Lately the HEAL newsletter has featured articles submitted by some of our 2009 HEAL Facilitator Training Program graduates.  You've read their stories of how the addition of EFL has enhanced each of their unique practices.  Perhaps you're wondering if this training might be beneficial to you; if it might give you an edge in your business and in your life.

 

 

This program provides post-graduate level training for professionals seeking the concept base and hands-on experience needed to incorporate Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) into their counseling, teaching, coaching or healing arts practice. Kathleen Barry Ingram, MA, and Leigh Shambo, LMHC, two pioneers in the field of EFL, teach this 5-month course which prepares participants to facilitate horse activities for experiential learning, increasing relational ability, emotional well-being, self-awareness and empowerment. David Young serves as horse specialist and also contributes scientific and research expertise to appropriate segments of the program. 

 

The HEAL Model^TM for EFL is a powerful and safe way of facilitating EFL for a variety of age groups and client types. The HEAL Model offers practitioners a scientifically grounded approach which yields life-changing results using HEAL's "8 Keys to Relationship".

 

The course spans five months and includes two weeks of on-site training at the HEAL facility in Chehalis, Washington, a week at the beginning and a week at the end of the course.  In between, the students will have reading and writing assignments, teleconferences with the instructors and fellow students, and will be doing some practice sessions on their own.

 

What do participants learn?

 

The program provides participants the knowledge and skills needed to incorporate the horse as a co-facilitator in their current practices. Students develop their understanding of facilitation skills, emotional and physical safety for human and horse participants, and the utilization of equine exercises and activities for therapeutic and educational applications with diverse clients.

 

In other words, the five-month course focuses on:

1. EFL principles and exercises
2. Client interactions
3. Facilitation skills, including the distinctions between therapeutic & educational models
4. Horse handling skills, EFL exercises, principles for exercise design and implementation tailored to your clients.

Thank you