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Media Highlights

4 May 2012: Kaiserslautern American "Local clubs help fund equine therapy" Vol. 36 #18, page 23, EAGALA Model program beginning for Soldiers, Germany
 
4 May 2012: Camarillo Acorn, "Dismounting from Depression" by Stephanie Guzman
 
25 April 2012: WCCO CBS Minnesota "Lino Lakes Teacher Using 'Horse Powered Reading' - video & article on EAGALA to teach reading skills
 
 
27 February 2012: The Windsor Star "Work with horses helps veterans with PTSD" by Doug Schmidt on Country Sunset Stables; plus see PHOTOS from this article and VIDEO embedded in this article: Traumatized veterans find help elusive.

25 February 2012: The Guardian "Not just horsing around...psychologists put their faith in equine therapies" by Tracy McVeigh in the UK

25 February 2012: The Guardian "Horse therapy saved me from a very dark place: Tina Robertson, 43, who lives near Newcastle, had three sessions of equine-assisted therapy with an Eagala-trained team" by Tracy McVeigh in the UK

10 February 2012: Table Talk with BJ radio/video interview with EAGALA Executive Director, Lynn Thomas

28 December 2011: Killeen Daily Herald "Hooves that help" by Colleen Flaherty - working with military personnel

27 December 2011: U.S. News & World Report "The New Face of Pet Therapy" by Dennis Thompson

Fall 2011: Navy Medicine News "Alternative Therapy" by Tami Begasse, pp. 22-23

19 November 2011: NBC Los Angeles "Heroes and Horses: An experiemental program uses horses to help returning combat vets deal with PTSD" by Mary Harris (video)

9 November 2011: Star Tribune "Equine-assisted learning plays a key role in team building and professional development programs at OnTrack for Life" by Todd Nelson

3 October 2011: Business Day "When the horse becomes the whisperer" by Penny Haw in South Africa

2 October 2011: Frederick News Post "Horse sense: Equine therapy delivered through interaction with animals" by Karen Gardner

17 September 2011:3 News New Zealand "Horse therapy aids youth offenders" by Ally Mullord

26 August 2011: The Progress "For Salamones, horses offered right therapy after 9/11" by Lori Russo

11 August 2011: Madison Eagle "Creating a Brightwood haven" by Marilyn Cox in Madison County, Virginia

15 July 2011: Psychiatric News "Horses Join Therapy Sessions With Violence-Prone Patients" by Leslie Sinclair - study showing reduction in violence in psychiatric patients, including better results with horses over dogs

July 2011: Clinical Psychiatry News "Horse Therapy Tied to Less Violence in Psych Hospital Patients" by Alexander Otto from the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association

17 June 2011: Nelson Mail "Horse healing proves a winner" by Alice Cowdrey in New Zealand

15 June 2011: Central Oahu News "Horses Are Helping Humans in Haleiwa" by Steve Murray

11 June 2011:  London Telegraph Magazine "Healing Hooves: Troubled children from South Africa's notorious townships are being treated with equine therapy" by Charlie Norton, photographs by Giulio Di Sturco  - Story on Montrose Equine Assisted Solutions

23 May 2011: Standard-Examiner  "Equine therapy program uses horses as healers in Plain City" by JaNae Francis

May 2011:  Savvy Times "Horses Helping Humans in Equine Assisted Practice" by Brenda Dammann - Parelli and EAGALA at Horse Sense of the Carolinas

April 2011: Association News "The Uncommon Outdoors: Meetings that Inspire: by Tasha Zemke

28 March 2011: Helena Independent Record "Horses supply feedback in demonstration of equine-assisted therapy" by Angela Brandt

23 March 2011: Bay of Plenty Times "Horses help children battle depression: by Michele McPherson in New Zealand

14 March 2011: The Davis Clipper "Therapeutic horses draw international crowd" by Louise R. Shaw - Coverage of EAGALA's 12th Annual Conference in Layton, Utah

12 March 2011: Deseret News "Equine therapists helping humans overcome challenges" by The Associated Press - Coverage of EAGALA's 12th Annual Conference in Layton, Utah

1 January 2011: Tulsa Equestrian Examiner "Horses may just be more helpful than you think: by Matthew Brendal

23 December 2010: Education News Colorado "Animal therapists provide solace, training" by Rebecca Jones

1 December 2010: The Horn "Horses helping heroes: Psychotherapists use equine therapy for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder" by Nadia Macias

3 Novmeber 2010: Toronto Mental Health Examiner "Country Sunset Stables: An Icon in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy" by Corinne Frontiero

28 October 2010: Ventura County Reporter "When a horse is more than horse: New equine therapy program begins in Ojai for veterans" by Shane Cohn

26 October 2010: Bloomberg News "Horse-Assisted Therapy Can Rein in Problems, Aid Abused Steeds" by Mike Di Paola

7 June 2010: Minneapolis Horse Examiner "Equine psychotherapy, growth & learning -- raised eyebrows are lowering" by Shannon Bruce

Early Summer 2010:  Southern Seasons - "Helping with Horses: Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP)" by Dr. Laura Trask - General article about Equine Assisted Psychotherapy published in the largest lifestyle magazine in the Southeast U.S.

August 2009:  America's Horse - "Stone Fox Farms: A Healing Place" by MaryAnn Myers - How Quarter Horses are healing people at Stone Fox Farms in Ohio

April/May 2009:  Hallmark Magazine - "The Healing Horse" by Jack Chebatoris - How horses helped Kacey Cramer learn to control anorexia (eating disorders)

9 March 2008:  The New York Times - "Horse Therapy for the Troubled" by Bill Finley - Youth in residential treatment receiving horse therapy at Horsetime Inc. in New Jersey

Summer 2006:  Three Springs Paradigm - "Have you ever played checkers with a horse?" by Kristine Klopp, HBA and Brandy Davis, B.S. - Activities employed by EAGALA model programs, including Three Springs, Inc. Paint Rock Valley outdoor therapeutic program in Alabama.