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Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Learning.
Room and Outdoor Counselling.
Equine Assisted Therapy
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning is offered by our qualified and registered ACA (Australian Counselling Association) counsellor trained and certified through Equine Psychotherapy Institute (EPI) where participants are offered safe experiences with horses for the purpose of addressing psychological challenges and developing new skills to achieve wellness.
Equine Assisted Therapy provides opportunity for self-development, skill development and relationship development, offered in an experiential way, with horses incorporated into the therapeutic process.
Sessions develop and deepen the participant’s awareness of their thinking processes, behaviours and emotional responses in a collaborative therapeutic relationship so they are able to develop more personal awareness and have greater power over the choices they make in their lives, allowing them to ‘explore’ and ‘experience’ while in a safe relationship.
Arrow Equine Assisted Therapy's programs are underpinned with evidence-based practice, including Gestalt and cognitive behaviour therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and mindfulness-based practices. We take a trauma-sensitive approach and offer nature-based, experiential learning opportunities.
Horse Wisdom Program (TM)
Developed by The Equine Psychotherapy Institute, the Horse Wisdom Program is an effective social and emotional skills building program. The Horse Wisdom program runs for 7 sessions and can be extended or tailored to participant requirements. It can be run weekly, fortnightly, or over 1 to 2 days either individually or as a small group.
There is no horse riding involved and you do not need to have any horse skills. It is great for most mental health related issues, social skill building, behavioural pattern awareness, emotional regulation or for personal coaching purposes.
The program covers:
Regulation/the Calm State.
Awareness/Noticing.
Boundaries/Know your 'Yes' and 'No'.
Healthy Relationships.
Kind/Helpful Thoughts/Thinking and Talking.
Feelings as Natural.
Facing Life's Challenges.
Counselling - Outdoors and Room based
Our Counsellor is qualified and registered with ACA (Australian Counsellors Association) and offers both outdoor in nature and traditional room based counselling sessions in the privacy of our property located 20 minutes north east of Dubbo. Being in nature fosters a deep connection with self, other and the earth as well as the freedom of movement, giving you all the benifits of traditional room based counselling with the benifits of being outdoors.
Why Us
We pride ourselves on offering current, effective, evidence-based therapeutic and experimental learning and therapy. We are a small practice ensuring we can guarantee you will be treated as an individual, with privacy, respect and supports tailored to meet your individual needs.
Set on our 120 acre private farm and home to an array of animals including the local wildlife if you choose to access our room based services, you will still be surrounded by nature.
Sessions
Individual - One on One sessions, theses can be one off, a series for such programs as the Horse Wisdom program or regular ongoing sessions.
Group sessions - we cater of small group sessions.
Corporate sessions are catered to suit the groups need, we are also able to include Motivational talks with Jamie' Dodge' Manning and Karen Manning sharing their inspiring stories of resilience and overcoming
adversity. More information on Jamie can be found here:
Pricing
Please contact us for how we can best meet your needs.
We provide services for plan and self managed NDIS participants.
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