Research

We are incredibly proud that in October 2017 the book by Dr. Karin Hediger and Mag. Roswitha Zink - Horse-assisted trauma therapy - has been published in reinhardt-verlag.de: Based on scientifically based trauma therapy concepts and the current state of research on horse-assisted work, methods, requirements,...

After years of searching and researching what helps our therapy horses to process their experiences, emotions and challenges well, we have developed the concept of snorting correspondence. Horses often tend to bottle up their feelings, despite the continuously optimized keeping conditions of our therapy horses, we were able to... .

Equotherapy is a special form of therapy in which the therapists are supported by the horses' special abilities. The concept of equotherapy has been developed over time and expanded to other animals. Equotherapy puts the animals' perception and communication skills at the center of...

In addition to the therapeutic everyday life with many great and small moments of glory, recharging your batteries, giving rays of hope and BEING THERE for children and young people in crises, the scientific approach to the topic of horse therapy and therapy with animals is very important to us. This is what we have done in the last few Over the years there have been smaller...

2018 took place on Lichtblickhof A larger research project took place: In cooperation with the University of Vienna, the Comparative Medicine Department of the Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and the Siegmund Freud University, Anna Naber, MSc. As part of her master's thesis with the health-promoting...

2006 started under the direction of Univ.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Stephenson and Mag. Roswitha Zink conducted a research project: non-verbal communication between humans and horses was investigated using video analysis in order to be able to present and explain the mechanisms of action and the potential of equine therapy in more detail. “The research group...

With the opening of the apartments for hospice support in June 2022, we were able to Lichtblickhof In addition to our many years of outpatient services, we now also offer inpatient support for families with a child suffering from palliative care. A publication on outpatient palliative support with the horse can be found HERE! Insights into...

What initially started with 2 farm cats has now developed into a way to help children and young people with their velvet paws. Cats have fascinating abilities that far exceed the ability to amuse people on the Internet. The purring, their multi-faceted nature, their way of seeing the world, their soft fur, their...

As part of our research project on heart rate variability and synchronization, Lena Kreuzer, MSc wrote her master's thesis for the Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna and carried out "An investigation of the stress response of horses during horse-assisted therapy and subsequent regeneration"...

As part of her research project to investigate non-verbal communication between humans and horses using video analysis, Saskia Aust also investigated the research question of how young people go through life with strong horsepower. The research project took place between September 2013 and January 2014. The research question was:...