Healing With Horses: Fostering Recovery From Cancer With Horses as Therapists

Haylock, Pamela J.; Cantril, Cynthia

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2006.03.013

Cited by 17 publications

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“…Multiple human-animal bond research projects have supported therapeutic equinefacilitated psychotherapy (EFP) and hippotherapy purposes (Strauss, 1991;Engel, 1997;Bizub and Davidson, 2003;Haylock and Cantril, 2006;Kaiser et al, 2006). EFP research for mental health has produced positive results (Klontz et al, 2007;Cantin and Marshall-Lucette, 2011;Lee and Makela, 2015).…”

Section: Animal-assisted Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Mixed Methods Study of Telepathic Interspecies Communication with Therapeutic Riding Horses and Their Recovering Wounded Veteran Partners

Erickson¹,

Fisher²,

Woelk³

et al. 2016

Neuroquantology

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Telepathic parapsychology research is a subject of much debate. This small pilot study explored the proposition that telepathic communication between humans and therapy equines may be possible with a human utilizing contemplative/meditative techniques to shift consciousness. The human participants were 7 military veterans in retired or inactive status diagnosed with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Each veteran was assigned to one therapy horse. The 12 equine participants all had the same guardians. The veterans signed an online consent to participate and submitted questions for their horses on the consent form. Both veterans and guardians were blind as to which of 2 telepathic animal communicators would be randomly assigned to the session by the principal researcher. Both animal communicators were physically located in another town from the horses when the sessions were conducted. The answers to the veteran's questions, allegedly received telepathically from the horses, were documented and emailed to the principal researcher. The summary document from each session was shared with the veteran for their horse by the guardians, and all summaries were shared with the guardians. During an in-person or telephone interview with the principal researcher, the veterans offered qualitative comments and used Likert scales to rate the usefulness of the information received from 1 (not at all useful) to 6 (extremely useful). The average overall usefulness rating as judged by the veterans was 4.9. The guardians also submitted Likert ratings and qualitative comments on the usefulness of the information received; the guardian ratings average was 5.75. These findings contribute to the body of equine therapy studies as well as the wealth of literature that supports the human-animal bond. Further research is needed to explore additional nuances of this category of consciousness and healing research.

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A Mixed Methods Study of Telepathic Interspecies Communication with Therapeutic Riding Horses and Their Recovering Wounded Veteran Partners

Erickson¹,

Fisher²,

Woelk³

et al. 2016

Neuroquantology

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“…Faktoren wie die Erzeugung des Gefühls einer bewältigten Herausforderung nach einer erfolgreich absolvierten Voltigierübung oder die Fähigkeit, sich auf das "Hier und Jetzt" zu konzentrieren, etwa durch die Bewältigung eines Geschicklichkeitsparcours, positiv beeinflusst werden [14]. Darüber hinaus sollen durch die Zuwendung des Pferdes sowie das Spüren der Kontrolle über das Pferd vermittelt werden, dass die Patienten nicht alleine sind und sie selbst etwas bewirken können [22]. [20 -23].…”

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“…Beide Autorinnen schlussfolgerten, dass therapeutisches Reiten für krebskranke Kinder sehr effektiv erscheint, die Ergebnisse allerdings durch größere Studien abgesichert werden sollten. Auch zur Wirksamkeit der Reittherapie bei erwachsenen Krebspatienten wurden nur wenige Studien gefunden[22,23]. In der Studie von Haylock berichteten Brustkrebspatientinnen in der Nachsorge von positiven psychosozialen Effekten, wie dem Überwinden von Ängsten, neuen Erfahrungen und der Entwicklung eines Gruppengefühls während der Therapie[22].…”

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Die Bedeutung des therapeutischen Reitens in der Onkologie

Humm

Baumann

2016

TumorDiagn u Ther

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Zusammenfassung Therapeutisches Reiten umfasst s?mtliche Bewegungsvarianten mit dem Pferd und ist Bestandteil der Bewegungstherapie einiger onkologischer Rehabilitationskliniken. Studien und Erfahrungsberichte mit Erwachsenen und Kindern zeigen positive Effekte, wie u. a. Verbesserung der Koordination sowie eine psychische und psychosoziale Stabilisierung. Obwohl weitere Studien zur Thematik folgen m?ssen, um evidenzbasierte Therapieprogramme entwickeln zu k?nnen, kann das therapeutische Reiten bereits jetzt in der onkologischen Nachsorge empfohlen werden.

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“…[3][4][5][6] Among the various intervention activities of particular interest are activities involving horses. Therapeutic riding in particular 7 invites the participation of people with a wide range of physical, cognitive, and/or emotional disabilities, using the equine-human relationship to strengthen selfesteem, self-confidence, and social competence. All and Loving 8 reported that through the recreational aspects of horseback riding, therapeutic riding provides an overall benefit to an individual.…”

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confidence: 99%