Equine Facilitated Mental Health and Educational Services Book
Walking the Way of the Horse by Leif Hallberg
Since time eternal horses have walked beside us, helping to shape our destinies, taking us on journeys of the soul, and offering as a gift their power, mystique and beauty. Mental health professionals and educators alike have begun to formally acknowledge the emotional, mental and physical benefits that humans can receive by spending time with horses. In the U.S. alone, there are already more than 900 programs that offer therapeutic or educational programming provided in partnership with horses.
Leif Hallberg has extensively researced the field of Equine Facilitated Mental Health and Educational Services, and Walking the Way of the Horse reveals the many ways horses can help humans. Begin exploring the power of the horse human relationship, today!
Leif Hallberg’s horse therapy book will help
you become familiar with:
· Key definitions
· Historical information about working with horses in therapeutic
and educational settings
· Ethical considerations
· Practical applications
Learn more about the healing power of horses and their rich history
of working
together with humans in Walking the Way of the Horse.
Leif
Hallberg, an expert in Equine Facilitated Mental Health and Educational
Services, studies the psychological implications of the horse-human
relationship. A former horse trainer turned mental health professional;
she is the founder and director of The
Esperanza Center, a non-profit organization that provides
equine facilitated services, and an adjunct professor for Carroll College's
Human-Animal Bond Program. She lives in Bozeman, MT with her two and
four legged family. Contact Leif by e-mailing leif@theesperanzacenter.com.
Here’s what others are saying about this book...
The
field of equine assisted education and psychotherapy is expanding rapidly
throughout the world. What has been needed to assist in this expansion
is a well researched text that provides a common language for the new
practitioner. This book fits that need perfectly. Ms. Hallberg has reviewed
countless books, interviewed the pioneers in the field and compiled
an extraordinarily comprehensive text that provides a solid background
in one of the most exciting and innovative approaches to mental health
of this decade."
-Nancy Waite-O’Brien, PH.D.
Vice President of Clinical Services at the Betty Ford Clinic
Board member of CCEFMHEP
"Walking
the Way of the Horse is the definitive resource in the emerging
Equine Facilitated Mental Health and Educational Services Profession.
This book is like having your own personal reference guide and consultant
in your pocket. I’m really impressed with what I consider to be the
most comprehensive text in our profession."
- Stan Maliszewski, PH.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, University of Arizona
Past Board President of the Center for Credentialing and Education
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The great news that comes with the serendipitous timing of the release of this incredible book by Leif Hallberg is that the winds of change are blowing and the collective conscious of the horse industry appears to be ready to raise the bar when it comes to horse training ethics and competencies.
- Chris Irwin, 2008. - Author of Horses Don’t Lie and Dancing with Your Dark Horse.
