Feeling Stuck?
Burned out?
Grieving?
Lost confidence?
Searching for something that no longer fits neatly into words?
Equine Presence offers psychology services grounded in relationship, curiosity, and meaningful experience.
Amidst the tranquility of Lake Isle, hay fields and paddocks we create opportunities to slow down, notice what matters and explore new possibilities for connection, discovery and growth.
Where would you like to begin?
WHAT IS EFP?
Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) invites us to explore in real time through relationship, awareness, and embodied experience.
When talking is not enough.
If you are curious about how psychotherapy and horses work together, this is a place to begin.
Licensed health professionals and our equine partners co-facilitate your sessions
BILLABLE THROUGH YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE
EFP Psychology Services
INDIVIDUAL EFP
Therapy doesn’t seem to be helping.
Whether you are navigating anxiety, grief, burnout, life transitions, relationship challenges, or simply feeling stuck, Individual EFP offers a supportive space to explore what is emerging and discover new ways of moving forward.
You do not need horse experience.
You do not need to have the right words.
You do not need to know exactly where you are going.
You are invited to come as you are.
GROUP EFP
Some experiences become easier to carry when they are shared.
Communities of Support bring together people navigating similar questions, challenges, and life experiences in a space grounded in connection, compassion, and mutual learning.
EQUESTRIANS
My treasured companion colicked.
I am terrified of falling … again.
My chestnut mare pins her ears and threatens me. What is her problem? She just gets me so … frustrated I could scream.
I want to throw up at every show.
I am scared of disappointing my coach.
When you are an equestrian half of your heart lives in the paddock and the other half has to work to pay for the paddock.
Being an equestrian is about far more than riding.
Loving horses can bring joy, purpose, confidence, partnership, and belonging. It can also bring fear, grief, uncertainty, frustration, injury, performance pressure, and heartbreak.
At Equine Presence, we explore the psychological aspects of living a horse-centric life.
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PSYCHOLOGISTS
I am so drained.
My heart is so tired.
Where do I go for help?
I know exactly what I would tell my client. Why can’t I seem to do it myself?
Being a psychologist asks more of us than clinical skill.
Day after day, we sit with grief, trauma, uncertainty, loss, suffering, and the complexities of being human. The work can be deeply meaningful. It can also be emotionally demanding.
Many psychologists spend their careers creating space for others while struggling to find spaces where they can simply be human themselves.
At Equine Presence, we create opportunities for psychologists to reconnect, reflect, and receive support without needing to be the one holding the space.
WHEN HEALTH CHANGES … again
I’m exhausted.
I’m sick of specialist appointments.
I’m tired of feeling dismissed.
I’m adapting… again.
And I’m so tired of this.
Living with chronic illness, disability, medical complexity, or ongoing health challenges often requires far more than managing symptoms.
Alongside appointments, treatments, and uncertainty, many people find themselves navigating grief, identity changes, loss, adaptation, relationships, and the ongoing work of building a meaningful life within changing circumstances.
At Equine Presence, we create opportunities for connection, reflection, and support for people living with the realities of health-related change.
Horses give us so many things including embodied feedback, co-regulation and safe relationship. They help people experience authentic connection – and that’s something we carry back into other relationships at home and at work.
Meg Kirby, The Equine & Animal Assisted Psychotherapy Institute
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
The questions people bring rarely fit neatly within a single category.
Over time, certain themes have emerged repeatedly within my professional work. These areas reflect specialized training, professional experience, and a deep commitment to supporting people navigating challenge, meaning, wellbeing, and growth.
The categories below may be helpful, but people rarely arrive in categories. We arrive at the intersections of health, identity, relationships, grief, burnout, life transitions, culture, and lived experience.
At Equine Presence, we focus on all of you, in all of this.
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
MENTAL HEALTH
BURNOUT/COMPASSION FATIGUE
GRIEF/MORTALITY
LIFE TRANSITIONS
IDENTITY
CONNECT DISCOVER GROW
Equine Presence looks forward to welcoming you.
