Equine Assisted Therapy Australia’s upcoming conference celebrates 10 years of horses in mental health education. This two-and-a-half-day flagship event promotes the evolution of equine-assisted mental health with leading practitioners sharing emerging research and insights from their work in the field.

An article in The Echo Newspaper highlights how EATA’s training is designed to strengthen capability, professionalism and confidence across the equine-assisted therapy sector. By delivering accredited, trauma-informed and evidence-based education, EATA aims to support students to work safely, ethically and competently alongside horses and clients.

EATA shares the launch of its first WA cohort in Gidgegannup. EATA has been a leader in counselling and equine-assisted mental health education in Australia for the past 10 years, and hopes to strengthen capability and confidence across the Equine Assisted Therapy sector in WA.

Camilla Mowbray has delivered EATA’s trainings program for the past five years. It is an equine-assisted therapy education she passionately believes in. Camilla’s shares her view on how EATA’s training model helps students to re-write their own path in life through its comprehensive framework and sophisticated practical experience.

In this article, Laurie Fry shares how one simple question started her on a journey to becoming a qualified equine-therapy counsellor through EATA’s Counselling course. But first, to understand more, she decided to book an equine-assisted therapy session with EATA practitioner Chris Swan. Join us in reading Laurie’s story.

In this article we share Tania Carns journey with Equine Assisted Therapy Australia, which started during one of the toughest moments of her life. In the years leading up to the course, she had experienced a mild stroke, divorce and a significant trauma. Read Tania’s journey from childhood trauma to equine therapist.

Students from Cohort 18 in EATA’s Counselling course, specialising in equine-assisted mental health will now enter the field as equine-assisted mental health practitioners after completing their final student clinic last week. Hear their experience from the training paddocks to professional practice!