Equine Assisted Therapy
Equine Assisted Therapy
We offer Equine Assisted Programmes for education, addiction recovery and for mental health concerns for any age.
We also help to facilitate the Silent Whispers Equine Assisted Practitioner training for mental health workers, teachers, coaches, organisations, groups and individuals.
We offer Equine Assisted Programmes for education, addiction recovery and for mental health concerns for any age.
We also help to facilitate the Silent Whispers Equine Assisted Practitioner training for mental health workers, teachers, coaches, organisations, groups and individuals.
Shy Lowen clients include
local authorities
and other
educational establishments,
Mindforce
for military personnel, the
Tom Harrison House
addiction treatment centre for ex-servicemen and
individuals.
Shy Lowen's alternative curriculum courses are accredited through the
A.Q.A unit award scheme
for pupils who for one reason or another cannot attend mainstream education where they can achieve modules in subjects like horse care.
Shy Lowen Horse & Pony Sanctuary is listed on the Human Equine Interaction Register managed by the Equine Assisted Services Partnership having been one of the six organisations involved in the foundation work for this register through National Equine Welfare Council
In addition our funding organisation Silent Whispers runs a training programme for
Equine Assisted Facilitators, as we believe this work should be available to all and we want to share our skills. To find out more visit www.silent-whispers.co.uk
We provide the horses and facilities for the equine assisted practitioner training run by Silent Whispers.
As well as this more structured work, just coming to Shy Lowen as a volunteer or even for an ad hoc visit can be therapeutic!
In The Press
Shy Lowen on BBC News
Short video from the BBC about our military veterans from Tom Harrison House's weekly visits to Shy Lowen Horse & Pony Sanctuary for equine therapy.
Tom Harrison House
More about Tom Harrison House in Liverpool and their work at Shy Lowen from Forces TV on YouTube.
Why Horses?
Why Horses?
Horses are extraordinary teachers. They see you as you are. They are not fooled by bluff or pretence. They react to mood and intent. In their eyes we are all equal, not even the most famous Liverpool football player would be given special status by a horse!
This means that they provide a superb way of learning self worth and confidence. We teach communications skills, anger management, trust, patience and a range of other social skills through our horses. As always, the participants need to work hard. With no effort or motivation, the horse will not respond. Get it right and the rewards are immediate and true.
This type of learning is ongoing with every individual who comes to us for any period of time. That doesn't mean that everyone who comes here has specific learning needs - it means that horses teach us about ourselves all the time. For those kids who do have a specific need, we ensure that they are given the support and structure they need to grow into the best person they can be.
The Wild Ones
The Wild Ones
To understand more about how this works, we'd love you to watch the documentary produced for Channel 4 called The Wild Ones. It's very moving, and very Shy Lowen!
“They've got issues, I've got issues, so we sort of relate to each other”
Former serviceman Paul
