Counseling Groups and Individual Sessions in Michigan

Equine Facilitated Therapy

Do you want deeply rooted change through therapy?

You want something different from talk therapy, and you want a seasoned expert guiding you. You want something that works.

  • Nature and animals seem to ground you and bring you peace

  • You prefer in-person, interactive therapy

  • You learn by practicing and experiencing, rather than hearing

Hope is possible.

You can feel connected again.

You can experience contentment

and live a life opposite to fear.

Our equine therapy can help.

How Our Counseling

and Sports Psychology Works

with Licensed and Certified Providers

Our program brings decades of experience with horses, PATH training, experiential learning, eye movement desensitization reprocessing, Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Our potential clients report that there are a lot of options out there, but that we are one of the only options in the area that uses PATH’s best practice of a licensed mental health professional and certified equine specialist (or a therapist that has both credentials) in our sessions. PATH is the Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship International, the organization that has set the standard since its inception in 1969. PATH International was originally founded as the North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, or NARHA, and currently serves over 60,000 participants per year.

Equine Facilitated Therapists and Holistic Therapists here can help you find wellness and balance…

  • with anxiety

  • with ADHD

  • with depression

  • with binge eating disorder

  • with PTSD

  • with parenting

  • with life transitions

  • with grief and loss

  • with focus

  • with self esteem

  • with motivation and countless other issues, too!

You don’t have to try to figure things out on your own anymore.

We have a kind horse and a caring therapist in our

Equine Facilitated Therapy program waiting for you

to begin your journey toward hope and change.

FAQs about EFP

Photograph by Morgan Bailey

  • We offer private pay services which range between $165 for a short session to $695 for an intensive retreat.

  • No! We welcome clients ranging from experienced riders to those who have never met a horse.

  • Most often, no. Occasionally, treatment plans will include methods like rhythmic riding or bilateral stimulation on top of the horse, but those are less frequent and most of our EFP work is unmounted.

  • The stables where we offer EFP also offer riding lessons, and we can connect you with an instructor there if you’d like.

  • Therapeutic riding is focused on riding a horse to improve social, emotional and physiological goals. Students with medical or mental health needs may qualify for therapeutic riding as well as equine therapy, and you are welcome to contact us at hello@michigan-emdr.com to discuss.

  • Our equine facilitated learning classes might be the best option for you! Click here to learn about those current offerings. Please note that the group offerings are not currently covered by health insurance.