Get My Fix, April 18, 2011 by Carley Sparks The notion that girls love horses falls somewhere between a predisposition for pink and hormone-related outbursts. It’s accepted as a societal norm. The question is why? What is it about horses that inspires the passionate and at times obsessive affection of young girls? And what keeps …
Animal Friends Equine. July 16 2010 Horse care is the therapy of choice for one psychologist in Canada. Amanda Slugoski told the Edmonton Sun about how she takes her clients out to catch and groom horses or a donkey to help them confront their emotional issues. She explained that the teamwork involved between her and …
Edmonton Sun, July 16 2010 By MICHELLE THOMPSON, Horseplay is all in a day’s work for Amanda Slugoski – a psychologist whose colleagues go by the names Patches and Snowball. Instead of dishing out their troubles on a couch, Slugoski’s clients take their problems to a riding ring, where Slugoski tasks them with grooming or …
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The Prescott Daily Courier. November 5 2006 By SHARI LOPATIN If people don’t ground themselves, they could get hurt in life. This was a lesson Hanna Soumerai learned from a horse. Soumerai is an undergraduate at Prescott College. She’s studying to become a clinical psychologist and minoring in equine-assisted mental health ¬ therapy using horses …
