

We use rock climbing as a real-time environment to help clients work through the same patterns that show up in recovery: avoidance, control, fear, shame, and difficulty with emotional regulation.

Instead of just talking about these challenges, clients experience them directly and learn how to move through them with support.

What a Typical Group Looks Like

Pre-brief
We set intentions and identify clinical themes such as avoidance, control, trust, shame, and emotional regulation. Clients are oriented to both the climbing experience and its therapeutic purpose.

Climbing / Experiential Component
Clients engage in climbing through graded exposure. All routes and challenges are adapted to individual abilityno prior experience needed.

In-the-Moment Clinical Work
We actively track what emerges and address it in real time

Processing + Integration
We use structured discussion and experiential exercises (psychodrama, sociometry) to help clients process the experience and identify clear takeaways.

This program helps clients:

• Engage more fully in treatment

• Work through fear, control, and trust issues as they happen

• Build emotional regulation through direct experience

• Increase group cohesion and connection

• Strengthen relapse prevention skills

• Experience meaningful, sober recreation

• Expand identity beyond substance use