2009 NARHA National Conference and
Annual Meeting
EFMHA and NARHA Horses for
Heroes Combined Workshop
Tuesday, November 17
9 to 10:45 a.m.
Renaissance Worthington Hotel
Fee: (includes joint morning workshop, lunch and choice of
afternoon workshops)$140 for NARHA members – $165 for
non-members
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
11 a.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.
