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England
Buckinghamshire
Name:
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Rebecca Muscant Cert. EFHDL, MSAFE |
Email:
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rebeccamuscant@hotmail.com |
Location: |
Buckinghamshire, UK |
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Rebecca works with clients of all ages and backgrounds through my equine facilitated learning practice, although my work is focused on providing therapeutic support for vulnerable children and young people facing emotional and behavioural challenges.
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Devon
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Janet Jenkins Cert. EFHDL, MSAFE |
Website: |
www.cuckoofarm.weebly.com |
Email:
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Harvestmoon@btconnect.com |
Location: |
Devon, UK |
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Cuckoo Farm offers individual equine assisted sessions and personally tailored residential retreats and workshops. These can include equine assisted work, nature awareness, drum making and engagement with the sacred landscape. We believe that engagement with the natural world promotes wellbeing and there are opportunities here to do just that. We adjoin a nature reserve and are 4 miles from the coast. A place for personal development, relaxation and creativity. Janet is an experienced counsellor, teacher and outdoor leader with a commitment to her own personal journey.
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Louise Jones Bsc (hons), PGCE, cert EFHDL, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Equine Interventions South West |
Website: |
www.equineinterventionssouthwest.com |
Email:
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louise23j@gmail.com |
Location: |
Devon/Cornwall border, UK |
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Louise, a qualified teacher with a current DBS certificate, has had many years working with children and teenagers. Louise is also very experienced in working with adults who wish to elevate their personal development by working on issues to include self esteem,confidence, boundary setting,dealing effectively with challenges and learning self regulation of emotions. Louise is also studying coaching through Tony Robbins -Madanes training. In the near future Louise will be training to be traumatologist. She is able to support those on the road to recovery from depression and anxiety.
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Louise Reynolds |
Business Name: |
Equine Echoes |
Website: |
www.equineechoes.com |
Email:
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equine.echoes@gmail.com |
Location: |
Devon, UK |
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Louise is delighted to be offering Equine Facilitated Personal Development in the beautiful settings of North Devon and Exmoor National Park. Sessions can be in a peaceful, domestic farm setting with a herd of four horses, or out in the breath-taking wilder space of Exmoor National Park with free-living Exmoor Ponies. (NB: Strict protocols govern the selection of free-living herds engaged in this work to ensure both client and pony safety). Working with the Exmoor Pony Centre, Louise can also arrange private sessions with their fully domesticated Exmoor Ponies.
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East Sussex
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Sun Tui MNCP (Accred), ABH, TLTA, ABNLP, ABNLPC, BCMA, MSAFE (Snr Accred) |
Business Name: |
IFEEL Qualifications, IFEEL Psychological Consultancy, Dare to Live and Inspried Change |
Website: |
IFEELmethod.com | DaretoLive.org.uk | www.InspiredChange.Global |
Email:
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sun@ifeelmethod.com |
Location: |
East Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
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Sun Tui is the founder and Director of International Foundation Experiential Education and Learning (IFEEL Method), IFEEL Qualifications; accredited facilitator training programmes up to MA level and Dare to Live, a Social Enterprise service for those suffering the effects of trauma, depression and addiction with focus on Military mental health and wellbeing. She is also an Advanced Eponaquest Instructor and trained with founders Linda Kohanov and Kathleen Barry Ingram. Kathleen is Sun Tui’s mentor, who often co-facilitates and teaches with Sun Tui. Specialist trainings include Executive Coaching, Psychosynthesis, NLP Time Line Therapy, Hypnosis, Trauma, PTSD, Applied Equine Behaviour, Daoist Tai Chi Martial Arts and Healing.
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Jenny Eichner BSc (hons) Psych, Ad. Dip. PsyC, Ad Dip EFHD, MBACP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Integrated Psychotherapeutic Solutions | Equine Centred |
Website: |
www.integratedsolutions.org.uk | www.equinecentred.com |
Email:
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jenny@integratedsolutions.org.uk | jenny@equinecentred.com |
Location: |
East Sussex and West Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
11+ |
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Jenny works in a way that combines her Equine Facilitation and Counselling. She is passionate about helping people to reach their potential and likes to work responsively with people, adapting the process to their individual needs and preferences and has trained in different approaches in order to do this. Jenny has worked with IFEEL since 2010 and runs a private practice (since 2015). Common issues include stress, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, confidence and a diversity of other issues. She also runs Equine Centred - promoting an equine centred approach to management and training. Providing courses and private sessions.
