At Equine-Assisted Therapy in Wildwood, the mantra is, “Walk on.” It’s what the therapists say to motivate the horses to move forward. It’s often the first words of the organization’s pre-verbal ...
Through a new partnership with The Dake Foundation for Children, THS will help children and young adults who face financial ...
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SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A local therapist is using a unique resource to help clients who may feel stuck in traditional therapy. Equine assisted psychotherapy is an alternative form of therapy that takes ...
Britney Spears has been opening up about her equine therapy sessions in recent Instagram posts, and a source exclusively tells Life & Style she’s crediting the unique form of therapy with keeping her ...
Good Samaritan Boys Ranch is asking for donations of horses for equine therapy to help children in foster care.
Research shows that interacting with horses has many benefits like lower blood pressure and heart rate, an increase in neurotransmitters that act as pain suppressants, decreased stress, decreased ...
Since 2016, an uncommon type of therapy has been helping veterans in the Quad City area. Equine-assisted therapy involves spending time with horses to calm a person’s mind by forming a connection with ...
The Stable Relationship is the equine assisted therapy practice of Meg Patterson, LMFT. After 30 years of work as a traditional psychotherapist with individual adults and couples, Meg discovered that ...
Margaret Gitter returns to her alma mater, Benedictine University in Lisle, six times a year with some visitors from her backyard barn. Finn, a pony with an Appaloosa-like coat, and Ned, a steady ...