equine therapy
(US) A treatment using horses for therapeutic purposes to treat a wide variety of mental health issues.
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Unfortunately, there are actually some good ideas in that book. Yoga therapy, equine therapy, EMDR, IFS, there are a lot of great interventions he talks about. I don’t want these parts to get lost in the discussion
Part of the core thesis of the book is that you should not talk about your trauma! You should suppress your feelings and pursue things like dance and equine therapy to get at the "root cause" of your symptoms. It's 19…
(definitely not defending this book, just wanted to clarify that equine therapy isn't just "become a horse girl about it")
Animal assisted therapy and equine therapy are VERY different from one another. Equine therapy isn’t just about using animals to help us feel better
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(US) A treatment using horses for therapeutic purposes to treat a wide variety of mental health issues.
“Unfortunately, there are actually some good ideas in that book. Yoga therapy, equine therapy, EMDR, IFS, there are a lot of great interventions he talks about. I don’t want these parts to get lost in the discussion”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Part of the core thesis of the book is that you should not talk about your trauma! You should suppress your feelings and pursue things like dance and equine therapy to get at the "root cause" of your symptoms. It's 1950s garbage repackaged as New Age forbidden wisdom.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“(definitely not defending this book, just wanted to clarify that equine therapy isn't just "become a horse girl about it")”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Animal assisted therapy and equine therapy are VERY different from one another. Equine therapy isn’t just about using animals to help us feel better”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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