TY - JOUR
T1 - Equine-facilitated group work for women survivors of interpersonal violence
AU - Schroeder, Katy
AU - Stroud, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 ASGW.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Women survivors of interpersonal violence face challenges to their psychological health and wellbeing, including increased risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder. For women experiencing the enduring effects of posttraumatic stress, recovery is a complicated process. Equine-facilitated psychotherapy is a multifaceted treatment approach beginning to evidence positive outcomes for posttraumatic symptom reduction. In this practice article, an equine-facilitated psychotherapy group for women trauma survivors is described. Session topics, equine-focused interventions, group processes, and general outcomes are detailed. Group work implications and ideas for researching group work with horses are discussed.
AB - Women survivors of interpersonal violence face challenges to their psychological health and wellbeing, including increased risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder. For women experiencing the enduring effects of posttraumatic stress, recovery is a complicated process. Equine-facilitated psychotherapy is a multifaceted treatment approach beginning to evidence positive outcomes for posttraumatic symptom reduction. In this practice article, an equine-facilitated psychotherapy group for women trauma survivors is described. Session topics, equine-focused interventions, group processes, and general outcomes are detailed. Group work implications and ideas for researching group work with horses are discussed.
KW - Equine-facilitated group work
KW - Interpersonal violence
KW - Trauma
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954382846&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01933922.2015.1082684
DO - 10.1080/01933922.2015.1082684
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84954382846
SN - 0193-3922
VL - 40
SP - 365
EP - 386
JO - Journal for Specialists in Group Work
JF - Journal for Specialists in Group Work
IS - 4
ER -