Jacobs' Ladder is proud to announce our association with Mrs. Sara Riley, LPC, EAGALA I. 

Sara is available on an appointment basis to meet with clients at Jacobs' Ladder utilizing Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). Equine Assisted Therapy is experiential, which makes it especially effective for treatment-resistant clients, or people having difficulty progressing within the parameters of traditional office therapy.

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) is an effective form of therapy designed to help people with a variety of behavioral and psychological challenges. Instead of an office with a couch, EAP at Jacobs' Ladder takes place within our arena or barn setting with horses, our mental health professional, Sara Riley and our equine professional, Leslie Jacobs.

Through structured and mutually-respectful activities, EAP utilizes the horses to both invoke response from our clients and act as mirror for their behavior. EAP is not play therapy, nor is it some existential experience. The therapist facilitates the session and monitors the client; the equine specialist monitors the horse(s) to read and interpret the subtle ways the horse’s body language communicates comfort, discomfort, and incongruence in the presence of the client.

Using specific exercises and situations, and with the aid of the treatment team, EAP clients learns about themselves and others by processing the horse’s response and their own feelings, behaviors, and patterns during the session.

Please feel free to contact Jacobs' Ladder or Sara Riley @ sararileylpc.com for further information."

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