Academic Qualifications
2016-2020
Doctor of Philosophy
PhD Thesis: Experiences of Adventure Therapy: A Narrative Inquiry
Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Supervisors: John Paul Healy PhD & Associate Professor Susan Mlcek
Awarded the Australian Postgraduate Award for Research Excellence in 2015
2012-2014
Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice)
Master’s Thesis: The Holistic Review of an Australian Adventure Therapy Program for Struggling Adolescents
Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Awarded the Executive Deans Award for Academic Excellence
2008-2012
Bachelor of Social Work with a Psychology Minor
University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC), School of Social Work, Catonsville, MD
Dean’s List for Academic Excellence
Books
Dobud, W. W. & Natynczuk, S. (2022). Solution-focused practice in outdoor therapy: Co-adventuring for change. Routledge.
Harper, N. J. & Dobud, W. W. (Eds.). (2020). Outdoor therapies: An introduction to practices, possibilities, and critical perspectives. Rutledge.
Publications
Magnuson, D., Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2022). Can involuntary youth transport into outdoor behavioral healthcare treatment programs (wilderness therapy) ever be ethical? Child and Adolscent Social Work Journal.
Natynczuk, S., & Dobud, W. W. (2021). Leave No Trace, Willful Unknowing, and Implications from the Ethics of Sustainability for Solution-Focused Practice Outdoors. Journal of Solution Focused Practices, 5(2).
Harper, N. J., Magnuson, D., & Dobud, W. W. (2021). A closer look at involuntary
treatment and the use of transport services in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (wilderness therapy). Child & Youth Care Forum.
Dobud, W. W. (2021). Experiences of secure transport in outdoor behavioral healthcare: A narrative inquiry. Qualitative Social Work.
Dobud, W. W., Cavanaugh, D. L., & Harper, N. J. (2020). Adventure therapy and routine
outcome monitoring: Yes it is time. Journal of Experiential Education.
Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2018). Of Dodo birds and common factors: A scoping
review of direct comparison trials in adventure therapy. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 31, 16-24.
Dobud, W. W. (2017). Towards an evidence-informed adventure therapy: Implementing
feedback-informed treatment in the field. Journal of evidence-informed social work, 14(3), 172-182.
Dobud, W. W. (2016). Exploring adventure therapy as an early intervention for struggling
adolescents. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 19(1), 33.
Book Chapters
Pringle, G. Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2021). The next frontier: Wilderness therapy
and the treatment of complex trauma. In E. Brymer, M. Rogerson, & J. Barton (Eds.). Nature, physical activity, and health (pp. 191–207). Routledge.
Dobud, W. W. & Cavanaugh, D. L. (2020). Future directions for outdoor therapies. In N. J.
Harper & W. W. Dobud (Eds.). Outdoor therapies: An introduction to practices, possibilities, and critical perspectives (pp. 188–202). Routledge.
Non-refereed Publications
Dobud, W. W. (2022). Healing in the outback: An outdoor therapist reconceives his role. Psychotherapy Networker. Retrieved from https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2637/healing-in-the-outback
Dobud, W. W. (2020). Opening the counseling room door: The promise of wilderness
therapy. California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Magazine, 10–13.
2016-2020
Doctor of Philosophy
PhD Thesis: Experiences of Adventure Therapy: A Narrative Inquiry
Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Supervisors: John Paul Healy PhD & Associate Professor Susan Mlcek
Awarded the Australian Postgraduate Award for Research Excellence in 2015
2012-2014
Master of Social Work (Advanced Practice)
Master’s Thesis: The Holistic Review of an Australian Adventure Therapy Program for Struggling Adolescents
Charles Sturt University, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Awarded the Executive Deans Award for Academic Excellence
2008-2012
Bachelor of Social Work with a Psychology Minor
University of Maryland – Baltimore County (UMBC), School of Social Work, Catonsville, MD
Dean’s List for Academic Excellence
Books
Dobud, W. W. & Natynczuk, S. (2022). Solution-focused practice in outdoor therapy: Co-adventuring for change. Routledge.
Harper, N. J. & Dobud, W. W. (Eds.). (2020). Outdoor therapies: An introduction to practices, possibilities, and critical perspectives. Rutledge.
Publications
Magnuson, D., Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2022). Can involuntary youth transport into outdoor behavioral healthcare treatment programs (wilderness therapy) ever be ethical? Child and Adolscent Social Work Journal.
Natynczuk, S., & Dobud, W. W. (2021). Leave No Trace, Willful Unknowing, and Implications from the Ethics of Sustainability for Solution-Focused Practice Outdoors. Journal of Solution Focused Practices, 5(2).
Harper, N. J., Magnuson, D., & Dobud, W. W. (2021). A closer look at involuntary
treatment and the use of transport services in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (wilderness therapy). Child & Youth Care Forum.
Dobud, W. W. (2021). Experiences of secure transport in outdoor behavioral healthcare: A narrative inquiry. Qualitative Social Work.
Dobud, W. W., Cavanaugh, D. L., & Harper, N. J. (2020). Adventure therapy and routine
outcome monitoring: Yes it is time. Journal of Experiential Education.
Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2018). Of Dodo birds and common factors: A scoping
review of direct comparison trials in adventure therapy. Complementary therapies in clinical practice, 31, 16-24.
Dobud, W. W. (2017). Towards an evidence-informed adventure therapy: Implementing
feedback-informed treatment in the field. Journal of evidence-informed social work, 14(3), 172-182.
Dobud, W. W. (2016). Exploring adventure therapy as an early intervention for struggling
adolescents. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 19(1), 33.
Book Chapters
Pringle, G. Dobud, W. W., & Harper, N. J. (2021). The next frontier: Wilderness therapy
and the treatment of complex trauma. In E. Brymer, M. Rogerson, & J. Barton (Eds.). Nature, physical activity, and health (pp. 191–207). Routledge.
Dobud, W. W. & Cavanaugh, D. L. (2020). Future directions for outdoor therapies. In N. J.
Harper & W. W. Dobud (Eds.). Outdoor therapies: An introduction to practices, possibilities, and critical perspectives (pp. 188–202). Routledge.
Non-refereed Publications
Dobud, W. W. (2022). Healing in the outback: An outdoor therapist reconceives his role. Psychotherapy Networker. Retrieved from https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2637/healing-in-the-outback
Dobud, W. W. (2020). Opening the counseling room door: The promise of wilderness
therapy. California Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Magazine, 10–13.
