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have been trained and tested to ensure
they remain calm under pressure, don’t
spook easily, are safe, sane and clean.
“Sometimes we give them direction,
but most often we are not near them, so
they don’t see us when they’re working
with the horse. We are not part of their
story book,” explains Eagala-certified
practitioner and licensed social worker
Jessica Clark, the assistant director of
the outpatient department at St. Mary’s
Home for Children in North Providence.
The former orphanage offers a ten-week
equine therapy program for its outpatient
clients and juvenile residents as young as
age four at Faith Hill Farm in East Greenwich.
“This is solution-focused and clientled,
so we don’t interfere; we let the horses
do the work. Sometimes clients tell us
what happens, sometimes they don’t. But
for many, they do more work here than in
ten weeks of talk therapy. It’s profound
how well this works.”
One key consistency between models
is that the horses are always present and
are tuned into the mood of each client
who steps into the ring, these specialists
say. Each person is a blank slate, and it’s
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