Quality mental health care using the healing power of horses
Hurricane, West Virginia
Individual, Family, and Group sessions
If you're concerned about your mental health, equine assisted psychotherapy may be for you!
- Practice practical coping strategies to manage your symptoms.
- Complete fun and challenging activities with horses. Examples include Catch & Halter, Picking Up Feet (Trust Me!), Herd vs. Pack, Life‘s Little Obstacles, Temptation Alley, Lie Detector, and Create Your Corral.
- Spend time with horses to increase mindfulness and awareness in the present moment.
- Use grounding techniques to help you connect with your thoughts, feelings, and autonomic nervous system.
- Learn principles of horse behavior including non-verbal communication, pressure/pain responses, attention/at ease, recircle for safety, and push/pull.
- Promote overall wellness.
- Fun and engaging team building activities that encourage healthy communication.
- Develop a personalized treatment plan that meets your unique needs.
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning
Why horses?
Equine-assisted work honors the natural behavior of horses and herds. Horses are skilled at keeping themselves safe and adept at survival; their natural behaviors are optimal for mental and physical health. In many respects, humans have lost the instinct to keep themselves safe and healthy. We entrust horses to show us the way back to health. Work and observation in the horse world lends itself to extremely powerful metaphors into our own patterns, strengths, and the non-verbal messages we send out. Equine Assisted Psychotherapy implements the power of equine-assisted principles and exercises to introduce therapy clients to themselves in a modality that has been found to be more efficient and less threatening than traditional talk therapy.
Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) is a field of practice based on the successes of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. We have learned that everyone can benefit from equine-assisted work – not just therapy clients. EAL uses equine-assisted principles and exercises in a variety of “arenas” from corporate retreats, to church groups, personal coaching, parenting and family dynamics and more!
Meet our mental health expert
Just Breathe Therapy, LLC offers personalized mental health services, including Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning (EAP/L). Our experienced therapist, L. Allyson Radenheimer, MA, LPC (WVLPC #2442) is dedicated to helping clients improve their overall well-being through experiential and evidence-based treatments in a caring, supportive environment. Ally is certified in EAP/L by the OK Corral and has been working alongside and studying horse behavior for three years. Ally's goals include creating safe spaces for healing and self-exploration while also helping clients meet their goals. Teaching and encouraging healthy thinking patterns and self-regulation can help with many mental health conditions such as trauma, anxiety, and depression. With 30 years of experience providing services to families, Ally is dedicated to improving mental health in her community.
Stable Woods Barn
Stable Woods, Hurricane, WV
At Just Breathe Therapy, we have partnered with Stable Woods barn in Hurricane, WV order to provide you a peaceful and safe experience.
Kathryn, Equine Specialist
Kathryn is the owner of Stable Woods and our horse partners. She is a certified equine specialist.
Meet the herd!
Nike
Butter
Candy
Named after the Greek Goddess, Nike is a gray speckled Arabian mare.
Candy
Butter
Candy
Candy is the smallest of the group, but don’t let her size-or her age fool you!
Butter
Butter
Butter
Butter is a thoroughbred who is as smooth as buuuuuddddduuuuuuuuhhhhhhhh.