OUR FARM partners with Friederike (Rika) Wilday, LPC to provide Equine Assisted Psychotherapy. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 19 years of counseling experience. She enjoys collaborating with clients as they work together towards accessing innate strengths and building on successes. Rika uses Greg Kersten's OK Corral Series for Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, and she welcomes the inclusion of Biblical principles for those who would like to incorporate their faith in the counseling process. For more information about the services that she provides or to schedule an Equine Assisted Psychotherapy session, please visit Rika's website at (Family Alliance Counseling Services, LLC - Counselor, Therapy, Emdr). There is a cost for therapy services through Family Alliance Counseling.

About Equine Assisted Therapy

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) brings the counseling session outside an office setting, allowing a horse to become co-therapist alongside a licensed counselor.  This allows for EAP to be more experiential.   You may find the freedom of working through your thoughts and feelings with a horse, may provide you the space to feel safer to face your internal challenges.  Through its sensitive nature, the horse naturally and honestly provides feedback in what it senses in you.  A horse is very in tune with emotion states and is aware of somatic cues such as heart rate, and breath rate. The real-time response can be helpful as you learn about yourself and begin practicing new skills such as emotion regulation, mindfulness, and improved self-awareness.