Case studies of adults receiving horse-riding therapy

Burgon, Hannah Louise

doi:10.2752/089279303786992099

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“…Academic contributions in this broad area of study have included research on animals in sport (Sheard, 1999;Gillespie, Leffler & Lerner, 2002;Gilbert & Gillett, 2012;), the impact of animals on human health (Garrity & Stallones, 1998;Wells, 2009), therapeutic uses of animals (Burgon, 2003;Kaiser, Smith, Heleski and Spence, 2006;Yorke, Adams & Coady, 2008;Dell, Chalmers, Bresette, Swain & Rankin, 2011), animal ethics and violence toward animals (Worden & Darden, 1992;Atkinson & Young, 2005), and human-animal relationships (Robins, Sanders & Cahill, 1991;Lagoni, Butler & Hetts, 1994;Brandt, 2004;Sanders, 2007;Jerolmack, 2008;Herzog, 2011). Two areas of research within the study of interspecies relationships are important to this paper-studies of equestrian sport and post-Mead studies of animals.…”

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Trust in Interspecies Sport

Gilbert

2014

Sociology of Sport Journal

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This paper explores how young girls develop trust in their equine partners for the purposes of competitive equestrian sport. I argue that interspecies trust manifests through interactional trust and system trust. Interactional trust, as reflected in the horse-human relationship, is built through joint action and results in symbolic interaction. System trust is made possible through the equine community; it develops through communication in an effort to reduce complexity and uncertainty in society. To encourage and sustain youth participation in competitive equestrian sports both interactional trust and system trust are necessary.Cet article explore la façon dont les jeunes filles développent leur confiance en leurs partenaires équins dans le cadre du sport équestre compétitif. Je soutiens que la confiance entre espèces se manifeste à travers la confiance interactionnelle et la confiance envers le système. La confiance interactionnelle, telle que reflétée dans la relation cheval -être humain, est bâtie par l'action conjointe et résulte en une interaction symbolique. La confiance envers le système est rendue possible par l'intermédiaire de la communauté équine; elle se développe par la communication dans un effort de réduire la complexité et l'incertitude de la société. Pour encourager et soutenir la participation des jeunes dans les sports équestres compétitifs la confiance interactionnelle et la confiance envers le système sont toutes deux nécessaires.

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Trust in Interspecies Sport

Gilbert

2014

Sociology of Sport Journal

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“…Riding and non-riding programs and practices have been developed for their potential psychological, emotional, and social benefits (Drawe 2001;Frame 2006;Graham 2007;Hayden 2005;Iannone 2003; Kersten and Thomas 1997;Klontz et al 2007;Schultz 2005). Known generally as equine-assisted therapy, the approach has been incorporated into counselling and learning programs within corrections (Deaton 2005), mental health (Bizub et al 2003;Kakacek and Ottens 2008), social services (Burgon 2003), women's addiction treatment (Pollack 2009), and with high-risk youth who have experienced emotional and behavioural trauma (Basile 1997;Brouillette 2006;Chardonnens 2009;Drawe 2001;Ewing et al 2007;Foley 2007;Iannone 2003).…”

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A Healing Space: The Experiences of First Nations and Inuit Youth with Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL)

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Chalmers

Bresette³

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Child Youth Care Forum

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The Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre (NNHC) in Muncey, ON provides residential treatment to First Nations and Inuit youth who abuse solvents. As a complement to its culture-based programming, in 2008 the centre began offering weekly equine-assisted learning (EAL) curriculum to its clients in partnership with the Keystone Equine Centre and the Lambton Equine Assisted Learning Centre. This study explores the potential benefit of the EAL program on youths' healing. We conducted 15 interviews with two intakes of male and female EAL program participants and 6 NNHC and EAL staff, reviewed EAL facilitator and NNHC staff reflections and participants' EAL journals, and observed the EAL program. It was concluded that youths' healing was aided through the availability of a culturally-relevant space; from within an Aboriginal worldview this understanding of space is central to individual and communal well-being. This was conveyed in three key themes that emerged from the data: spiritual exchange, complementary communication, and authentic occurrence. This understanding provides insight into the dynamics of healing for Aboriginal youth who abuse solvents, and may be applicable to other programming and populations.

