EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY

Promoting mental well-being through interaction with horses

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      What is Equine Assisted Therapy ?

It's about horses helping people with a wide range of mental health problems to experience themselves differently.

Working with horses and professional therapists, people discover new ways of dealing with problems. Sometimes these problems can be greatly reduced or overcome.

A relationship developed with a horse can offer challenges to help overcome fears, build up trust, respect, compassion, develop communication skills, problem solving & coping techniques, self confidence and self esteem. These skills are transferrable to many other areas of ordinary day to day life.

The role of the therapists is to act as guides through these processes, involving the horses as teachers. It is experiential by nature

People learn about themselves and others by participating in activities with the horses.

Careful debriefing and discussions with the therapists encourage self awareness and change.