Take the first step in overcoming anxiety, depression, trauma, or other mental blockers and get in touch with our professional Integrative Equine Therapy staff today. Beachwood Integrative Equine Therapy can help you start your healing journey with our counseling and therapy services.
What happens in a typical IET session?
Integrative Equine Therapy (IET) is a very unique form of animal-assisted therapy. You will be working with our trained horses alongside a certified Integrative Equine Therapist to gain insight and understanding of where and what you are holding on to. Our counseling services are unique, natural, and have been found by many to help when other traditional therapies and counseling services have failed.
Integrative Equine Therapy sessions last an hour and a half. For the first hour the client, horse, and therapist are together, and the last half hour is spent in discussion, while the horse goes out to pasture. During the counseling session with the horse, one of our therapists works through various activities to create a therapeutic environment and identify key points to bring out emotions, the horse will follow and help connect these feelings.
Data shows that the optimum program for IET is seven, one-and-half-hour sessions, while other clients may require less. One session is all you need to experience the true magic of this unique counseling service.
Lynne Bryan Phipps, the founder of Beachwood Integrative Equine Therapy, states that “it takes time to fully sync with the horse, or as one client said, “to get in the flow.” Likewise, if you are going to develop new neural pathways - new responses to handling triggering emotional situations - you can’t achieve that in one or two sessions. What can be accomplished in seven sessions is significant. It’s faster and less expensive than many other approaches.”
Some may say “I’m scared of horses, why horses?” But, when they leave, their tune has changed, as one client said, “I had no idea this was possible, I had no idea what a horse could help me find and change inside myself.” Phipps said. “It shows up in a really gentle, wonderful way. A horse creates the most judgment-free space in the world.”
We serve clients from all over the country and have locations in both South Florida and Rhode Island. We have both 3-day or 6-day Intensive programs as well as group sessions. Interestingly, people find Intensives rewarding and often enjoyable. One client noted, “I thought it would be arduous but I found that each evening, I was looking forward to the next day.”
Both locations offer a range of accommodations in price and amenities. If you are looking to take the next step in your life towards better mental health, contact us today for a free consultation. Therapy services are vital to helping your mental wellness journey.