My Journey with Horses & Healing

Ancestral Bonds with Horses

The women of my family have for generations held a profound relationship with horses, living side-by-side with herds allowing a valuable insight into the complex nature of these highly empathetic creatures.

As a child, under the guidance of my grandmother, I experienced the extraordinary healing power of horses and witnessed their ability to reconnect humans with deep instinct and intuition.

This sparked a life-long passion to help others reconnect with their own interior worlds through working with herds.

 Healing Through Equine Connection

My earliest memories are of my grandmother’s relationship with horses that she bred, nurtured and lived with as an extension of her family.

After I witnessed my brother’s death when aged four, my grandmother encouraged me to spend as much time with horses as possible, facilitating a deep healing process.

My connection with horses is integral to my ancestral narrative, my daily life and my own process of healing and self-awareness.

My Professional Journey

I trained as a humanistic and integrative counsellor with the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling (BCPC).

Following another personal loss in adulthood, I decided to train further as an Equine Facilitated Psychotherapist (EFP) at Epona (now Eponaquest) in Arizona, USA, under Linda Kohanov and Kathleen Barry Ingraham.

Developing a Unique Approach to Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy

I brought this extraordinary work to the UK in 2006 and have spent the years since developing a unique approach to EFP within family constellation work.

A Holistic Therapeutic Practice

During my counselling career, I have worked in the fields of bereavement, relationships, fertility, childlessness, sexuality, trauma, addiction, adoption and youth.

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My approach is holistic combining the somatic (of the body), systemic (of the family) and shamanic (of the spirit).

My work supports clients through a journey of self-discovery towards achieving connection between body, mind, spirit and environment.

Supervision and Leadership in Therapy

With the herd, I also run constellation workshops and several supervision groups for counsellors and psychotherapists in private practice.

Expanding Horizons

I am a counselling supervisor for Gwent NHS and other organisations I have worked for include Cruse, Bristol Drugs Project, Gwent Police, Gloucestershire County Council, Gloucestershire Young Carers, Mind, CLD Youth Counselling Service and Hope.

More recently, in 2016, I returned to Eponaquest for further training in leadership and am now approved to deliver Master Herder leadership training, which is applicable to a business or family situation.

Your Healing Journey

If my journey resonates with you and you're seeking a path to deeper self-discovery and healing, I'd love to work with you.

Together, we can explore the power of connecting with horses and the natural world to find balance, healing, and a deeper sense of self.