Equine-librium, ft. Amanda Slugoski, M.A.

Episode Summary Equine therapy; does it involve horses laying on a couch, talking about their fear of intimacy? Or is it therapy for humans, given by horses? Perhaps a therapist throw you on top of a horse and ask you about your relationship with your mother. We wanted to know, so we contacted Amanda Slugoksi. She is a registered psychologist, and founder of Equinox Therapeutic, which provides both traditional and equine-assisted therapy to patients. Amanda got into what equine therapy is, how it can bypass a lot of the hurdles that traditional therapists can face, such as the challenge of getting patients to open up, and how equine assisted therapy can act as a trojan horse for healing. Resources You can find Amanda and her team at Equinox Therapeutic or on Facebook, or Email What is Equine-assisted Therapy? Complex PTSD Chapters (0:00) - Mic drop (01:18) - Intro to Amanda (13:22) - First session (19:06) - Experiential healing (23:58) - Rapport building (32:53) - How do you want to be with this? (35:45) - Working with veterans (38:37) - C-PTSD isn't a thing (40:24) - C-PTSD apparently is in fact, a thing (41:33) - N.B. (46:30) - Why do the sessions start on the ground (49:59) - Goal vs process (53:33) - Big takeaways (58:41) - Resources Find out more at http://therapyismytherapy.coRead transcript