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Medicine Horse 

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy &  Personal Development
at Silva Spirit Farm

 

  501 (c) (3) Non Profit

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Website Under Construction

2024

         ... offering experiential pathways of wellness...         

Our Mission

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we are dedicated to offering a safe and supportive environment for healing and personal growth- facilitated in part by equine specialists, therapists, and horses- to individuals and groups of people

regardless of their ability to pay.

Get To Know Us

Learn more on our team pages

Carol Ann Silva
Equine Specialist
Founder, President, Treasurer

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Jessica Veroline LICSW

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Nicole Ann Martin
Equine Specialist
Vice President

 

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Marjory Roberts Gray PhD

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Equine Therapists

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Jasmin Wagner
Equine Specialist
Mental Health &  Learning Support Specialist

How It Works

Equine Assisted Growth & Learning (EAGALA) is a therapeutic model that harnesses the sentient nature of horses through interaction, observation, and connection. This means that participants learn about themselves and others by partaking in activities with the horses and then discussing thoughts, beliefs, behaviors, and patterns. The EAGALA team consists of an equine specialist (ES), a mental health professional (MH), and one or more of our equine partners.

Client Led

Each session is unique and will be shaped by personal goals, desires, and life experience of those involved. The mental health professionals follow the attention of those receiving services

Team Approach

From the two to four leggeds, there are multiple eagala professionals available to ensure both physical & emotional safety. All humans and horses adhere to high standards of practice, ethics, and ongoing training

Ground Based

Horse and session experience becomes symbolic and metaphorical for those involved with the use of tools and techniques employed from the ground, without riding

Strengths Based & Solution Focused

Sessions are based on our foundational belief that all people have the best solutions for themselves when given the opportunity to discover them. Our focus is on holding space for experience, exploration, and problem solving

Equine Assisted Therapy continues to successfully support very diverse populations of people. The specialties of our Medicine Horse team members includes following:​

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Trauma & Grief

Substance Dependency & Recovery

Active & Veteran Military

Anxiety & Depression

Ecopsychology

EMDR & IFS, Mindfulness & CB Therapies

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Silva Spirit Farm

Tiverton, Rhode Island

In 1977, Carol Ann Silva purchased Silva Spirit Farm, named in honor of her father, Joseph Silva, a self-made man who came from Portugal in 1920. In 2018, the Land became home to  Medicine Horse 501 (c) (3) Non Profit. Silva Spirit Farm is a center for education, connection, and community. Medicine Horse, along with a handful of other organizations, partners with the peaceful and restorative nature of the farm to provide many paths of healing & health.

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