Amanda Slugoski, M.A.

Amanda Slugoski is the owner of Equinox Therapeutic and Consulting Services.  She has her Master’s Degree in Counselling Psychology with a specialization in Equine-Assisted Mental Health, is a Registered Psychologist with the College of Alberta Psychologists, and is also a member in good standing of the Psychologists Association of Alberta.  Amanda focuses primarily on treating complex trauma and dissociation, which often comes with accompanying issues, such as addiction (both to substances and to behaviours), anxiety, depression, self-harm, and repeating non-adaptive life patterns.  She has specialized training in treating complex trauma and uses a variety of modalities including those drawn from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioual Therapy (CBT), Dialectic Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Structural Dissociation Theory, Animal-Assisted Therapy, Polyvagal Theory, Trauma-Informed Stabalization Treatment, and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

In addition to her work with Equinox Therapeutic, Amanda also owns Horse Powered Solutions, through which she facilitates equine-assisted corporate and personal development workshops in Canada and the United States. She also co-founded Arivaca Nature School, located in Arizona, which utilized animal and nature-assisted therapeutic programming to support adults with developmental disabilities up until 2010.

As a dedicated horseperson who has ridden and loved horses all her life, Amanda trained horses professionally and taught riding instruction for 13 years, both in Canada and in the United States. She twice represented Canada in international showjumping and dressage competitions with the Canadian University Equestrian Team.