11/08/2025
🧠💛 Horses Helping Humans: Empowering Children Impacted by Family Violence
Children and youth who've experienced domestic violence often carry deep emotional wounds—heightened anxiety, hypervigilance, and difficulty trusting others. EqCetera's Horses, Helping Humans (HHH) program creates a safe, calming space where horses gently support healing.
🐎 In this nonjudgmental environment, participants learn to regulate emotions through guided equine interactions like grooming and groundwork. The presence of horses promotes physiological calm and builds a sense of safety that traditional therapies may not reach.
🤝 Trust and healthy relationships are rebuilt as children learn how calm, clear assertive communication earns a horse's trust. These empowering experiences translate into stronger connections with peers, caregivers, and family.
✨ Key Benefits of HHH: • Emotional regulation with real-time biofeedback
• Tangible success that boosts self-esteem
• Growth in nonverbal communication and empathy
• A trauma-informed space that doesn’t rely on words
• Coping strategies that transfer to everyday life
👉 Download our flyer to learn more:
https://www.eqcetera.org/.../07/Eq-HHH-program-DV-email.pdf
📝 Refer or enrol today:
https://form.jotform.com/250462533613855
Let’s help children rewrite their story—with trust, strength, and connection. 💙
EqCetera's new youth program uses the powerful connection between humans and horses to foster emotional growth, personal development, and mental well-being.
