Making Clean and Sober Places: The Intersections of Therapeutic Landscapes and Substance Abuse Treatment

This chapter discusses the nature of environments established for the treatment and rehabilitation of people with drug and alcohol addictions. It examines the strategies treatment programs employ, and the challenges they face, in their efforts to help individuals gain control of their drinking and drug using. Wilbert Gesler's concept of therapeutic landscapes represented an innovative geographical metaphor with which to understand the …