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Equine Assisted Therapy

Horses are intuitive. In a therapeutic setting they become an honest and forthright reflection of what's happening deep inside those participating in the process. As one person remarked, "It's hard to argue with a 1500 pound horse. You tend to believe what you're experiencing." Horses can sense our emotions and the patterns we've adopted to help us with difficulty-patterns that over time have become part of the problem. They help us connect with buried feelings from the past that need to be healed-and they provide healing.

Horse assisted therapy helps with:

• Issues of insecurity and low self esteem
• Owning our natural need for acceptance and love
• Difficulty in asserting and also being overly assertive
• Fear of making a mistake
• Loss and grief
• Patterns of over control and also refusal to take responsibility
• Being too cautious and also failing to keep ourselves safe

These as well as other conditions can take a long time to discover in a traditional therapeutic setting, but quickly become obvious when working with a skilled counselor in horse-assisted therapy. Horses are a formidable metaphor.

Dede Beasley, M.Ed. , LPC Equine Therapist Dede is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Nationally Certified Horseback Riding Instructor through the Council for Horsemanship & Safety. She is among the first practitioners to be certified by the North American Handicapped Riders Association as an equine assisted psychotherapist. Dede has extensive experience with 20 years in private practice, in group, individual and couples counseling and she uses equine therapy on her farm in Ashland City, Tennessee. "Animals in childhood and recovery in adulthood are my two saving graces. I am blessed to have the opportunity to share both of my passions with others." Learn more about Dede and her work at http://www.dedetherapy.com.