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Sharon Clifton Cert. EFHDL, ITA, MBACP, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Spirit Horse Works |
Website: |
www.spirithorseworks.com |
Email:
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Sharon@spirithorseworks.com |
Location: |
East Sussex, UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Sharon runs an equine learning practice alongside my psychotherapy work in Hove, East Sussex.She offers a safe, confidential space whereby clients can explore issues relating to themselves and others around them. The horses offer a wonderful reflection of who we truly are and allow us to move into our potential of health and happiness.
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Mary-Joy Johnson Dip. EFHD, Dip-EFPT, MNCP(Accred) MSAFE (Accred), UKPTS, ESTSS |
Business Name: |
Wildways Therapy |
Website: |
www.wildwaystherapy.co.uk |
Email:
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info@wildwaystherapy.co.uk |
Location: |
East/West Sussex borders, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Equine Facilitated Human Development and Psychotraumatology. With a focus on working with Professionals, Parents and Carers of vulnerable Children/Young People. A Trauma-Informed, systemic approach to supporting family resilience, personal development, behaviour change and thriving in challenging family circumstances. Plus working with individuals where Trauma, PTSD and C-PTSD are part of their experience.
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Anette Haug Cert. EFHD, MSAFE, MNCP |
Business Name: |
Equinox Coaching |
Website: |
www.equinoxcoaching.co.uk |
Email:
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enquiries@equinoxcoaching.co.uk |
Location: |
East Sussex (Horam), UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Anette at Equinox Coaching offers personal Equine Assisted sessions for people seeking self-development and coaching. Her horses help people to pay attention to their body intelligence rather than the way we are all used to from the logic part of the brain. Paying attention to what is happening in your body is beneficial when making decisions or dealing with upsetting situations. Combining that with her KI Aikido Martial Arts training she is able to help people fulfilling their potential by overcoming the fear which is holding them back. Her horses, centre and her skills provide a safe and beautiful place to experience the Equine Assisted Therapy.
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Name:
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Maria Olarte BSc (hons), Dip.EFHD, MSAFE |
Website: |
Currently updating. |
Location: |
East Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Essex
Name:
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Hugh Forsyth MNCP, ABNLP, TLTA, ABH, cert EFHDL, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Haltered Perspectives |
Website: |
www.halteredperspectives.co.uk (under construction) |
Email:
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hughieforsyth@gmail.com |
Location: |
Essex, London, Sussex, Suffolk, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Hugh is a former Corporal in the Royal Engineers where he served for 12 years as a member of the Counter Terrorist Search and Bomb Disposal Teams. He saw active service in Northern Ireland and Bosnia. Having trained under Sun Tui, Hugh uses his unique insights and first hand experience of PTSD and transitional difficulties along with his skills in Equine Facilitated Learning, NLP, Timeline Therapy, to help clients, such as veterans and their families on the Dare to Live programme. Hugh also facilitates/mentors those leaving the prison system as they move into employment alongside Dawn Oakley Smith on the Key4life programme. Hugh also has experience working with teenagers on the autistic spectrum. His calm approach helps his clients reach their full potential.
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Gloucestershire
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Maxine Smith BSc, Cert. EFHDL, ITEC, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Body Awareness Therapies |
Website: |
www.bodyawarenesstherapies.co.uk |
Email:
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bodyawarenesstherapies@gmail.com |
Location: |
Gloucestershire, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
As a qualified teacher, Maxine has a passion for young people and helping them navigate the obstacles to adulthood. She also endeavours, where possible, to work with their parents/carers to provide a solid foundation for the child. Working with horses in a non-judgemental way, helps both the young person and their parents/cares to see first hand, how their actions impact on their immediate and wider environment. As both parties work with the horse in their own individual right, it brings a breadth and depth of new learning and growth experiences that reverberate positively, throughout their lives.
