Mental Health and Resilience
NCEFT offers a variety of Mental Health and Resilience Workshops as well as individual Walk and Talk services utilizing the beauty of our expansive 12-acre property, our special herd of horses, and licensed, professional staff. We serve children and adolescents, adults with cancer or other chronic illnesses, and Veterans and First Responders. Below are our current programs, but additional programs may be offered depending on the needs and interests of our community.
Current Programs:
Resilience Workshop for Women with Cancer or other Chronic Illnesses
Individual Services
for ages 5 and up
Research shows that being connected to the natural environment and with animals in conscious, intentional ways has significant emotional and physical benefits. Horses, in particular, are communicative animals that provide an honest reflection of human behavior—giving clients a deeper understanding of themselves. Our workshops and individual services have many benefits including helping clients decrease anxiety and depression, manage symptoms of PTSD, increase social skills and connection, lower blood pressure, and improve sleep.
Most of our programs take a team approach and include a licensed clinician, peer mentor, and equine specialist. While some Workshops may incorporate a mounted component, most utilize ground-based/unmounted interactions with horses. Mental Health and Resilience programs at NCEFT are not intended to be a stand-alone treatment for mental health disorders, but instead, are provided as an addition to traditional talk therapy. No horse experience is required to participate.
NCEFT’s Mental Health and Resilience programs may be appropriate for the supplemental treatment of:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Fears and social isolation
- PTSD/trauma, including for military veterans and first responders as well as victims of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse
- ADD/ADHD
- Anger management
- Family issues such as communication, marital challenges, parenting
- Stress management
- Relationship struggles
- Grief and loss
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