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โFrom his very first session with Horses for Hope, my son began to come back to us. This program has given me back the boy I thought was lost foreverโ
- Parent of a participant
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โI know itโs counselling, but it doesnโt feel like itโ
Horses for Hope uses the connection between horses and humans to heal and improve the lives of both.
People and horses work together in a safe and therapeutic environment to foster self-efficacy, empathy, resilience and emotional management.
The results include improved wellbeing, a regulated nervous system, new ways of handling challenges, and the knowledge you have improved the life of a horse that is learning to trust humans again.
โIt is the greatest honour to work with these traumatized horses, learning together to prove that not everyone in this world is bad and there is also hopeโ
- Phillipa, participant
โBefore arriving, I expected the place to be somewhere where you just brushed a horse whilst chatting with a counsellor. Seeing it in action, every minute detail has been accounted for and the entire team has clearly spent a lot of time and brainpower on creating a practice where every element is explained, accounted for and executed as strongly as possible. The level of care and detail is truly astounding."โ
- Community Engagement Worker
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Horses for Hope acknowledges the Yorta Yorta people as the original custodians of this land โ the land where our horses and participants come for healing.
We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders past and present for they hold and share their memories, traditions, stories, and culture with all people of Australia.
Horses for Hope is committed to honouring First Nation peoplesโ unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and rich contribution to society.