EQUINE-ASSISTED MENTAL HEALTH FOR HEALING TRAUMA

Clinicians have long recognized that trauma therapy provides a pathway to recovery and Equine-Assisted Mental Health for Healing Trauma provides that pathway for those who work with horses and clients together. This book demonstrates a range of equine-assisted mental health approaches and step-by-step strategies for facilitating recovery from trauma for children adults and families. Chapters address topics such as chronic childhood trauma accident-related trauma complex trauma and dissociation posttraumatic growth in combat veterans somatic experiencing and attachment eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) reactive attachment disorder (RAD) relational trauma and sexual trauma. Experts also provide case studies accompanied by transcript analyses to demonstrate the process of trauma healing. Clinicians will come away from the book with a wealth of theoretical and practical skills and an in-depth trauma-informed understanding that they can use directly in their work with clients.