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Horse Therapy
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Advent, troubled teens are reaping the psychological
and emotional benefits of "equine therapy".
Equine therapy uses horses to help treat a variety
of psychological problems and is an important
component in both our outpatient and residential
treatment programs.
Therapists report that teens
who would ordinarily shun physical and emotional
closeness with others will often accept it from
an animal. There are so many benefits in this
interaction with horses, including lowered blood
pressure and heart rate, decreased stress, lowered
levels of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety,
and increased feelings of empowerment, trust and
patience. In addition, studies in the January
2006 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary
Medical Association have shown that an eight session
horse therapy program significantly decreased
anger in adolescent boys.
Advent partners with a wonderful
non-profit organization, DreamPower Horsemanship,
to provide therapeutic equine services and programs.
DreamPower Horsemanship has been serving the community
since 2002. For more information on their program,
please click
here.
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