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EFMHA Objectives

Objectives 

• Establish and disseminate functional terminology for Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP), Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL), and other mental health services that include equines.
• Continue to develop and disseminate standards and safety guidelines for EFP, EFL and other mental health services that include equines.
• Prepare and continue to develop a curriculum to train NARHA Instructors/equine professionals to assist mental health professionals who practice EFP.
• Catalog the body of research related to the practice of EFP, EFL and other mental health services that include equines.
• Continue the strategic planning process for the evolution of the Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association.
• Develop and implement a certification process for mental health professionals who practice EFP and other mental health services that include equines.
• Develop a certification process for Education Professionals who teach EFL.
• Promote education through workshops, networking, newsletters, and other publications.

Beliefs

• Horses are sentient beings with feelings, thoughts, emotions, memories, and empathetic abilities
• Horses can be active facilitators, evoking emotions in those who work with and around them.

Core Values

• Compassion
• Integrity
• Divine Wisdom
• Creativity
• Consciousness

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