Integrating Horses into Healing

<p>Introduction to the Book</p> <p>I. Introduction to Equine Assisted Services and the Healing Nature of Horses </p> <p>1. The Natural Therapeutic Aspects of Horses</p> <p>2. The Evolution of Equine Assisted Services: Horse are Good for People</p> <p>3. Horse Speak and Partnership<br></p> <p>II. Office to Farm: Incorporating the Horse into the Healing Process</p> <p>4. Relational Equine-Partnered Counseling (REPC)</p> <p>5. An In-Depth Approach to Relational Work with Equines: Natural Lifemanship</p> <p>6. Breathing into Relationships: The Human-Equine Relational Development (HERD) Approach to Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy </p> <p>7. Side to Side Astride: The Benefits and Challenges of Equine Mounted Work in Trauma Processing</p> <p>8. Integrating Equine Engaged Internal Family Systems (EE-IFS) and Equine Connected Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EC-EMDR) into the Natural Lifemanship Practice of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) </p> <p>9. Medical Therapy (OT, PT, SLP) Enhanced with Hippotherapy </p> <p>10. The Equus Effect- An Integrated Approach to Nervous System Regulation through Equine Assisted Learning</p> <p>11. Serving Those Who Served…. and Still Serve</p> <p>12. Beyond Mind and Body: Spiritual Connections in Equine Assisted Services<br></p> <p>III. Impact of Equine Assisted Services on Equines </p> <p>13. Be the Horse’s Advocate</p> <p>14. Enhancing the Horse's Voice: Incorporating Horse Speak into Therapy</p> <p>15. Exploring the Social-Emotional and Cognitive Development in Horses</p> <p>16. Not Just Horsing Around: An Equine Professional’s Guiding Principles </p> <p>17. The Role of the Equine Professional in Equine Assisted Services</p> <p>18. Heart Centered Horsemanship: A Horse Trainer’s Perspective</p> <p>19. A Holistic Perspective: My Transformative Journey Through Natural Lifemanship<br></p> <p>IV. Practitioner Wellness </p> <p>20. Are We There Yet? The Ongoing Journey of Healing for Healers</p> <p>21. Mental Health and Wellbeing for EAS Professionals</p> <p>V. The Sustainability of EAS: from Practitioner to Program to Industry</p> <p>22. What Happens When you Put the Cart Before the Horse?</p> <p>23. The Keys to a Successful Non-Profit Board</p> <p>24. How do you Know it Works: Program Evaluation in EAS</p> <p>25. How is Equine Assisted Research Important to my Practice?</p> <p>26. Conclusions and Future Direction</p>