EQUINE ASSISTED SERVICES
When you feel unable to handle stresses of life and you find yourself in the same situation over and over again, you end up feeling stuck. Our hands-on horse assisted therapies can help you unplug from technology, social media, distance learning, and promote reconnecting with peers. Now more than ever after a prolonged period of screen time coupled with periods isolation during the pandemic, connections matter.
FOR INDIVIDUALS
RANCH WELLNESS
We incorporate horses and our ranch landscape into a growth and learning experience. The horses play powerful characters in this narrative with their ability to act as a mirror and to demonstrate powerful metaphors through their herd dynamics. The program involves no riding, which creates a safe space for you to experience the horses as they relate to your specific and unique challenges and goals. Natural horsemanship, the language of equus and horse skills are incorporated throughout the experience.
EQUINE ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy provides a safe place to explore life’s challenges including anxiety and depression, addiction and recovery, PTSD, extreme stress and more. Our staff, including the herd of 8 horses, set the stage for our equine-assisted activities which are guided by EAGALA methodologies, natural horsemanship techniques and herd dynamics.
Learn to connect with yourself and understand your life story without judgement and in a safe space. Explore your struggles and possible solutions through your experience with the horses. Our approach is a professional mental health model. It is not recreational horsemanship, riding lessons, or therapeutic riding and does not involve riding at all.
FOR GROUPS
Equine Therapy for Teens
A ranch based, hands-on therapeutic equine experience designed to help youth unplug from technology, social media and distance learning and reconnect with peers. Unplugged Teen Experience is an after school program that meets outside socially distanced, once a week in a ranch setting with horses for four consecutive weeks.
The benefits of joining our therapeutic ranch class include:
- Reduced stress and anxiety
- Enhanced social skills and reduced loneliness
- Improved communication skills
- Reduced depression
- Strengthened coping skills
- Physical activity and enhanced body awareness
- Increased sense of self and self esteem
CUSTOMIZED GROUP EXPERIENCE
Schedule a single visit or build a schedule of weekly visits over 4, 6 or 8 weeks. We customize your experience based on group size, goals, timing and budget.
Horsemanship Skills
Family Bonding
Team Building
Treatment Centers
Schools & Groups
Happy Horse Ranch works in collaboration with