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Hampshire
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Lorraine Marshall Cert-EFHD, MNCP, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Horses Reflect |
Website: |
www.lorrainemarshall.co.uk |
Email:
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lorrainelmarshall@gmail.com |
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Specialisms and Profile: |
Specialisms and Profile: I have a life-long passion for horses, nature, people and music, particularly singing. In my work, I bring these elements together, to assist people in personal growth areas, such as: self-worth, anxiety, depression, life challenges, setting and maintaining boundaries etc. I offer personal Equine Facilitated sessions, or voice work, using a safe, confidential, non-judgemental approach , from my home in Hampshire.
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Hertfordshire
Name:
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Teresa Mallia Dip. EFHD, MNCP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Kamei Equine |
Website: |
www.kameiequine.co.uk |
Email:
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teresa.mallia@live.co.uk |
Location: |
Hertfordshire, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Kamei Equine is a developing therapeutic practice based on the Herts/ Essex Border. The foundation for this dynamic therapy is the amazing relationship between horses and human beings; together they work in partnership to assist individuals with their emotional development and learning.
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Kent
Name:
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Emma Rourke cert EFHD MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Hephzibah |
Website: |
www.hephzibahuk.co.uk
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Email:
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info@hephzibahuk.co.uk
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Location: |
Kent, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Emma is a qualified riding instructor having had many years experience working with horses professionally and competing her own horses in eventing and dressage. Emma has a love of horses and people and has worked with children and adults to build confidence and self-esteem. She combines her knowledge of horses with her passion to help people overcome life challenges in a gentle, non-judgemental but practical way. Emma has also had a background in teaching ballet to children and modelling. “The horses are amazing teachers and with their help my aim is to help people become the best version they can be of themselves.”
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London
Name:
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Erika Uffindell Dip. EFHD, MNCP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Founding Wisdom |
Website: |
www.foundingwisdom.org |
Email:
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erika@foundingwisdom.org |
Location: |
London, United Kingdom |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Erika is a coach, consultant and facilitator. She is a Director of The Global Centre for Conscious Leadership and works with Executives to help them define their higher purpose, embody their values and embrace systemic thinking and conscious business principles to build healthy, high-performing businesses. Erika helps leaders work with both the head and the heart to improve decision-making, communication, relationships and trust. Her work is systemic with a unique balance of cognitive and experiential. Her clients describe her as; incisive, intuitive and inspiring. Trained in: Executive and Systemic Coaching, Leadership Facilitation, Equine Assisted Learning, Yoga, Meditation, Mindfulness.
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Kelly Burley Dip. EFHD, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Kelly Burley Mental Wellbeing Coach |
Website: |
www.kellyburley.com |
Email:
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kelly.l.burley@gmail.com |
Location: |
Twickenham, United Kingdom |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Kelly is an Equine Facilitated Human Development (EFHD) practitioner, mental wellbeing coach and reiki practitioner. She helps clients to achieve their goals via behavioural change work to improve health and mental wellbeing.
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Norfolk
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Joanna Getley BSc ( hons), cert. EFHD, MNCP, MSAFE |
Email:
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joannagetley@gmail.com |
Location: |
Norfolk UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Working in harmony with horses in a non-judgemental way to help you through life's challenges; personal development, positivity and growth.
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North Yorkshire
Name:
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Dr Barbara Murray PhD, MNCP, MSAFE (Snr Accred)
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Business Name:
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Integral Authenticity
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Website:
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www.integralauthenticity.com
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Email:
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babsmurray@mac.com
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Location:
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North Yorkshire, UK and Barcelona, Spain
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Specialisms and Profile:
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My work focuses on human development, especially life transitions, and provides individuals and groups with a framework for assessing their life-stage and creating a life structure that gives prominence to their purpose and talents. I am also a co-founder of the IFEAL facilitator training programme. My work as a consultant with family run corporations led me to specialise in human development and then to qualify as an Advanced EponaQuest Instructor studying under Linda Kohanov and Kathleen Barry Ingram.
