Ray was a teacher of writing and literature for 40 years and served in numerous educational leadership roles. He holds a Master’s Degree and was the recipient of Normandale College’s Teacher of the Year Award and the University of Texas’s National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award for Excellence (NISOD). Ray is Advanced Certified and has facilitated Eagala sessions for 13 years in Minnesota (Acres for Life, Park Avenue, HOPE Ranch). He has been… Read Full Post

Certified in ‘06; Advanced Certified in ‘10 and a mentor in 2012. Co-founder of In the Company of Horses Inc, Mary Ann co-facilitates alongside many mental health professionals and her own six horses as well as many horses belonging to others. She assists many different ages and populations of clients both private and with institutions. Although a graduate of horsemanship school, Mary Ann helps people all over the world in person and online through Relationship… Read Full Post

Mickey has spent her lifetime in the equine industry from 4-H to training and showing horses, to then fifteen years spent as a jockey, riding in ten different states on the east coast. Moving to CA to finish out her race career, she eventually left the racetrack and created a riding program for a residential treatment facility in Northern CA for emotionally disturbed boys – Sierra Boys Ranch, where she also worked as a residential… Read Full Post

Director of the CWA Union Assistance Program for over 25 years assessing and referring Verizon workers and their families to inpatient and outpatient mental health or substance abuse treatment in New York City and the surrounding counties in New York State. 2003 joined Liberty Behavioral Health as a Regional Representative for Union Workers in the tri-state area referring clients to Arms Acres in Carmel, NY, Conifer Park in Glenville, NY and Holliswood Psychiatric Hospital in… Read Full Post

Debra is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of New Jersey and a National Certified Counselor. She received her Bachelor’s of Arts from Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey; a Master’s in Communication and Information Studies from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; and a Master’s in Counseling from Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. First certified by EAGALA IN 2009 and Advance Certified in 2012, some of her participants in equine assisted services have included:… Read Full Post

Tracie qualified as a Person-Centred Counsellor in 2002, gaining her British Association of Counsellors & Psychotherapist’s Accreditation in 2007. In 2002, with her business partner Sarah they established Tamworth Counselling Services Ltd, a private company securing contracts within Local Education Authorities to implement counselling services within the Pupil Referral Units (PRU’s) within several authorities, working with young people with Emotional & Behavioural Issues. TCS Ltd then expanded to Residential Units for EBD disorders. TCS Ltd… Read Full Post

I have been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1999. I have experience working with Individuals, Families and Groups, both in private practice and in the Non-profit sector. My experience is varied. Issues I have treated include: anxiety, depression, teen issues, self-esteem and family communication. I have specialized in treating clients who have experienced trauma for the past 10 years. I have always used an experiential approach to therapy, and believe that my clients… Read Full Post

Patti Mandrell, M.Ed, LPC is cofounder and Executive Director of Refuge Services in Lubbock, Texas. Prior, Patti served as Program Director for a residential treatment center for girls with eating disorders in south Texas. Patti was the first professional counselor to be nationally certified in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) in the state of Texas, and she and her husband, Randy, were among the first group to reach highest training status within EAP in the country. She… Read Full Post

Randy Mandrell is co-founder and Director of Equine Services with Refuge Services of Lubbock, Texas. He is the first horse professional to offer Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy services on an outpatient basis in partnership with professional counselors in the state of Texas and has incorporated Eagala model work into his business for going on 22 years now. Randy has over 40 years of experience with horses, including 25 years as a professional horse trainer and farrier. Randy… Read Full Post

Patti Schlough, M.Ed LPC (PA) LCPC (MD) is the founder of PEACE,LLC in Red Lion Pennsylvania. Patti received her master’s degree in counseling from Loyola University in Baltimore MD and completed her post- grad work in Spiritual and Existential Counseling and Therapy from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Md. Patti has been a lifelong horsewoman and became certified with EAGALA in 2004 as both an MH and an ES. She completed her Advanced EAGALA Certification… Read Full Post