Horsemanship Services

Adaptive Horsemanship: An equine-assisted activity for the purpose of contributing positively to the cognitive, physical, emotional, and social well-being of individuals who are participating. With support from volunteers and instructors, participants work with their horse to learn horsemanship skills like grooming, tacking, and riding, while gaining life skills that last long past their class-time each week.

Equine Assisted Learning: An experiential learning approach that promotes the development of life skills for educational, professional, and personal goals through equine-assisted activities.

The Clinic at Healing Reins

Equine-Assisted Mental Health (EAMH): An interactive therapy process in which a licensed mental health professional working with a credentialed equine professional, partners with a horse to address psychotherapy goals set forth by the mental health professional and the client.

The Occupational & Physical Therapy Clinic at Healing Reins provides weekly or bi-weekly individual therapy sessions with options of a variety of treatment options and settings including; a fully outfitted clinic, nature-based functional activities, animal interactions and equine movement as a treatment tool.

Physical Therapy: A treatment strategy used by a physical therapist in which the walking patterns of the horse are utilized to improve the core strength, balance, coordination, and increase the overall function of the client.

Occupational Therapy: A treatment strategy used by an occupational therapist that combines the movement of the horse with other standard intervention strategies to work towards improving functional daily living skills.