The Listening Heart: The Limbic Path Beyond Office Therapy

The Listening Heart is a guidebook explaining The HEAL Model for Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Learning (EFPL). Inside find out: * What can horses add to the treatment of serious mood, anxiety and trauma-related disorders to increase effectiveness? * What is the role of horse therapy in the client's treatment plan? * What activities are used? * How does EFPL translate to human settings and produce lasting change? EFPL is guided experiential therapy employing horses. Why horses? How can they help you, and your clients, develop a listening heart? This book answers these questions by putting forth a comprehensive and understandable manual for the HEAL Model of EFPL. The HEAL Model of EFPL, developed by Leigh Shambo, MSW, LMHC, describes a way to help humans build emotional-social skills, by using the human-horse bond in treatment for complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other clinical disorders. Shambo combines decades of experience as a horse trainer and coach with her training and practice as a mental health therapist. The Listening Heart draws on literature from the fields of neuroscience, attachment and trauma psychology, and animal science to explain the human-horse bond.

• Harnessing the Power of Equine Assisted Counseling: Adding Animal Assisted Therapy to Your Practice
• The Art of Facilitation, with 28 Equine Assisted Activities
• Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy and Learning: The Human-Equine Relational Development (HERD) Approach
• The Horse Leads the Way: Honoring the True Role of the Horse in Equine Facilitated Practice
• The Clinical Practice of Equine-Assisted Therapy
• Transforming Therapy through Horses: Case Stories Teaching the EAGALA Model in Action
• RIDING HOME
• Equine-Assisted Mental Health Interventions
• Career Counseling: A Holistic Approach
• Beyond Words: The Healing Power of Horses