Welcome to SEDA Equine
SEDA's 'equine' programme offers an intervention which blends 'equine facilitated learning/therapy' EFL with 'equine facilitated therapy - EFL/T; providing support for both the human and the horses they work with - this approach offers emotional development, increased self-awareness, building confidence and increasing levels of self-esteem for the participants. Through learning to implement the basics of horsemanship; and groundwork training which develops the horses physical and emotional fitness. The work often includes goal-oriented coaching and will most certainly develop a basic understanding of some horsemanship skills; the work we do will develop a compassionately driven style of leadership which will produce skills, which are transferable into everyday living. This also builds confidence, and can help to reduce and in many ways to overcome anxieties and increase levels of self esteem.
Working holistically with body and mind connections to increased personal and social awareness.
The program embraces compassionate leadership skills, and natural horsemanship methods. Retraining the brain to engage with deeper connections, developing a clearer communication style and building more authentic relationships; the affect of which continues into everyday life and relationships.
The approach focuses firstly on creating a space of safety and trust; then building upon that solid foundation of trust; through the connections you create and maintain with the horse. Through the 'relationship' then learning to embrace the elements needed for a more progressive rewarding attitude towards ongoing relationships. This intervention seeks to enhance physical and emotional well-being, and the experience of partnership for both you and the horses you work with.
Who Can Benefit From EFL/T
EFL/T can provide major benefits for children and young people,
in particular those finding the traditional educational settings
challenging. For young people and adults, these benefits
include increased levels of self-awareness, personal
development, building on existing knowledge base and
learning new, transferable skills.
EFL/T is so diverse and very specific to the individual person
and their own unique learning experience. There are plenty
of recorded outcomes that evidence increased levels of
self-esteem, clarity in thinking, feelings of connectedness and
self-awareness that determine this way of working as both
valuable and beneficial. People also report deep levels of
personal healing and increased attention to the need for
relaxation and mindfulness.
For those wanting to develop reduce anxiety, increase
assertiveness and build confidence find this type of
work extremely effective and rewarding.
What is at the heart of this work is an emotional, and even
spiritual, bond which takes place between the participants and
the horses. Horses are authentic, very curious, loving and
generous animals, they have huge hearts and the capacity to
accept us as we are and forgive us when we get it wrong.
This makes them ideal teachers – horses live in the moment and
‘reflect back’ to us aspects of ourselves that we might not
otherwise recognise or identify with. Horses can tell us more about ourselves through the authentic and honest ways they communicate.
Sessions often include
Learning to read/interpret and understand horses body language - Encourages self and other awareness and also develops and our range of empathic understanding of ourselves and others. Also this can help develop a more effective style of communicating.
Learning to observe and understand how horses think as herd animals. Observing group dynamics, which often echo our own social experiences - gives us better understanding of our own social group behaviors, which gives us more choices in social situations.
Learning how to groom, feed and carry out some fundamentals in caring for the horses - Might help us to look after our own needs better, and also to the needs of another. Developing our capacity to take responsibility and make informed decisions.
Learning how horses see the world - gives us some understanding of different perspectives to the same reality - how we perceive things informs our behaviors. This can help us to be more understanding of ourselves, and also of views, opinions and behaviors of others, that differ to our own.
Learning some of the basic techniques of equine massage and 'horse rehabilitation bodywork' - can help us to understand how we hold tensions in our own bodies. Also how our postures and our ways of moving affect our own mindsets, attitudes and often our emotional state.
Learning some basic online groundwork techniques - Can help us to understand how our intentions and our internal emotional states speak into situations; learning how horses learn to overcome challenges can help us learn how to make internal changes in-order to regulate our own emotions.
Frequently Asked Questions
"Many of the clients that we work with have had very traumatic experiences and find that they are unable to begin to communicate this. By using equine therapy, the clients can explore those feelings on a different level and feel a connection to the horse. One client told me previously that she couldn't believe how emotional the horse made her and that she never cries, until she spent time with the horses. The value of equine therapy is huge."
Jo Merrick - Client Service Manager
Helping Hands Community Project
Contact us
For more information or to book a session, please fill out the form below or contact us at Email: info@sedacounselling.co.uk
or call mobile: 0778 063 3126