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I feel like working with the horse totally shows how I am in some scenarios.
~D.R. Substance Use Disorder Group I loved it. I feel my self-esteem rise with horses. They are amazing!
~E.P. Substance Use Disorder Group I want to give a huge shout out to Hope Reins Healing Equine Therapy, Aubree, and Kelbie! Aubree & Kelbie provide a safe place for me to be vulnerable and heal. I love working with these amazing, sweet, talented women and the amazing sweet horses. I can’t explain in words how much equine therapy is helping me heal spiritually and emotionally from 18 years of abuse. I highly recommend Hope Reins Healing Equine Therapy!!
The wonderful ladies & horses hold my emotions with me nonjudgmentally therefore it’s easier to get vulnerable and heal. I was abused sexually, physically and emotionally my whole childhood and so I have lots of trauma and maladaptive behaviors. Working with these horses is helping me heal from my trauma. It’s a beautiful and sacred special place. ~Amber S. I thought that equine was very helpful for the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) boys. Many of them struggle with substance use and engage in oppositional behaviors and all of them have problems with mood and/or anxiety. It seems like the horses helped them open up and engage in treatment better. The horses seemed to give them an "excuse" to express some enthusiasm and they seemed to drop some of their defenses and seemed more willing to show their authentic selves. Some of the exercises were challenging and when the kids persevered and succeeded they seemed to feel a sense of pride and there was a definite positive energy.
In addition to some of the experiences at the ranch, I felt there was a shift overall in some of the group members and some of them were more inclusive and empathetic with others in the group. I am very grateful to have had the experiences with equine and I think the boys benefitted immensely from their experiences. It seems that some of them gained more from the five sessions of equine than they did from the months of IOP treatment before starting equine. ~Russell Bingham, CMHC Southwest Behavioral Health Center |
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