Get Your EAP from the Source.
As the Founder of the field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Greg Kersten has set the
standard in teaching his techniques for working with horses to help humans. Every trainer
you may find who offers any kind of certificate in equine-assisted anything learned from the
Founder, himself.
Greg Kersten coined the term "Equine Assisted Psychotherapy" to describe both the
exercises he had created to work with at-risk youth and correctional inmates as well as the
philosophy behind the exercises. Since 1991, he has traveled the globe to instruct other
professionals, and many of these have gone on to create their own "sects" or "models" of
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and have even taught variations of Greg Kersten's
"Signature Exercises." Mr. Kersten continues to teach the authentic EAP as he always
intended it, as well as equine-assisted learning for non-therapeutic applications.
Mr. Kersten is the President of Equine Services, Inc., the Co-Founder of EAGALA, the
Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association, and now the owner of the O.K. Corral
Series. Mr. Kersten has over 20 years' experience working in adult and youth correctional
facilities and treatment programs. He has served as front-line counselor, addictions
counselor, supervisor, and director in the various programs, and he specializes in working
with especially challenging or violent
clients.
Mr. Kersten's expertise in nonverbal communication also comes from his experience
working with horses, training military police dogs for security and narcotics detection, and
his work as a private investigator. His approach is practical and his teaching is always
hands-on and fun!
As the only pioneer in this ever-growing field, there are myriad articles about Mr. Kersten
and his techniques.
Click the links below to read what others have had to say!
www.eqgroup.com/Library/eagala1.htm
www.alhaja.net/horse-psychotherapy.asp
www.strugglingteens.com/archives/1996/12/news02.html
www.frontierus.org/documents/innovativeapps.pdf
www.freelancenews.com/news/contentview.asp?c=93623
www.svcn.com/archives/lgwt/20020731/lgcover.shtml
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/anorexia/42017/2
postgazette.com/headlines/19990908kids2.asp
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