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Shropshire
Suffolk
Name:
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Karen Stevens Cert EFHD MSAFE (Accred) |
Email:
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kaz35_ocean@yahoo.co.uk |
Location: |
Suffolk, UK |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Equine Facilitator in Human Development and Learning
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Surrey
West Sussex
Name:
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Jenny Eichner BSc (hons) Psych, Ad. Dip. PsyC, Ad Dip EFHD, MBACP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Integrated Psychotherapeutic Solutions | Equine Centred |
Website: |
www.integratedsolutions.org.uk | www.equinecentred.com |
Email:
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jenny@integratedsolutions.org.uk | jenny@equinecentred.com |
Location: |
East Sussex and West Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
11+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Jenny works in a way that combines her Equine Facilitation and Counselling. She is passionate about helping people to reach their potential and likes to work responsively with people, adapting the process to their individual needs and preferences and has trained in different approaches in order to do this. Jenny has worked with IFEEL since 2010 and runs a private practice (since 2015). Common issues include stress, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, confidence and a diversity of other issues. She also runs Equine Centred - promoting an equine centred approach to management and training. Providing courses and private sessions.
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Name:
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Angélique Mould Cert.EFHD, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Bringing HH Together |
Website: |
www.bringinghhtogether.com |
Email:
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bringinghhtogether@hotmail.com |
Location: |
West Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Angélique and her herd of horses are based at Whispering Beach, West Wittering. Angélique is a Natural Horsemanship coach, helping horses and humans to establish a partnership based on understanding, communication, trust and feel. Angélique offers Equine Facilitated Human Development sessions, where people have the opportunity to explore, understand and develop alongside the horses.
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Lizzie Douglas Cert.EFHD, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Lizzie Douglas & Grace With Horses |
Website: |
http://lizziedouglas.com/index.html |
Email:
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info@lizziedouglas.com |
Location: |
West Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
18+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Lizzie is an Equine Facilitated Personal Development facilitator; a Shiatsu Practitioner (Dip ESS MRSST) and teacher (registered with the Shiatsu Society UK); and a Chi Kung Instructor. She has a diploma in Equine Shiatsu, is a qualified Reiki Master and has a diploma in Sports Massage from the London School of Sports Massage.
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Grace Lawson Baker, BA(Hons) Linguistics and Language Pathology, MRCSLT, MASLTIP, Reg HPC, Cert. EFHDL, MNCP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Grace With Horses |
Website: |
www.gracewithhorses.com |
Email:
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gracelawsonbaker@aol.com |
Location: |
West Sussex UK |
Age Range: |
16+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Grace is an Equine Facilitated Human Development (EFHD) practitioner and Speech & Language Therapist. She has a Post Graduate Diploma in Psychotraumatology and PTSD and has trained in a variety of other fields such as Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Solution-Focused Therapy and Positive Psychology.
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Wiltshire
Name:
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Sarah Paton Briggs Cert. EFHD, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Ashlar Evolution |
Website: |
www.ashlar-evolution.com |
Email:
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sarah@ashlar-evolution.com |
Location: |
Wiltshire, UK |
Age Range: |
16+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
My equine work combines my counselling/coaching accreditations with help from wonderful horses, in the specialist fields of: sexual issues (identity, compulsivity, porn, trauma, abuse, perpetrators and survivors); addiction or OCD; trauma (medical, sexual, PTSD, combat stress, rape, accidents); disordered eating (over-eating, anorexia, bulimia); relationship problems; family conflict; mental health issues such as narcissistic and personality disorders as well as more common problems such as anxiety, panic, depression, stress; childhood neglect & inner child. My clients are usually 16+, often executives in media, financial or professional services, plus offenders and military personnel; all wanting to improve their zest for life.
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Scotland
Name:
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Sue Brewis BEd Hons, Cert. EFHDL, MNCP, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Sue Brewis EFHDL |
Website: |
www.suebrewis.co.uk |
Email:
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sue@littleswinton.co.uk |
Location: |
Berwickshire, Scotland |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Originally a secondary school teacher and then a coach at an RDA centre in the Borders, Sue continues to facilitate learning as an EFHDL practitioner. As a psychotraumatologist Sue specialises in working with people who suffer from the effects of trauma and PTSD.
