A Non-Traditional Approach to Cultivating Resilience.

Equine Assisted Services

  • Equine Assisted Counseling

    Equine Paradigm offers professional mental health services including equine assisted counseling. Therapy is provided by licensed mental health professionals. We provide mental health care ages 4 and up. All of our mental health professionals are also equine professionals, providing a safe and secure environment.

  • Equine Assisted Education

    Equine Paradigm offers equine-assisted education and experiential learning through activities like horsemanship, riding, and interactive experiences with horses. We work with individuals, groups, schools, and homeschool programs to assist in instilling personal growth, develop life skills, and build a strong foundation of resilience.

  • Professional and Personal Development

    Equine Paradigm offers individual, group, and corporate opportunity to enhance professional and personal development. We provide coaching and workshops partnering with our equines to teach various leadership skill development, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills, and emotional intelligence and regulation skills. Private workshops are customized to needs of the group or individuals.

Our horses:

America’s Mustang

Many of the horses and burro on our team were once wild. The mustangs and burro that we partner with were adopted by the Kerr family from the Bureau of Land Management. Did you know there are still thousands of mustangs roaming in the west? Many of these horses no longer have the resources to thrive in the wild. We aim to bring awareness to America’s Mustang and encourage adoption for those fit. Please visit www.blm.com/whb

Why partner with horses?

Equine Paradigm is unique even amongst other equine assisted therapeutic programs in that many of the horses that participants will engage with will be previously wild mustangs. Participants may feel a connection with mustangs knowing that the mustangs also learned to trust and engage through the development of a trusting relationship

Equines are prey animals and have developed an increased awareness of their environment, including the “humans” they interact with. With our horses being mustang’s, their survival instinct may be higher than horses that were born domestically. This increased awareness allows them to provide feedback tailored to each individual and allow for increased insight of one’s self.

Individuals that may have a difficult time developing trusting relationships with people will often connect with equines in response to their non-judgmental and compassionate nature.


Benefits of Equine Assisted Therapy and Activities:

  • Reduced Anxiety and Depression

  • Improved Self-Esteem

  • Better Emotional Regulation

  • Increased Mindfulness

  • Improved Communication

  • Increased Social Connection

  • Healthy Boundaries

  • Impulse Control

  • Problem Solving Skills

  • Reduced Feelings of Fear and Insecurity