Signature Programs
At Medicine Horse, we are devoted to serving individuals and groups through Equine Facilitated Therapy (EFT) and Learning (EFL). We are not a therapeutic riding facility. All of our therapy sessions take place on the ground with our therapists and interns. Our horses are co-facilitators during the session which means their job is to behave in their natural intuitive state and to respond to the client naturally without any agenda.
During our Equine therapy sessions, we focus on sharing space with our horses and building trust with them over time while we learn to ground, groom, and lead with the supervision of licensed mental health professionals. Equine-facilitated therapy sessions use feedback from the horse's behavior and interactions to give insight, thus enhancing the process and providing a therapeutic experience unparalleled by talk therapy alone.
New insights, skills, and successes developed with the horses transfer to each participant's everyday life. Medicine Horse provides a fun, challenging, and unique environment in which human growth, healing, and potential may be achieved.
Why Horses?
There are many areas where horses can help, such as trauma, grief, recovery, depression, and anxiety for all genders and all ages. Working with horses in nature is a unique and effective therapy treatment, especially for those who need an alternative to traditional talk therapy. Equine therapy is "experiential" and in our sessions with horses, we focus on sharing space with them and building trust over time while we learn to ground, groom, and lead with the supervision of licensed mental health professionals. Equine-facilitated therapy sessions use feedback from the horse's behavior and interactions to give insight, thus enhancing the process and providing a therapeutic experience unparalleled by talk therapy alone.
As herd animals, horses are highly social and empathic, relying on their relationships with one another for comfort, safety, and survival. Each horse’s distinct personality may remind you of someone you know, eliciting emotions and behaviors that can be processed in a safe and non-judgmental way. Horses can help build self-efficiency, confidence, trust, communication, and social skills. They also help humans learn impulse control, boundary setting, emotion regulation, and much more.
New insights, skills, and successes developed with the horses transfer to each participant's everyday life. Medicine Horse provides a fun, challenging, and unique environment in which human growth, healing, and potential may be achieved.
Our Signature Programs
Each of our signature programs runs for six weeks, with sessions held once a week for two hours. We offer these groups three times per year: in spring, summer, and fall. Below is an overview of our signature offerings.
Click each program to learn more and see upcoming program dates:
This supportive program provides veterans and active duty service members with a safe space to process experiences, connect with each other, build trust, and enhance emotional resilience.
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This program is open to anyone impacted by breast cancer (in-treatment or recovery), this program fosters healing and connection through emotional support and shared experiences.
Our Teen LGBTQ+ Group offers a supportive environment for LGBTQ+ teens to build confidence, foster self-acceptance, and connect with peers though equine-facilitated activities.
Focused on emotional awareness and community building, these groups help teens navigate challenges while fostering personal growth and resilience, all while engaging with our animals.