Equine Assisted Therapy & Equine Assisted Learning
Course and Clinic Listings

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Turning Breakdown into Breakthrough…™

Rancho Bosque is an Approved Provider
for continuing education units

COURSE & CLINIC OFFERINGS

Many of our seminars are approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) Continuing Education, marked with an *. So now you can work with horses and also get credits for doing it! All courses are taught under the supervision of nationally renown, licensed professionals and in compliance with NBCC guidelines.

Course Descriptions

Course 002 Title: Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT)*

Description: The National Board of Certified Counselors approves this course for 16 hours of Continuing Education credits. This 2-day seminar focuses on how to use EAT for specific clinical diagnoses (e.g. eating disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, etc.). Each participant will be able to customize his or her own EAT program to meet behavioral therapy needs for individuals, families, and groups.
Who Should Attend: Psychologists, counselors, social workers, therapists, teachers, anyone with an interest of becoming familiar with EAT principles.

Course 004 Title: Cancer Warriors: Learning How to Harness Horse Power to Enhance Cancer Survival*:

Prerequisite: None
Description: The National Board of Certified Counselors approves this course for 16 hours of Continuing Education credits. This 2-day seminar is designed specifically with the cancer patient, cancer survivor, and cancer care providers in mind. Cancer not only assaults the body but also lays siege to one’s heart and mind. Having a positive attitude, relying on one’s spiritual and emotional resources, and assembling loved ones to provide support are all integral parts of becoming a successful cancer warrior. Feeling empowered to reject situations or individuals that impose negative feeling or energy upon the cancer patient and his or her support network is also vitally important.

Who Should Attend: Cancer patients and survivors, their families, friends, loved ones, health care professionals, therapists, counselors, and psychologists involved in the care and support of cancer patients.

Additional Courses:

From Round Pen to Boardroom: Learn to Harness the Power of Non-Verbal Communication from the Masters of Body Language—Horses! horse ground work excersize

Description: This 2 day/16 hour-long seminar has been reproduced in six different universities around the country and has been featured in Western Horseman, Practical Horsemanship, and Equus Magazine. This course is the same that has been taught to Fortune 500 corporations. The program focuses on how to ensure we demonstrate integrity; namely, that our words and our bodies send the same message. This course focuses on non-verbal language that anyone can invoke to make his or her communication more effective and powerful. Eighty percent of human communication is non-verbal and we spend almost of our attention on the spoken language. This course covers non-verbal cues during casual conversation, in public presentations, in interviews, and working with team members and co-workers. The course also focuses on communication situations were non-verbal cues are vital: i.e., when someone is lying, when breaking bad news, when trying to inspire listeners. Horses are the masters of non-verbal communication. You will come away amazed at how your abilities will be developed and honed to new, almost unbelievable levels after you complete this course.

Who should attend: Anyone, business professionals, retailers, teachers, anyone who must interact with the public.

RB Course 005: Chi & Groundwork: Harness Your Inner Energy to Teach Your Horse To Become Bombproof & Safe!

Description: This 2 day/16 hour-long clinic teaches participants to learn how to feel and manipulate their own bio-energetic fields; namely, their own vital energy, known as chi. This course will take anyone from a complete novice to an accomplished horsewoman or horseman and teach them not only to feel their own chi with certainty and confidence but also how to use that recognition to train your horse. The course uses principles borrowed from Native American, Zen Buddhist, and Chinese philosophies to produce an integrated, natural, safe approach to training horses. The course teaches such skills as:

Sending horses out over obstacles & jumps
Using chi to load and unload your horse out of a trailer without touching it
Getting your horse to come to you from across the round pen on command
Teaching your horse to slow its gait down in synchronization to your breathing
“Bomb proofing” your horse to such surprises as balloons, plastic bags, umbrellas, hoola hoops, and—yes--even rattlesnakes!

"I was at ease attending every aspect of your lectures, as I did not perceive a fervent or dogmatic approach in passing on your knowledge, but a quiet satisfaction and conviction that you have found a way which is good and works in areas of learning and therapy where appropriate. I am grateful for your immense generosity and open hearts to share your wisdom and experiences with us."

-- Ireland EAT/EAL Participant

Rancho Bosque is a member of NAHA - NORTH AMERICAN HORSEMEN'S ASSOCIATION