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Every Tuesday beginning 5/7/2024
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Trauma Healing Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy offers a holistic approach to healing, combining the therapeutic benefits of horses with evidence-based psychotherapy techniques. Through guided interactions with equine partners, individuals explore stress/trauma responses, cultivate resilience, and experience profound emotional healing in a safe, supportive environment.
Equine-Assisted Trauma Therapy is a deeply transformative approach to healing that prioritizes compassion, connection, and holistic wellbeing. Through guided interactions with horses, individuals navigate their trauma responses and emotional wounds in a supportive, nonjudgmental space. Horses, with their innate sensitivity, serve as powerful allies in the therapeutic process, offering immediate feedback and fostering authentic connections that facilitate healing.
This therapy modality emphasizes the cultivation of self-compassion, resilience, and relational skills, empowering individuals to navigate their life journey with greater ease and understanding. As participants engage in activities such as grooming, leading, and observing the horses’ responses, they develop a deeper sense of trust, empathy, and emotional regulation. By fostering meaningful connections with both the equine partners and the therapist, individuals embark on a journey of profound healing, reclaiming their sense of agency and restoring balance to mind, body, and spirit.
Whether you’re a seasoned equestrian or have never set foot near a horse, this equine therapy can be a healing path in life’s journey.
Leslie Cashion, LMFT is a licensed therapist and life-long equestrian. She is uniquely suited to assist you on a journey of discovery of self in partnership with equines in nature. Her priority is connecting with you to collaborate on your journey of healing and self-discovery. She believes we each have answers to our struggles inside of us and sometimes it takes a helpful human or equine guide to discover the pathway to healing. She wants to help provide a safe place to explore who you have been, who you are, and who you want to be in partnership with our equine friends.
Leslie is a feminist, healing-focused, equine assisted psychotherapist who works with individuals, couples, teens, kids, and families. In the office she partners with Nugget her canine therapy partner and in the barn she partners with equines. Before becoming a therapist, Leslie was a professional carriage driving coach and trainer up to the FEI level, but loved working with equines and students at all levels. Most recently, she is passionate about relationships with animals, studying Freedom Based Training and Choice Tribe.
Dependent of client’s needs.
$350.00 for intake, $250.00 per person
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