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Meg Kirby, BA, MASW, Dip Gestalt Therapy, is an experienced Mental Health Social Worker and Psychotherapist, founder of The Equine Psychotherapy Institute, the EPI Model and I-Thou Horsemanship. She is passionate about horses, personal growth, health, and happiness. She trains and certifies students in the EPI Model in Australia, and works in private practice as a psychotherapist, equine psychotherapist, and consultant.

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An Introduction to Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

Principles, Theory, and Practice of the Equine Psychotherapy Institute Model

Balboa Press

Contents

Acknowledgements, vii, 
INTRODUCTION, 
Chapter 1 Welcome, 3, 
Chapter 2 The Current Climate in the Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Field, 7, 
Chapter 3 EPI Model Vision and Mission, 13, 
PRACTICE PRINCIPLES, 
Chapter 4 Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Equine Assisted Learning, and EPI Model of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, 17, 
Chapter 5 Seven Principles of the EPI Model, 20, 
Chapter 6 Working with Horses in a Therapeutic Setting, 23, 
Chapter 7 Therapeutic and Learning Goals in the EPI Model, 27, 
THEORY, 
Chapter 8 Psychotherapy Theory Underpinning the EPI Model — Gestalt Therapy, Buddhist Psychotherapy, Mindfulness Psychotherapy, Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Trauma Practice, 35, 
Chapter 9 Theory of Change – Overview of Seven Key Ingredients, 42, 
Chapter 10 First Key Ingredient — The Horse's Contribution to Client Change, 46, 
Chapter 11 Second Key Ingredient — the Therapeutic Relationship: I-Thou Relationship, 54, 
Chapter 12 Third Key Ingredient — Awareness, the Paradoxical Theory of Change, and the Phenomenological Method of Inquiry, 61, 
Chapter 13 Fourth Key Ingredient: Working with Patterns – A Developmental Perspective on Understanding Health and How Patterns Develop as Introjects and Contact Styles, 71, 
Chapter 14 Fifth Key Ingredient — Contact, Relationship, and the Cycle of Experience, 84, 
Chapter 15 Sixth Key Ingredient — Experiments: Equine Experiences as Relational Experiments, 89, 
Chapter 16 Seventh Key Ingredient — Regulating, Resourcing and Trauma-informed Equine Practice, 98, 
PRACTICE, 
Chapter 17 Holistic, Relational, Phenomenological, and Creative Practice in the EPI Model, 105, 
Chapter 18 EPI Experiments: Equine Experiences, 111, 
Chapter 19 EPI Model Case Studies, 114, 
Chapter 20 EPI Values, Principles, and Code of Ethics, 130, 
Chapter 21 Safety and View on Horses — Client Safety, Horse Safety, General Safety, 133, 
Chapter 22 I-Thou Horsemanship, 140, 
Chapter 23 Research, 143, 
Chapter 24 A Way of Life, 145, 
References/Bibliography, 147,