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A Great Example of How Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy Works
One of the ways horses teach us about ourselves is that they share our reactions. For example, someone with Post Traumatic Stress...
Gifts From Our Horses We Shouldn’t Ignore
Our horses can provide us with important insights about ourselves if we listen to them. In my work with horses and ponies as my...
A Horse, Attachment and Beauty: a Therapeutic Journey
My work is based on the notion that the emotion that drives those of us to love horses, that bodily feeling of comfort we often have when...
Trainers often have a profound impact on their student’s lives: The Story of Hannah, her pony Little
My friend, Pat Schmoll, is a dressage trainer in Ocala, Florida. She is not a psychologist. However, the relationship she has...
The Healing Nature of Horses
This blog will focus on the psychological aspects of our lives with horses. My work as a psychologist moved outside of the traditional...
Use of the natural rhythms of the horse’s gaits to help stabilize emotional states
Many of us have experienced the calming effect of being around our horses and/or riding when we are feeling emotional distress. The smell...
The Therapeutic Nature of Touch, and How A Horse Helps Us Feel Whole
I practice psychotherapy with children ages 5 to 18 with the help of Jake and Orion (my equine co-therapists). Once in awhile I work...
