What We Do
EFTA provides a rigourous screening, training and certification process which ensures that providers of EFTA therapy are adequately trained to perform psychotherapy with horses. Graduates from our program will be fully certified to perform equine facilitated psychotherapy.
What We Do Not Do
EFTA is not a therapeutic riding program. Therapeutic riding is a very effective method of using horses to perform physical therapy with riders struggling with physical or biological disorders. It is not a psychotherapeutic intervention and should not be used as such. Simply riding a horse does not facilitate the insights or behavioral changes which are the foundation of effective psychotherapy.
Certification with our program will not qualify practitioners to work with children or adults with physical disabilities.
