The Healing Touch For Horses: True Stories of Courage, Hope, and the Transformative Power of the Human/Equine Bond

by A. Bronwyn Llewellyn

Overview

Inspired with her work with horses and patients at the National Centre for Equine Facilitated Therapy, horse lover and author A. Bronwyn Llewellyn brings together the most moving tributes to the healing power of horses ever collected in one volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781593376246
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	01/19/2007
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

An Adams Media author.

Table of Contents

Foreword   Dawn Prince-Hughes, Ph.D.     vii
Introduction   Cynthia Ruiz     ix
The Rat   Joanne M. Friedman     1
Chanson de Roland   Paul A. Spiers, Ph.D.     9
Kelly Comes Through   Hilary C.T. Walker     15
Belle   Tami Bova     23
Mitchell's Journey   Lezah Yeoh     29
Finding My Prince Charming   Susan Hutchinson     35
Grass Can Get Greener   Charlotte Mendel     43
One July Night   Ellen Bain Smith     51
My Opportunity   Deborah Lewin     57
Learning to Laugh Again   Elisabeth (Lisa) A. Freeman     65
Kayla and Music   Katherine Mooney     69
The Drama Queen   A. Bronwyn Llewellyn     77
He Cried My Tears   Janet Eckles     87
Some Things I Won't Give Up   Mary Hadley     93
Yoga for Two   Samantha Ducloux Waltz   Melissa Farmer     97
Getting to Know Blackie   Sandy Keefe     105
One Horse,Two Transformations   Linda Segerand   Danie Hewlett     111
In the Silence   Sue Pearson Atkinson     117
Escape   Nancy Alexander     125
Our Horse of Peace   Sharla Rae Jahnke     131
The Promise   Dede Beasley, M.Ed., L.P.C.     139
My Therapist   Judi A. Brown     145
Trail Mix   Wendy Beth Baker     149
Choosing to Lose   Linda Karen Dicmanis     157
The Strength to Return   Harmony Marie Harrison     163
My Pal   Heather Hoffman     169
No Longer Seeking Sandpipers   Barbara O'Connor     177
My Special Olympians   Myra Langley Johnson     185
Competitive Spirit   Jody McPheeters     191
Cutter, Peppy, and Me   Rebecca Paradies     197
Beautiful Silence   Jan Mader     203
How Jenny Can Ride   Kristen B. Fowler     209
Under the Sign of the Red Horse   Sandy Jensen217 Honey   Penny J. Leisch     225
Full Circle   Cynthia Ruiz     231
Contributors     237
About the Editor     246