Guide to Equine Assisted Therapy - February 13, 2025

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Your Guide to Equine-Assisted Therapy for Mental Health This book provides a comprehensive overview of equine-assisted therapy , a novel experiential treatment approach showing significant promise for adults, children, and youth across a range of mental health problems. It describes the rationale for these treatments, adds to the knowledge about recent progress in applying them, and analyzes the nature of the bonding between humans and equines that makes these relationships so therapeutic and healing. Key Features Novel Treatment Approach : It covers a novel, experiential treatment approach using a horse (or horses) to facilitate communication and mindful awareness of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Psychological Benefits : Interactions with horses have shown to foster emotional regulation, self-confidence, reflection , and insight , by which well-being is facilitated. Specific Applications : It addresses the knowledge about recent progress in applying equine-assisted therapy to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) , and more. Human-Equine Bond : It analyzes the nature of the bonding between humans and equines that makes these relationships so therapeutic and healing.

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