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She has had a life long passion for being
with horses. She worked in an event yard and other stables in the
1970s and 1980s and
has competed at national level in carriage driving and long distance
events over the last twenty five years. She also worked in outdoor
activities centres and residential special schools in the 1970s and 1980s. She initially trained
as a psychiatric nurse and later completed a Counselling Skills course. As
part of her interest and commitment to holistic approaches in therapy for
horses, she trained in Equine Complimentary Therapies in the 1990s. She
has
EAGALA Level 1 & 2 Certification. She is a
member of EAGALA - the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association. |
In
the 1970s he combined his love of the wild and natural world with an enthusiasm
for helping young people, working as an adventure education instructor in
residential special
schools and outdoor activity centres. In the late 1980s he developed a keen interest in
psychotherapy and trained as a Person-Centred Counsellor at the University
of Strathclyde, Glasgow
in 1992/93. He has worked in a wide range of contexts as a therapist and
counsellor with children, adolescents, families, couples and groups. He
has worked with horses all his life and is particularly interested in a
partnership training approach. He committed to developing EAP with a Person-Centred &
Gestalt perspective and the development of EAP, EAL and EAPD in Scotland,
the UK and Europe. He
has
EAGALA Level 1 & 2 Certification. He is a
member of the Board of Directors of EAGALA - the Equine Assisted Growth and
Learning Association. |
