Just Released: Integrating Horses into Healing – edited by Cheryl Meola

We are beyond thrilled to share an amazing new resource for the field edited by Cheryl Meola. We had the honor of contributing severals chapters to this book. When she approached us about contributing chapters, Cheryl said she wanted this book to be a resource for people newly entering the field of equine-assisted services. We were asked to write in a “newbie”-friendly way. That said, we believe this book is equally valuable for seasoned professionals and for those new to the field.

You can purchase Integrating Horses into Healing now on Amazon!

Here is a list of the book’s chapters with the titles we contributed in blue:

1. 1. Natural therapeutic aspects of horses by Cheryl Meola and Malaika King Albrecht
   2. The evolution of equine-assisted services (EAS): horses are good for people by Lorrie Renker, Octavia Brown and Pebbles Turbeville
   3. Horse Speak and Partnership by Sharon Wilsie and Laura Wilsie
   4. Relational Equine-Partnered Counseling (REPC) by Hallie Sheade
   5. An in-depth approach to relational work with equines: Natural Lifemanship by Bettina Shultz-Jobe and Kathleen Choe
   6. Breathing into relationships: the HERD Institute approach to equine-facilitated psychotherapy by Veronica Lac
   7. Side-to-side astride: the benefits and challenges of equine mounted work in trauma processing by Susanne Haseman
   8. Blended therapy modalities in equine-assisted psychotherapy: integrating equine-engaged internal family systems (EE-IFS) and equine-connected eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EC-EMDR) by Jenn Pagone and Kathleen Choe
   9. Medical therapy (OT, PT, SLP) enhanced with hippotherapy by Joann Benjamin, Ruth Dismuke-Blakely and Karen Gardner
   10. The Equus Effect: a road to regulation through equine-assisted learning by Jane Strong, David Sonatore and Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson
   11. Serving those who served…and still serve by Tara Mahoney
   12. Beyond mind and body: spiritual connections in equine-assisted services by Kathleen Choe and Laura McFarland
   13. Be the Horse’s Advocate by C. Mike Tomlinson
   14. Enhancing the horses voice: incorporating Horse Speak into psychotherapy by Susanne Haseman, Sharon Wilsie and Laura Wilsie
   15. Exploring socio-emotional and cognitive development in horses by Tim Jobe, Tanner Jobe and Rebecca J. Hubbard
   16. Not just horsing around: an equine professional’s guiding principles by Malaika King Albrecht
   17. The role of the equine professional in equine-assisted services by Tim Jobe, Tanner Jobe and Reccia Jobe
   18. Heart centered horsemanship: the horse trainer’s perspective in EAS by Stacey Carter
   19. A holistic perspective: My transformative journey through Natural Lifemanship by Sarah Willeman Doran
   20. Are we there yet? The ongoing journey of healing for the healers by Kathleen Choe
   21. Interventions and strategies toward mental health and wellbeing for professionals by Aviva Vincent and Joanna Robson
   22. Starting or restarting an equine-assisted services organization: Don’t put the cart before the horse by Nancy Paschall
   23. The key to a successful non-profit board by John Matthew Kundtz
   24. How do you know it works: Evaluating equine-assisted service programs by Maureen MacNamara
   25. Bridging research and practice in equine-assisted services by Kimberly I. Tumlin
   26. Conclusions and future directions

Each chapter in this book is contributed by an expert in the field and provides an overview of the topic plus concrete examples and helpful resources. We are so proud to have been a part of this effort and cannot recommend this book strongly enough!

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