The Power of Connection: Equine Therapy at The Arbor Behavioral Healthcare

The Power of Connection: Equine Therapy at The Arbor Behavioral Healthcare

foreign [Music] [Music] there’s so many different kinds of Equine Therapy for very very different uses and populations and audiences and here at the arbor we specifically Target individuals that are struggling with drug and alcohol addiction a horse a horse can’t relate to Ego a horse cannot be fooled by a client’s Behavior you can’t fake it with a horse in other words doesn’t judge what the person is or what they’ve done or their their past or their future they really focus on on who that person is right there in that moment [Music] the horses or animals can offer that connection and that safety a lot of times that sitting in a room with a therapist that they don’t know can’t offer it gets the client out of a room out you know up and moving their bodies and so it’s very holistic and that it IT addresses the entire body the entire system movement sounds smells just nature and so it brings all of these wonderful different elements into the therapeutic Arena horses show up authentically no matter what is going on around them humans not too much you know sometimes we’re inauthentic sometimes we’ve had a bad day sometimes we have to kind of fake it to make it you know and horses don’t have that capacity [Music] drugs and alcohol were the solution at what point in most people’s lives until it became the problem whether you are an addict or an alcoholic I think that these days it is more known and it is recognized as more of a disease it touches everybody’s lives you know it’s based on fear it’s based on not having a sense of safety or a sense of who you are and it just progresses [Music] equine allows these horses to come forward and hold space on their very energetic creatures and and they have an innate need to connect and when that client can emotionally Wade through those obstacles or spiritually raid through those obstacles and become fully authentic perhaps for the first time in you know their adulthood or their entire life and really truly touch that vulnerable part of themselves within themselves the horses will instantly respond they can’t not respond and they respond with this acceptance and this welcoming and this gentleness and this nurturing that can bring you to tears to what Chris is talking about is building their window of Tolerance of how they can go through life and handle things and it is brought up and you can’t unbring it up when they’re face to face with a horse because of that congruency or incongruency in how the horses respond or react and so they start to see this and they start to have this awareness and the desire to want to do something different one of the beautiful things about Equine Therapy is that it’s not an A plus b equals c it is experiential it happens in the moment we stay in the moment and we work on moving the relationship forward and you know a small success could be very huge so it’s so based on each individual client and their needs and you know we try to give every little success that we can because that just again helps build their window up tolerance it helps build this sense of security and safety and works on their attachments to help the horses are our partners and they’re equal Partners they’re not tools I I’m not in charge the client doesn’t get to be in charge either and the horse has to get to be in charge it really is about coming together and building that connection and and that sense of belonging this is a model that we just take out and dust off for particular clients this is a way of life [Music] foreign

Join equine therapists Kris and Courtney on an extraordinary journey as they share the power of equine therapy at The Arbor Behavioral Healthcare. They provide a unique glimpse into their transformative program and share their knowledge, experience, and passion for utilizing horses as powerful catalysts for healing and connection.

Discover how The Arbor Behavioral Healthcare’s equine therapy program goes beyond traditional approaches. Through interactive exercises and the guidance of our equine therapists, participants begin to reconnect with those around them, gain self-awareness, and rebuild their lives with renewed purpose.