Synapse LLC

Equine Assisted Mental Health and Development




Services

Mental Health Counseling

Groups and

Workshops

Team Building

and Development

Why Horses?

"The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and fire."

Sharon Ralls Lemon

Most people recognize that animals make them calmer and happier, but our work with horses goes beyond just feeling a little better about life. Horses are large, powerful animals, and when we're with them, many of the things we've tried to bury start to come up. When you work with the horses, you are not hypothetically talking about emotions, you are tangibly experiencing them. This provides a space to learn how to stay grounded and embodied instead of hiding or numbing out. Horses are fully present, they are honest about their needs and their boundaries, and they are experts at the art of just being with; when we are with them, they challenge us to do the same.