What Equine-Assisted Therapy Is — in Plain Language
From hippotherapy to ground-based counselling: one horse, several very different jobs.
Horses in therapy: hippotherapy, therapeutic riding and ground work.
From hippotherapy to ground-based counselling: one horse, several very different jobs.
In one the horse is the treatment; in the other it is the teacher. The choice follows the goal.
A prey animal reads tension before words, and answers the truth rather than the performance.
Leading, grooming and quiet presence: some of the strongest sessions never involve a saddle.
The horse never volunteered; workload limits, turnout and planned retirement are the debt owed.
Where to stand, how to lead, what to wear: the quiet structure that lets sessions stay calm.