Equotherapy

Equotherapy is a special form of therapy in which the therapists are supported by the special abilities of the horses. The concept of equitherapy has evolved over time and expanded to other animals. Equotherapy places the animals' perception and communication skills at the center of the therapeutic process.
During the units, the children and young people receive new impulses from both the human and animal therapists. Without words, our horses in the therapy setting encourage interaction and a relationship. This "non-linguistic" offer opens up development steps and stimulates the senses. 
In addition to the medium horse or animal, the different source professions and the additional qualifications of the supervising trainers, pedagogues and psychotherapists result in an interdisciplinary variety of methods. This creates access to individual life situations from a wide variety of perspectives.

Various scientific articles have already been written on this special form of therapy:
Zink, 2006, Equotherapy (everyday therapy horse)
Zinc, 2008, Equotherapy
Zink, 2020, Equine Assisted Psychotherapy
Zink & Deimel, 2019, Snapshot eight – Aubrey Fine