Equestrian Therapy

Copper Canyon Academy girls boarding schools are proud to offer a full program of Equestrian Therapy, also known as Equine Assisted Therapy or Animal Assisted Therapy. This program is especially valuable to younger students, students who have a history of not responding well to traditional "talk therapy" and to students with attachment/bonding issues. It can also be "a way in" with students who are simply oppositional and resistant.

Read How Equine Therapy Helped One Student in the Words of Her Mother

The animals in the program serve as co-therapists, providing unconditional positive regard, setting firm boundaries, testing students' boundaries and providing students with an opportunity to learn to empathize with, nurture and care for others. Animals don't lie, manipulate, or cheat. They are direct in their communication and they respond to direct and clear communication from others. As students work with the animals, they begin to realize that lying, manipulating and cheating don't work; they begin to form bonds and to expand their horizons beyond themselves.

The Equestrian Therapy program is included in your daughter's tuition and is offered in addition to the existing individual and group therapy that is currently provided at Copper Canyon Academy.