Founded in 2018 as an Equine Assisted Therapy practice, Racing Hearts is proud to be first of its kind in Australia, not only offering Equine Assisted Therapy to humans, but also rehabilitating retired racehorses to act as “assistant practitioners” as well as helping them find new homes and a new life after racing.
Racing Hearts is certified by the Equine Psychotherapy Institute (EPI) and their programs are tailored to individual and group requirements from all ages from primary school to adulthood and treating a wide range of challenges. They can also provide services to NDIS funded clients.
Equine Assisted Therapy is traditional psychology and counselling, offered by a qualified mental health practitioner in a non-traditional way working with their team of retired racehorses as assistant therapists. There is something incredibly special about the way horses help us heal when they take the role of therapy assistants.
Their clients are offered safe experiences with horses to develop awareness, learn life skills, develop skills to manage stress, avoid burnout, and develop healthy relationships. By building awareness of behavioural, emotional, and thought patterns that no longer serve them well, people learn more positive and healthier ways to live their lives. This is the essence of the Racing Hearts model of Equine Assisted Therapy.
The programs have been developed to assist people to work through stressful times in their lives which can be brought about by emotional, physical, behavioural, cognitive, or environmental issues. Equine Assisted Therapy focuses more on somatic experience and pattern/behaviour change and because everyone is different, they address the symptoms, not the label. Sessions are integrated with horses in a meaningful way with exercises carried out both on the ground and ridden.
They have 2 farms on the Mornington Peninsula and are thrilled to be opening their third farm in Pakenham South servicing the Cardinia region.
For further information 0452 045 046, Website: www.racinghearts.com.au Facebook: Racingheartsaus Insta: Racing_hearts_therapy