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“…Looking back at previous studies showing that communications skills can be improved by attending EASW (Beck & Katcher, 2003;Bizub et al, 2003;Burgon, 2003;Macauley & Gutierrez, 2004) as well as being absent from it (Pauw, 2000), the study results could shed some light over that discrepancy. The communication decreases among clients and increases among staff when the focus in the interaction is on performing and the horse are regarded as an object.…”

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Mentalizing and Emotional Labor Facilitate Equine-Assisted Social Work with Self-harming Adolescents

Carlsson

Ranta

Træen

2015

Child Adolesc Soc Work J

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This article explores equine-assisted social work (EASW). Horses' capacities to mirror human emotions create possibilities for authentic relationships between clients and staff. This study examines what eases or counteracts the horse's capacity to facilitate relationships perceived by humans to be authentic. Video recordings of the human-horse interactions of three staff members and four female self-harming clients aged 15-21 years in a residential treatment facility were analyzed. The findings show that if the staff gave instructions and advice similar to traditional equestrian sports in combination with viewing the horse as an object, EASW is not facilitated. EASW seems to be facilitated when the horse is perceived as a subject by both staff and clients, provided that the staff gave meaning to the horse's behavior. The staff needed to highlight empathy for the horse when the horse is not able to fulfill its task without adding depth to the client's performance, to avoid raising defense mechanisms. The essence of EASW were perceived as eased by staff members when they focus on the client's emotions and help the client understand that the horse is acting in response to the client's and the staff´s behavior through mentalizing and enacting emotional labor in regarding the horse as a subject. The results indicate the need for higher demands on staff members in order to facilitate EASW.Depending on whether the staff and the clients focus on performance or on emotions, different positive or negative outcomes on communication, self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-image will be likely to emerge.Keywords: adolescents, emotional labor, equine-assisted social work, mentalizing, self-injury MENTALIZING AND EMOTIONAL LABOR FACILITATES EASW 3Mentalizing and emotional labor facilitate equine-assisted social work with self-harming adolescents Equine Assisted Social Work (EASW) may contribute positively to the treatment of adolescents with psychiatric disorders, or those who are at risk for developing such disorders.It may be of value to develop social skills, feelings of mastery, meta-cognition and reflectivity abilities, self-confidence and self-esteem in these individuals (Bizub, Joy, & Davidson, 2003;Dell, Chalmers, Bresette, Swain, Rankin, & Hopkins, 2011;Dell, Chalmers, Dell, Sauve, & MacKinnon, 2008;Hauge, Kvalem, Pedersen, & Braastad, 2013;Holmes, Goodwin, Redhead, & Goymour, 2011;Klontz, Bivens, Leinart, & Klontz, 2007; Macauley & Guitierrez, 2004;Rothe, Vega, Torres Campos Soler, & Molina Pazos, 2005;Rothe, 2005;Smith-Osborne & Selby, 2010), as well as to contribute to the development of communication skills, emotional awareness and regulation, reduce anxiety, and provide opportunities for experiencing authentic relationships (Bizub, et al., 2003;Carlsson, Nilsson-Ranta, & Traeen, 2014;Karol, 2007). Even though not all studies point in the same positive direction (Ewing, MacDonald, Taylor, & Bowers, 2007;Greenwald, 2001), there is reason to explore how EASW may be used in the treatment of different patient ...

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Case studies of adults receiving horse-riding therapy

Cited by 39 publications

References 5 publications

Trust in Interspecies Sport

Trust in Interspecies Sport

A Healing Space: The Experiences of First Nations and Inuit Youth with Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL)

Mentalizing and Emotional Labor Facilitate Equine-Assisted Social Work with Self-harming Adolescents

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