Upcoming MAP Colloquium: November 7th - 9th

EAMH Post-colloquium Workshop: Relational Horsemanship for Equine-Assisted Mental Health/Equine Assisted Learning

Sunday, November 9th - Wednesday, November 12th

Current Colloquium Schedule

 Recent Equine-Assisted Mental Health Workshops and Opportunities:

• Equine-Assisted Mental Health Summer Intensive

Recognized, practicing professionals in the field of EAMH come together to offer this training intensive in true application of Equine-assisted Psychotherapy. This Intensive is deigned to "get down to the nuts and bolts of clinical work while maintaining the art and experiential nature of adding in the horse as a co-therapist". Focuses will be on diagnostics, interviewing techniques, assessment and treatment planning for clients with Childhood disorders, Mood isorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Personality Disorders. In addition, applied Equine-Assisted Structural-Strategic Family Therapy will be presented. Real families will be available to work with as part of this training.

• Relational Horsemanship and Yoga Weekend - Learn to Live Fully From Your Center

Spring Retreat with Rachel Peters and Paul Smith.

See PDF here.

• Taking the Reins in Your Relationships - A workshop for women facing changes in their lives.

Taking the Reins is a one-day experiential workshop specifically designed to support your process of change. Join master group process facilitator Dr. Sharon Grady and veteran horse professional Bonnie Ebsen Jackson of Teaching Humans with Equine Ranch at a serene ranch location in Skull Valley, AZ for an empowering day of skill building and problem solving. Lunch will be provided along with a notebook filled with useful ideas to help you on your journey. Our program consists of group activities and hands-on ground work with horses. No horse background necessary - This is a non-riding event.

• Workshop for the Training and Experience of Interpersonal Equine Therapy  

Interpersonal Equine Therapeutic intervention is based on analyzing the process and content of the social interaction between horse and client. By virtue of deepening the connection between horse and client and analyzing the social interactions between them (based on the components of affiliation and influence), behaviors that are socially dysfunctional can be replaced by more effective social behaviors.  The rewards of a healthy cooperative interpersonal relationship and the deepening of that relationship continue to motivate the client to work through disruptive  dynamics.  The goal is to learn new negotiation tools without depending on dysfunctional coping skills and dynamics.  The power of the client's connection with the horse serves to maintain high motivation for interpersonal success while giving continuous feedback on the effectiveness of the client's interpersonal techniques.  The efficacy of the interpersonal equine connection in working with many different client presentations and incorporating different types of treatment modalities makes this therapeutic approach inexhaustible.

Brochure (PDF)

• From Action to Insight: Experiential Counseling Strategies that Work

  Drawing from the fields of gestalt therapy, adventure-based counseling, drama therapy, and equine-assisted mental health, this intensive 3-day workshop is designed to provide students of counseling a dynamic hands-on experience with experiential approaches to counseling. Emphasis will be placed on how to most effectively process various interactive therapeutic experiences with individuals, families, and groups in order to help clients achieve their goals. The relationship between treatment planning and the use of experiential therapeutic interventions will also be addressed. A mixture of direct instruction, personal experience, role-playing, and critical reflection will help participants strengthen their counseling skills and gain confidence as clinicians. By the end of the workshop, participants should have a better understanding of several different experiential counseling strategies, theories, and skills to help support and amplify their master’s level course work.

Stonehouse Guest House at Chauncey Ranch YMCA in Mayer, AZ

Flyer (PDF)

• Facilitation for Transformation: the art of supporting growth and change

This workshop will allow you to recognize and appreciate your facilitation style and challenge you to take the necessary risks to explore and develop a deeper capacity to support and facilitate change. Emphasis will be placed on the following topics: pre and on-going assessment, creating connection, emotional congruence, supporting emotional risk taking, the use of the metaphor, framing-intervention and debriefing the experience and techniques to enhance transference.  This is experiential facilitation training; participants should be prepared to be outside and involved with horses. Partnering with horses will allow us to amplify our understanding of some of the skills we bring to facilitation namely our presence, power, timing and intention. Presented by CLS Director Paul Smith and Pam McPhee of The Browne Center

Little Rock, Arkansas

Flyer (PDF)

• Horses Helping Families: Relational Horsemanship Clinic

This clinic focuses on in-depth horsemanship and how it relates to Equine-Assisted Mental Health. Presented by reg Esquibel of Ride to Pride, this workshop will provide participants with a rare opportunity to learn relational horse training techniques from a Master trainer, and applied methods for integrating horsemanship skills into therapeutic work with children and families.

Ride to Pride  Las Vegas, NM

Flyer (PDF)

Recent CLS Articles related to EAMH:

Horse Sense: Equine Therapy Helps With Mental Health Issues 11/5/2006 (PDF)

Centaur Leadership Services Cover Article, Fall 2005 (PDF)

The Equine Experience: The Role of Horses in Adventure Education (PDF)

Roommates Reconnect: Equine Experiential Learning at Heart of New Business (scroll to p.36) (PDF)

For more information on the Master of Arts Program at Prescott College, contact psmith@prescott.edu or the Admissions office