Sue Brewis provides EFHDL experiences for a wide range of clientele ranging from:
- People interested in exploring opportunities for personal growth
- Children experiencing a transitional period in their lives
- People with additional needs
- People who are suffering from the effects of depression, anxiety and trauma
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Wales
Name:
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Jackie Turner, Cert. EFHDL, MNCP BWY. MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Equus Ferus |
Website:
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www.equusferus.org |
Email:
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admin@equusferus.org |
Location: |
S, Wales |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Qualified Yoga teacher, NLP, Hypnotherapist and Time Line and Reiki 2 practitioner. The core of my practice focuses on a holistic approach to human development, incorporating a variety of healing modalities to support individuals through the process of connecting to the authentic self. Working with my herd of horses offering the opportunity to reflect and contemplate within a therapeutic environment. |
South Africa
Name:
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Anstice Wright Cert. EFHD, MSAFE |
Business Name: |
Oasis Counselling Centre |
Website:
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www.oasiscentre.co.za |
Email:
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anstice@oasiscentre.co.za
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Location: |
County, Country Plettenberg Bay, South Africa |
Age Range:
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17+ |
Specialisms and Profile: |
Specialise in all types of addiction, both substance and behavioral. Relationship problems. Depression. Eating Disorders. A well known psychotherapist who likes to help people discover what it is that is making their life not work for them. The IFEAL work with horses is to use their expertise in this area to help those for whom talking is part of the problem. |
Spain
Name:
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Dr Barbara Murray PhD, MNCP, MSAFE (Snr Accred)
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Business Name:
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Integral Authenticity
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Website:
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www.integralauthenticity.com
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Email:
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babsmurray@mac.com
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Location:
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North Yorkshire, UK and Barcelona, Spain
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Specialisms and Profile:
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My work focuses on human development, especially life transitions, and provides individuals and groups with a framework for assessing their life-stage and creating a life structure that gives prominence to their purpose and talents. I am also a co-founder of the IFEEL facilitator training programme. My work as a consultant with family run corporations led me to specialise in human development and then to qualify as an Advanced EponaQuest Instructor studying under Linda Kohanov and Kathleen Barry Ingram.
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Name: |
Sandy Reay Cert EFHD MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Smile Equine Facilitation SL
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Email:
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sandyreay@mac.com
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Location:
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Catalunia, Spain
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Specialisms and Profile: |
EFHD facilitation for private one-to-one, groups, families and businesses. |
US
Name:
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Kathleen Barry Ingram MA, BCC, MSAFE (Snr Accred)
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Business Name:
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Sacred Place of Possibility
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Website:
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www.sacredplaceofpossibility.com
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Email:
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kathygram@cox.net
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Location:
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Arizona, US
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Specialisms and Profile:
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Co-creator of the Epona Approach along with Linda Kohanov. Kathleen brings over 30 years experience as a psychotherapist and addictions counselor to her teaching and facilitation in Equine Facilitated Learning. Certified in Short Term Dynamic Therapy from the Pathfinder Foundation with Paul Rosenberg, MD. She has taken much of what she has experienced and learned from training and private psychotherapy practice and incorporated this into her teachings and facilitation with the horses and colleagues. She travels internationally to facilitate workshops and to educate others in this modality. She is a Board Certified Coach from the Center for Credentialing and Education.
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Supervisors
Name:
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Grace Lawson Baker, BA(Hons) Linguistics and Language Pathology, MRCSLT, MASLTIP, Reg HPC, Cert. EFHDL, MNCP, MSAFE (Accred) |
Business Name: |
Grace with Horses |
Email:
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gracelawsonbaker@aol.com |
Location: |
West Sussex, UK |
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NB: Ordered alphabetically by County
Disclaimer
Listings in this directory do not indicate endorsement by SAFE Professionals. SAFE Professionals is not responsible for ensuring quality, appropriateness or success from the persons or organisations listed herein.
This listing is meant as a resource for discovering persons and organisations which involve horses in their programs. SAFE Professionals requires applicants to submit the following:
1. Evidence of certified Equine Facilitated or Assisted Training qualification and hours log.
2. Evidence of membership of a recognised professional body for their area of practice e.g. counselling, psychotherapy, human development, coaching, business consultancy etc.
3. Evidence of supervision of Equine Facilitated or Assisted practice.
4. Evidence of professional indemnity insurance.
5. Evidence of Equine Facilitated or Assisted Continual Professional Development.
6. A signed agreement to adhere to the Standards for Assisted and Facilitated Equine Professionals code of care for equines.
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