2011 Graduates
Brigette Potgieter
- Masters in Social Work (Bryn Mawr College)
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (PA)
Services
- Family Therapy
- Couples Therapy
- Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy
‘The HEAL Facilitator Training Program far exceeded my expectations as a therapist and horsewoman. The program is grounded in sound clinical theory, cutting edge research in neuroscience, and positive horsemanship. Leigh and David have created a complex, integrated EFP model that they share with both passion and compassion. As a HEAL graduate, I have a more profound appreciation of the wisdom of the horse in facilitating emotional healing and a greater awareness of my own ‘edges of growth.’ Thank-you Leigh, David, and fellow graduates, Nora, Kristin, and Polly.’
Contact Information:
Elkins Park, PA
Tel: 215-880-7015
Kristin Fernald
“Journeys to Wholeness”
- MA Counseling Psychology
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor (WA)
- EFT- Emotional Freedom Technique
- Reiki II Practitioner
Services:
- Individual and relationship counseling
- Group workshops
- Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy
- Sound Healing
‘As a HEAL Facilitator Training Program graduate, I feel inspired and well prepared to truly begin my own Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy practice. This training has not only given me more confidence in doing this powerful work, but it has deepened my relationship with my own horses and has expanded the theoretical knowledge that I bring to my psychotherapy practice. The week-long trainings, the reading and writing assignments, the practice sessions on my own with Leigh and David’s excellent guidance and support, the group conference calls, the quality of the other participants, and of course, the horses…… all combined to create a very rich and rewarding experience that is now embedded in my implicit memory. In other words, much of this work is now a part of me.’
Contact Information:
Lopez, Washington
Office Tel: (360) 468-3785
Nora Moore
- Registered Nurse
- Sr. Licensed Psychological Examiner
- Healing Touch Practitioner
- Certified Hypnotherapist
- Biofeedback Practitioner
Please see website for information regarding services offered.
‘The HEAL Facilitator Training Program is a comprehensive approach to experiencing, learning and practicing the art of healing based upon the bond/kinship between horse and human. Leigh and David have provided a crucible for transformation to occur guided by respect, knowledge, wisdom and experience. I have long known about the powers of healing that horses can offer for myself and now through the guidance provided by this program I now feel that I can offer the opportunity for alchemy to occur with others.’
Contact Information:
Center for Integrative Medicine
Chattanooga, TN
Tel: (423)643-1961
Polly Burns
Equine Pathways
- Masters Degree Integrative Child Psychotherapy
- Diploma Humanistic Therapy
- Certificate Therapeutic Application of the Arts
- Theraplay Intermediate Level
- E.A.G.A.L.A level one
- Somatic Trauma Therapy
- Retreat facilitator
- UKCP registered
Services
- Individual therapy for children and adults
- Trauma survivors
- Attachment issues
- Therapy for children in care settings, foster care, adoptive placements
- Training, supervision and consultation for foster carers, residential workers, social workers and adoptive parents
- Small group work
- Personal/spiritual growth groups
- Way of the Horse Wisdom Groups
- Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy and Learning – individual and group work
‘The HEAL Facilitator Training Program has enabled me to bring together my passions for horses, body based therapy, the arts and spirituality. It was a privilege and joy to work with Leigh and David and so re-assuring to find a program deeply rooted in robust scientific research and yet still able to embrace the mystery of what it means to be human. The horses at HEAL have given me so much and I am already seeing just what an effect this way of working can have with my clients. Words cannot express the gratitude I feel towards Leigh and David, the horses and my fellow trainees for such a profound experience.’
Contact Information:
United Kingdom
Tel: 01952 433230
