ABC News: Sexual abuse survivors find joy through horse therapy

ABC News: Sexual abuse survivors find joy through horse therapy. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIwtYyWnjU

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-23/healing-powers-of-horse-therapy-sexual-assault-survivors/8638550

She says horses are useful for therapy — in part — because they evolved with humans.

“They learned how to observe the environment, how to read subtleties, so they will read incongruences in a person,” Ms Botros said.

“They will pick it up because their survival is based on that. And, they will give that immediate feedback.”

That feedback may come while walking with a horse through an obstacle course, where sexual abuse victims are encouraged to imagine the markers and poles as their personal problems.

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