Equine Facilitated learning (EFL)
In Equine Facilitated learning (EFL) horses are used to gain an insight into how we perceive, behave and interact with the people around us. This insight is highly valuable for our personal development and personal growth.
Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) is a form of coaching and is designed for anyone who would like to learn more about the way they think about life’s challenges and how they experience the world around them. Programs are offered to young people (aged 7 up to 17), adults (18+), leadership skills or corporate coaching. EFL can be offered to groups in a workshop setting or individually on a 1 to 1 basis.
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP)
In Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) horses are used to gain insight in how we perceive, behave and interact with the world around us. This insight is highly valuable for our personal development and personal growth, and can also have therapeutic value when addressing psychological resilience.
Together with my horses I help you to address difficulties that you may be facing. This can include mental health issues such as low mood or anxiety, trauma, relationship problems or bullying. Horses can also help in teaching life skills such as anger management, task oriented learning and developing social skills.
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) can be offered, in groups or individually, to people who are experiencing mental health problems. Together with the therapist, treatment goals are identified and during a series of sessions (usually between 6-8) you work together with the therapist and the horses towards coping strategies for the experienced difficulties.
The EmReg Course is a high intensity programme that runs for two hours a day for 5 consecutive days. This programme has been developed for those who are unable to progress with conventional therapies.
During this programme you learn to regulate your energy levels with the help of the horses. Horses are particular sensittive to changes in energy, they will slow down when your energy comes down and speed up when it comes up. Once you learn to modulate your energy levels, you can learn to improve your emotion regulation and re-connect body with mind.
The course is based on The Horse Course Skills Star. The Horse Course is a Weymouth based charity that have a done a lot of research into the skills star. It includes several skills such as calmness, assertiveness, focus, planning, empathy and engagement, communitcation and taking responsibility.