K-equine RealTalk: Brush. Breathe. Be.
Individual sessions for adults
Ideal for adults feeling stressed out, burned out, high anxiety or needing more self-care. The therapeutic work will focus on improving relational health with both self and others through the authentic human-horse connection. These sessions can provide time to disconnect from our phones to breathe and be in the present moment. Sessions are conducted with a mindfulness based therapeutic approach.
This can be a great way to try psychotherapy for the first time, experience a different type of therapy than before, or supplement the therapeutic work you are already doing with a primary therapist. This animal-assisted therapy can provide an outlet of processing that can feel unique and thus create different individual growth and change. It can serve to get “unstuck” in life challenges, stressors and daily life routines.
Treatment goals are customized for each client who begins equine assisted psychotherapy individual sessions. Clients are assessed during each session and progress is tracked over time. Like office based psychotherapy, formal mental health progress notes are written by the therapist after each session.
“Energy and intention is the language that connects the human and the horse.”
~ Charisse Rudolph, The Art of the Facilitation
Equine assisted psychotherapy can treat adult clients struggling from a variety of stressors and diagnoses.
Equine assisted psychotherapy can help with:
- Marriage or relationship challenges
- Struggles with family members
- High stress from career or professional responsibilities
- Stress from caretaking children, teens or aging parents
- Feelings of worry, fear, or panic
- Anger outbursts
- Chronic irritability
- Sadness, low energy or hopelessness
- Fatigue even with uninterrupted nights of sleep
- Grief from losing a loved one or someone close to you
- Grief from losing pet family members
- Postpartum worry or low mood
- Struggles with infertility or pregnancy loss
- Identity crises
- Loneliness
- Feeling helpless or overwhelmed
- Experienced emotional and/or physical abuse
- Experienced a traumatic event
Equine assisted psychotherapy can treat adult clients struggling from the following diagnoses:
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
- Eating Disorders
- Adult ADHD
“Time spent in nature and away from the typical activities and stimuli of daily living can help the brain rest and replenish.”
~Leif Halberg, The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy
Current equine assisted psychotherapy individual sessions are open to adults (18+) and adolescents (6th – 12th grade). We affirm the inherent value and dignity of all persons; we are purposefully inclusive across race, ethnicity, gender, identity, religion, spirituality, and sexual orientation. Mental health treatment plans are customized for each client in therapy.
Research suggests that a minimum of 8-12 sessions are needed for this modality of individual therapy to be most effective. Adults may enter equine assisted psychotherapy as stand-alone therapy or supplemental therapy. Cost is $285/ 50-minute session.
Please contact us for more information.
