HOPE FOR HEARTS FARM continued from 17 help reinforce the theoretical lessons the children learn from their therapists.
Another Hope for Hearts client, Kendall, 16, recently stood in the animal enclosure and placed her right arm over Rizzo, one of the three big horses, whose back reached as high as the teen’ s shoulders. The horse and the human stood still for a long while, and the silence that fell over the farm was interrupted only by the occasional chittering of insects. The
Kendall and Lisa with Rizzo. photo by Boris Ladwig
exercise allowed Kendall to relax and Rizzo to calm down and release some nervous energy by huffing or shaking his head.
Kendall’ s grandmother, Sharon Baker, said the teen moved in with her six years ago as she was acting out because of past family trauma.
Baker said her granddaughter’ s confidence has soared since she began the therapy three years ago, in part because Kendall now really understands that the
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