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Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy and Learning: The Human-Equine Relational Development (HERD) Approach offers a hands-on approach to integrating equine-assisted therapy and learning into mental health treatment. Based on the HERD Institute model, the book showcases a series of case studies that cover working with patients with trauma, attachment disorders and depression.
Additional case studies show varied approaches to working with families, couples and culturally-diverse populations. Ethical and safety considerations are covered, emphasizing the importance of both human and equine welfare in the equine-facilitated psychotherapy and learning model.
List of contents
Part I1. Introduction2. Why Horses? What is Equine Therapy?3. Philosophical Foundations4. Theoretical Foundations5. Theoretical Foundations II: Where Does the Horse Fit in?
Part II6. Ethical Practice in EFPL7. The HERD Model of Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy8. The HERD Model of Equine Facilitated Learning9. The HERD Model of EFP in Action10. The HERD Model of EFL in Action
Part III11. Horse Sense, Business Sense12. Final words
About the author
Dr. Lac is an Equine-Assisted Therapist at the HERD Institute in New Albany, Ohio. She designs, implements, and assesses equine-facilitated psychotherapy and learning. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor working with individuals, groups, and families in traditional therapeutic settings as well as through animal-assisted interventions, specializing in clients with eating disorders, trauma, and attachment disorders. She has published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology as well as the Journal of Creativity in Mental Health.
