Full Description
Approximately one in five adults and one in seven children and youth suffer from mental health disorder over their life span. Yet, available treatments for mental health problems are only moderately effective, and about half of those who need treatment are not benefitted by current treatments, and many don't even seek them. Equine-assisted therapy is a novel, experiential treatment approach showing significant promise for adults, children and youth across a range of mental health problems. These treatments use a horse (or horses) to facilitate communication and mindful awareness of thoughts, emotions and behaviors in an experientially oriented approach via groundwork or riding. Interactions with horses have shown to foster emotional regulation, self-confidence, reflection, and insight, by which well-being is facilitated. The current book describes the rational for these treatments, add to the knowledge about recent progress in applying them to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and more, and analyze the nature of the bonding between humans and equines which makes these relationships so therapeutic and healing.
Contents
Part 1 Perspectives on Equine Assisted Therapy.- Chapter 1 Mindful Approaches: Zen Principles in the Theory and Practice of Groundwork in Equine-Assisted Therapy and Learning.- Chapter 2 An Overview of the History, Rationale, and Clinical Application of the use of EAS in Veterans with Psychiatric Disorders.- Chapter 3 Equine-Assisted Therapy Programs on the Ground versus Programs in the Saddle: How Do You Choose?.- Chapter 4 Equine-Assisted Therapy Development: Methodology and Rationale.- Chapter 5 The Equus Effect: Somatic Experiencing with Horses.- Chapter 6 Equine Facilitated Cognitive Processing Therapy (EF-CPT) for Psychotherapy with Adults.- Part 2 Equine Assisted Therapies for Adults.- Chapter 7 Equine Assisted Therapy for PTSD (EAT-PTSD): The Man O' War Protocol.- Chapter 8 Discovering Brain Based Mechanisms and Predictors of Clinical Outcomes of EAT for Patients with PTSD.- Chapter 9 Therapeutic Riding for Patients with Schizophrenia.- Chapter 10 How Hippotherapy Can Tackle Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders In Traumatic or Vascular Conditions Of The Central Nervous System.- Chapter 11 Equine-Assisted Therapy for Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders.- Part 3 Equine Assisted Therapy for Children and Youth.- Chapter 12 Equine-Assisted Interventions for Youth with Anxiety.- Chapter 13 From Disability to Advantage- Equine-Assisted Therapy in Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.- Chapter 14 Introducing ASTride: An Equine-Assisted Occupational Therapy Intervention for Children with ADHD.- Chapter 15 Efficacy of EAIs on relieving adolescent stress and improving social competence: Theoretical models and empirical evidence.- Part 4 Cherishing Equines: A Journey of Remembrance and Care.- Chapter 16 Horses in Service: A Historical Military Context.- Chapter 17 Horse Well-being in Therapies Integrating Horses.
