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Onsite Workshops
Up one levelChoose from a variety of hands-on experiential workshops Horse Sense offers. Spend time with our teams, our horses and at our facilities, learning from our years of experience.
Business Building Intensive Workshop in Asheville, NC
Put your program in overdrive with the Horse Sense Business Building Intensive! Spend a weekend in beautiful Western North Carolina and come away inspired, empowered, and prepared for success. The Business Building Intensive will be an interactive, "roll up your sleeves" weekend designed to harness your power and plug you directly into the knowledge, information, and tools to make your business rock!
Onsite Workshop: Making EAP/EAL Work
Step into the stream of a thriving EAP/EAL practice and get immersed in Horse Sense...see how it all works! Designed as the companion to the highly-successful Horse Sense, Business Sense book, this workshop focuses on key issues that simply couldn't be covered on paper. You'll spend time with Practice Administrator Lisa Wheeler; Horse Sense Therapists & Equine Specialists, and plenty of time with Shannon Knapp, founder and president of Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc. When possible, you'll also spend some time observing real EAL sessions, and participating in mock sessions as well.
Running with Mustangs : EACP with Court-Ordered Youth
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc., is offering an educational workshop designed to increase effective treatment of this challenging population as well as introducing participants to the powerful modality of Equine-Assisted Clinical Practice based on the Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Association’s (EAGALA) Model.
Body Sense: Eating Disorders and EAP
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc. is offering an educational workshop for professionals working in the field of eating disorders using the alternative model of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). EAP is a valid and reputable modality proven effective in the treatment of eating disorders for over 15 years. While participating in various experiential activities with horses, participants will recognize and address common issues challenging the eating disordered client through a solution-focused approach. Participants will develop the professional competence to help their clients practice new skill sets such as establishing healthy boundaries, assertiveness, and body awareness.
Straight from the Horse's Mouth
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc., is offering a one-day interactive workshop designed to educate participants on the basics of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), based on the EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) model. This workshop is designed to introduce the core concepts behind EAP, benefits over traditional psychotherapeutic models, as well as demonstrating basic EAP activities with participants. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy creates a natural and non-threatening opportunity, especially for those new to or uncomfortable with traditional therapeutic settings, to identify negative patterns of behavior, and practice new functional ones.
Care for the Caregivers
Compassion fatigue...what is it? Who has it? Why is it so common? Where does it come from? Find out the answers to these questions and more. Our staff and horses will gently help you recognize patterns, behaviors, and beliefs that may not be serving you well anymore. You will have an opportunity to practice new ways of being while using a powerful, solution-focused approach with horses.
Sober Sense: Treating Addiction and EAP
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc. is offering an educational workshop for professionals working in the field of addictions using the alternative model of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). EAP is a valid and reputable modality proven effective in the treatment of addictions. While participating in various experiential activities with horses, participants will recognize and address common issues challenging the addictive disorders through a solution-focused approach. Participants will develop the professional competence to help their clients practice new skill sets such as establishing healthy boundaries, assertiveness, and relapse prevention.