Accredited Training for Equine Assisted Modality Practitioners

Working therapeutically with horses provides a real insight into self. Therefore, by definition, it increases self awareness.

Horses, being prey animals in nature, are extremely sensitive. They can pick up the tiny subtleties of our behaviour and our feelings and mirror this back to us. Other humans would not be so perceptive as to pick up these things and so, by working with horses, we are able to cut out lots of 'talk' time and get straight to the root of resolving our internal conflicts, setting ourselves goals which we really want to achieve and gaining the self belief to go out there and do it.

The Equine Assisted Practitioner Training course is delivered by the award winning not for profit training provider sister company of Shy Lowen named Silent Whispers Ltd. The course is accredited by the International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine and is intended for mental health professionals, counsellors, teachers and any professional working in the personal development sector.

The course is delivered in two parts, each part being four full days. Each 10am until 4.30pm day is half a day of classroom based theory and half a day of practical experience alongside the Shy Lowen horses. After the Part 1 is completed there is a minimum requirement of 50 practice hours which can be completed at Shy Lowen or elsewhere. After the second part is completed there is a written assessment, successful completion of this gains the student accredited status.

The theory sessions are Mindfulness, Psychology (human), Behaviour, Communication and Psychology (horse), Communication (human), Client groups and Business setting up.

The practical sessions in week 1 are for equine assisted learning, team building groups and personal development.

The practical sessions in week 2 are with a live therapy client – one of the Shy Lowen/ Silent Whispers team bringing real issues for the trainees to resolve.

Discounts are available up to 50% for non- profits, charities and group bookings

The people are all professionally trained and qualified counsellors, coaches, tutors and horse professionals.

Our professional people will team up with the horses to support your learning experience.

Meet our therapists

The horses are all residents of Shy Lowen Horse and Pony Sanctuary which is a UK registered charity.

They are all very professional at being horses. They don't judge you and will give the same level of feedback to you regardless of your social standing, your employment status, how much money you've got, what car you drive or how big your house is. They don't care about those things. Horses live in the here and now so all they care about is how you are within yourself right here and right now - very powerful to experience.