YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR. WELL DONE.
The Eagala Model is a team approach that includes a licensed, credentialed Mental Health Professional, a qualified Equine Specialist, and horses working together with the client in an arena at all times.
When inside the arena, all the work is done on the ground with the horses front and center, deliberately unhindered and never ridden, and allowed to interact with the client as they wish. This creates the space for the client, with the support of the professional facilitators, to reflect, project, and make deep connections.
Eagala is a mental health organization dedicated to revolutionizing mental health treatment by incorporating horses in the therapy process. Eagala's Model does not involve riding, rather it involves interacting with the horses and environment through experiences that end up paralleling other areas and relationships in life. Horses are highly intelligent and highly sensitive to our emotional state, they can sense where you are at, and can respond in ways that bring breakthroughs when done either in conjunction with talk therapy or entirely as the treatment model. Each session impacts clients through experiencing, feeling, and seeing their life stories unfold and change in the moment.
Winston Churchill