​What Therapeutic Goals can be Achieved through Surfing?

  • Stress Relief through physical activity and time in nature
  • Coping Skills learned and practiced in a challenging setting
  • Anger Management
  • Healthy Leisure Skills
  • Problem Solving Skills
  • Self Efficacy through facing fears, overcoming challenges and mastery of a difficult skill with a therapist to highlight your strengths and victories
  • Upper Body Strength and Mobility
  • Improved Balance
  • Sense of Spiritual Connection
  • Interpersonal skills including assertive communication, listening and following direction, giving and receiving praise and support
  • Opportunities to engage in humor and play
  • Mindfulness
 

Who Can Benefit from Surfing?

​Everyone! But some specific participants that can experience the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual benefits include people who experience:

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Substance Abuse
  • Anger Management Problems
  • Developmental Disabilities including Autism
  • PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury​
  • Youth at Risk
  • Need for increased upper body strength, mobility and flexibility

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Presentation and Research Paper elaborating on research based benefits of Surf Therapy
Group Surf Therapy Research
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The Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation, a beautiful example of
​therapeutic surfing changing the lives of combat veterans.

 2016 Interview with Michelle Uyeda