Hippotherapy - Horse as a Co-therapist in Psychotherapy
Authors:
J. Sadovská
Authors‘ workplace:
Katedra psychológie FF UK, Bratislava
Published in:
Čes. a slov. Psychiat., , 2000, No. 5, pp. 267-269.
Category:
Overview
The author discusses the use of horse as a co-therapist in psychotherapy. She explains associati-ons between the physical equipment of horses for survival in nature and their unique sensitivityfor human non-verbal communication. In the conclusion she describes the current stage of re-search on hippotherapy.
Key words:
hippotherapy, psychotherapeutic horse riding, psychotherapy, horse, animal-assisted
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