Equine Connection Mentoring
Why horses?
Horses have a unique ability to give us immediate feedback about how we are feeling, what our bodies are saying, and the emotional state of our hearts.
They are non-judgemental, highly sensitive and intelligent sentient beings, who have evolved to be highly attuned to their environment for survival.
Horses have an impressive ability to see and respond to the truth of how we are feeling, and can teach us a lot about who we are, and how our ways of being in the world affect those around us. They have no agenda, and will respond in their own unique way to what they are sensing around them. They teach us to be in the moment, and how to tune in to our bodies in profound ways.
What is ECM?
Equine Connection Mentoring is a unique, experiential process of developing self-awareness and personal growth, through working with horses. While engaging with horses in a respectful, safe way, through groundwork and connection activities, participants gain insight into their own unique styles of communication, body language, and ways of being in the world.
Equine Connection Mentoring, in the context of working with a skilled professional, can support growth in self-confidence, self-esteem, and assist participants to work through challenges in a way that expands awareness of their own thoughts and deeds. ECM can also provide opportunities to develop and practice resilience, problem solving, and interpersonal communication through caring for and working with horses.
ECM is not therapy, but a unique form of space holding and personal development work in which participants are guided to trust their own intuition and wisdom, and to bring this forth.
It is firmly grounded in a foundation of physical, emotional and mental safety, as a pathway to healthy, happy and authentic self-actualisation.
Your facilitator.
Kerrie is a fully qualified practitioner of Equine Facilitated Learning, completing training with Kylie Peters of Groundwork Therapy in 2019. She is registered and insured with the International Institute for Complimentary Therapists. Groundwork Therapy’s Practitioner Training program is an extensive year long program in which a high level of competence and integrity is expected of graduates, with ongoing reflective practice and professional development requirements. Kerrie has also completed a Graduate Certificate in Counselling & Psychotherapy, and is currently completing her Masters qualifications. More information on this particular style of working with people and horses can be found at www.groundworktherapy.com.au
Contact us.
We offer a range of ECM programs for all ages. Working 1:1 or in groups, we can design a program to suit your unique needs. If you would like to talk with Kerrie and find out more about this wonderful modality, please use the link below to send us an email, and we would be happy to give you a call.
"Groundwork Therapy (and EFL) provides the individual the opportunity to expand their awareness and find pieces of themselves that they are unable to see yet, but already have."
— KYLIE PETERS, FOUNDER, GROUNDWORK THERAPY