Grief is one of our most overwhelming experiences. It touches our most existential beliefs and often shakes our sense of safety to its core. The emotions that we feel during grief often seem impossible to recover from. Along with a great deal of pain, there is the awareness that we can’t control or predict the future, and the – (more)
How our therapy horses help with anxiety, grief, and depression Whether you have experience with horses or not, At Beachwood Center for Wellbeing, you can improve your overall mental health, and find the healing you are looking for. Our Integrative Equine Therapy (IET) protocol is a multi-sensory experience in which the horse is an integral – (more)
“An intimate and inspiring journey into the lives of American families, from the perspective of children themselves.” Sesame Workshop, parent company of Sesame Street, will be releasing its first ever docu-series this month. Through Our Eyes is described by the Workshop as “an intimate and inspiring journey into the lives of American families, from the – (more)
“We must find a way to feel secure in the midst of uncertainty if we are going to survive. “ The Pandemic altered the way we navigate even the most routine parts of our lives During this pandemic, life changed. Our regular routines were uprooted and simple pleasures such as spending time with loved ones – (more)
These past 12 months have been taxing on mental health, and many individuals are suffering from anxiety, depression, and isolation. People in our local community need help, but not everyone has the resources to do so. It is more important than ever to support our neighbors in need. Ocean House has made a contribution to – (more)
Recently at Beachwood’s Rhode Island location, a young girl experienced a powerful encounter with our horses that made her dreams come true. Meet Cora, A Future Unicornologist Cora, a bright and adorable 5-year-old, is extremely passionate about the magical power of Unicorns. She explains that one day, she wishes to be a Unicornologist. In one – (more)
The gray horse behind me is Rajah. He’s a linchpin of our Integrative Equine Therapy Program here at Beachwood. He was diagnosed with EPM several years ago and summit joint performance has been the key ingredient to his becoming whole and healthy again, back at work, and helping veterans heal from PTSD and other stress-related – (more)
How do horses help people recover from trauma? Well one of the things horses do is they create a very safe environment for people. Most of the time people have experienced trauma is at the hands of other people, so to work with a horse, and to not have to talk very much in our – (more)
We know that isolation has both physical and emotional consequences to wellbeing. First off, let’s be clear – even though we call it social distancing, physical distancing does NOT mean emotional distancing, or social isolation. Here are just a few ideas to keep everyone connected Reach out with a call to those you care about. – (more)
Like the rest of the world, Beachwood is very concerned over the outbreak of the coronavirus; concerned over keeping all our clients and all our staff safe. The nature of our work gives us several advantages: We meet one-on-one with clients We work outdoors Our work already observes CDC safe distance guidelines. So, we feel – (more)