Using horses as healers: A concept analysis by Sharon White-Lewis Equine-assisted learning, therapies, personal development and healing are often used interchangeably. This analysis by Sharon White-Lewis provides well researched insight for those people searching for greater detail.
In the spring of 2021, I signed up for Emerge Equine’s “Let your Light Shine” program. I was battling some anxiety issues brought on by Covid and was in search of a unique experience in personal development. “I definitely found the right place! It has been life changing for me. Madeline Linda, Donelda and Shawna…
We were approached by the dad of two kids, aged 7 and 12. The younger child was a tiny and gentle nurturing type of person. Her older brother was analytical, determined, and intense. The parents found that the little girl was often overpowered verbally by her brother. When they started coming to Emerge Equine, there…
Although the session started with a discussion about the upset in the area of her marriage and divorce, it circled back to something that happened prior to the marriage. Something devastating that had never been talked about. Never put to rest. As Sally (not her real name) shared her experience, upset and grief, the horses…
When sixteen-year-old Dee (not her real name) started coming to Emerge Equine, her mom was looking for a program that would help with Dee’s confidence and anxiety. Dee experiences life through the filter of ASD, developmental coordination disorder and Social Anxiety Performance-Based disorder.
People often think anxiety is being worried or stressed out about something, like a relationship, a test at school, job performance or a life change. They think there is a specific cause of worry, and fixing the situation will fix the anxiety. This isn’t typically the case. Anxiety can inhibit one’s ability to speak or think…
A horse lover with a beautiful Arabian gelding of his own, Matthew is a local teenager who participated in an Equine Assisted Personal Development program held in the fall of 2018.
The client, a young woman in her twenties, was clear on what she wanted in life and how to get it. She could envision her future, her business and her property. But she was stuck. Something was in the way of her reaching for her dreams.
Linda’s favourite horse growing up was a shetland pony gelding named Mr Ed. Elcarlan’s Mr Ed, to be exact. He was 39″ tall, black with a star on his forehead and could run like the wind! Linda loved to go fast and had no fear, much to her mom’s dismay. Depending on the activity, Linda…
With a history of randomly hitting his little brother, aggressive yelling and general outbursts of upsetting behaviour, a family searched for something, anything to help this pre-teen deal with his emotions.