Why try Equine Assisted Therapy for teens?

Are you dealing with a struggling teen?

Here are a couple of things to consider:

Most traditional therapy asks teens to be adults.

To sit awkwardly in a waiting room.

Get into the therapy room.

Give answers.

Teens usually try to participate.

But soon they start getting uneasy.

Staring at their feet.

Fidgeting with their hands.

And walking out feeling the same as they did coming in.

Teens are not adults.

They are becoming adults.

And that process is exhausting.

No wonder they sleep so much.

They’re tired.

Tired of being asked what’s wrong.

Tired of not having an answer.

Tired of trying to fit in.

So we do something different:

Instead of talking, we walk.

Instead of sitting, we move.

Instead of looking at each other, we watch the horses.

We get curious.

We try something.

We get a reaction from the horse.

We find an analogy.

We ask more questions.

We learn to be ok without the “right” answers.

And when they come out of the session slightly more engaged in the process?

That's a win.

It’s still counselling.

Just done differently.

Berkman Academy, The Centre for Equine Assisted Therapy in Bayswater Melbourne. 

Nature, movement and horses at Berkman Academy - The Centre for Equine Assisted Therapy in Bayswater Melbourne.