Healing from Trauma
with the Help of Horses
This combined
morning workshop will be presented by Dr. Casey
Taft, a professional from the National Center
for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After the
morning break, participants will attend separate
presentations. The morning workshop will cover:
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Neurobiology of how
trauma affects the brain of a child and an adult
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How the brain heals
from trauma
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Specific factors
equestrian programs can incorporate to
facilitate healing for clients who have
experienced trauma
Casey T. Taft, PhD,
is a staff psychologist at the Behavioral
Sciences Division of the National Center for
PTSD in the VA Boston Healthcare System and
associate professor of psychiatry in the Boston
University School of Medicine.
EFMHA Workshop
Tuesday, November
17
11 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Renaissance
Worthington Hotel
This workshop will
present practical ideas and therapeutic
activities from equine facilitated psychotherapy
(EFP) and equine facilitated learning (EFL)
programs that work with children and adults who
have experienced trauma. .
10:45 a.m. Break
11a.m. Marilyn Sokolof, PhD, and Memree Stuart, MLS, TRI
12:15 p.m. Lunch
included
1:15 p.m. Priscilla
Marden, CEFIP-ED, TRI
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Joe Callan,
LCSW, TRI
4 p.m. Panel
discussion with equine facilitated mental health program presenters
Dr. Marilyn Sokolof,
PhD, a licensed psychologist, is a past
president of EFMHA and an associate instructor
for NARHA’s Equine Specialist (ES) Program.
Memree Stuart, MLS, a NARHA Certified
Registered Level Instructor and an Equine
Specialist, has served on the boards of EFMHA
and
NARHA. Priscilla Marden, CEFIP-ED, is a NARHA
Certified Registered Level Instructor and EFMHA
Board member. Joseph P. Callan,
MS, MSW, LCSW, is co-founder and clinical
director of TRAVERSE, Inc., a NARHA Premier
Accredited Center in Tampa, FL, and serves on
the EFMHA and NARHA Boards.
NARHA Horses for
Heroes Workshop
Tuesday, November
17
11 a.m. to 5:30
p.m.
Renaissance
Worthington Hotel
This workshop will
cover special considerations when working with
military personnel and veterans. Discussion of
topics such as financial considerations and
opportunities, interaction with the Department
of Veteran Affairs Medical Center
representatives and military contacts will be
included.
11:00 a.m. History
& NARHA Horses for Heroes National Update:
Mary Jo
Beckman
11:15 a.m. How to
start a NH4H Program: Ross Braun, Sue Grant, Marge Gunnar
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30p.m. NARHA
Horses for Heroes DVD
2:00 p.m.
Instructors Panel: Mandy Hogan,
Anita Shkedi, Mary Vardi,
Joan Schroeder, Mary Jo Beckman
3:15 p.m.
Coffee Break
3:30 p.m. Research
Issues: Paul Spiers,
Anita Shkedi, Mary Vardi, Beth
Lanning
4:15 p.m. Military
Riders Panel: David Trexler, Derrick Perkins, TBA
Amanda Hogan,
a NARHA certified Master Level Instructor. Mary Jo Beckman,
Commander, U.S. Navy,
retired is a NARHA Master Level Instructor. Ross Braun,
a NARHA Registered Level
Instructor. Dr. Paul Spiers, PhD,
forensic and clinical neurophysiologist. David Trexler, a Vietnam War veteran.
Sue
Grant, a NARHA Registered Level Instructor.
Mary Vardi, a NARHA Registered Level
Instructor. Joan Schroeder, a NARHA
Advanced Level Instructor.
