Full Description
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.
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