Cookson Hills Equine Program Serves Children and Families
Cookson Hills equine program has been added as part of Cookson Hills Christian Ministries’ work with abused and neglected children and their families. The program includes therapy-related opportunities as well as horsemanship classes, trail rides, and family experiences.
- Cookson Hills Christian Ministries serves abused and neglected children and their families.
- The equine program is described as much more than just riding horses.
- The ministry also offers horsemanship classes, trail rides, and family experiences.
by Jennifer Taylor
Equine Assisted Therapy at Cookson Hills
Cookson Hills Christian Ministries (Kansas, Oklahoma), a ministry to abused and neglected children and their families, has added an equine program—and it’s much more than just riding horses.
“In counseling, horses can be used to assess a client’s current mental status, stress, emotional tolerance level, problem-solving and survival strategies, and self-concept,” the organization writes. “The human responses elicited in the first equine assisted psychotherapy session can reveal truths about a client that normally would take 20 or more ‘talk therapy’ sessions.”
In addition to their therapy program, Cookson Hills provides opportunities for horsemanship classes, trail rides, and family experiences.
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Jennifer Taylor, one of CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s contributing editors and bloggers, lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Cookson Hills equine therapy and counselling program has been around more than a few years. It is quite unique, and has great positive effect on the kids there. Good job Cookson Hills. By the way, it is a beautiful campus and deserves a visit. A great opportunity for a short term missions work visit.