Groundwork interactions with horses provide a safe way to process trauma, regulate emotions, and rebuild trust.
By guiding and caring for horses, you’ll develop responsibility, patience, and self-confidence — skills that support long-term recovery.
Horses respond to your energy and actions, helping you practice clear communication and healthy boundaries in real time.
Our equine therapy is 100% groundwork-based. Activities like grooming, leading, and guided exercises create a safe, mindful environment for healing.
Groundwork interaction with horses provide a safe way to process trauma, regulate emotions and build trust.
By guiding and caring for horses, you’ll develop responsibility, patience, and self-confidence — skills that support long-term recovery.
Horses respond to your energy and actions, helping you practice clear communication and healthy boundaries in real time.
Our equine therapy is 100% groundwork-based. Activities like grooming, leading, and guided exercises create a safe, mindful environment for healing.
At San Diego Detox, equine therapy offers a powerful, experiential approach to recovery. Horses are deeply intuitive animals, providing honest, non-judgmental feedback that helps clients increase emotional awareness and gain new insights about themselves.
This program is groundwork-focused only. Instead of horseback riding, clients participate in safe, guided activities such as grooming, leading, and interactive exercises designed to build connection and trust.
By working with horses, clients develop mindfulness, strengthen coping skills, and explore new ways of relating to themselves and others. When combined with evidence-based treatment, equine therapy creates opportunities for deep healing and personal growth.
Each participant begins with an introduction to horse behavior, safety, and respect.
You’ll engage in structured exercises such as grooming, leading, or obstacle course work that encourage trust, patience, and emotional regulation.
Specialists guide discussion after each session, helping you draw connections between your experience with horses and your recovery journey.
Insights from equine sessions are incorporated into your personalized treatment plan, reinforcing resilience, communication, and emotional stability.
Equine therapy is an experiential form of therapy that uses hands-on interactions with horses — not riding — to promote emotional awareness, trust, and self-confidence.
No experience is required. All activities are safe, beginner-friendly, and guided by trained equine therapy specialists.
Focusing on groundwork ensures a safe environment where the emphasis is on emotional connection, mindfulness, and healing — not horsemanship or performance.
Horses naturally respond to human presence and behavior. This feedback helps clients recognize patterns, manage emotions, and develop healthier coping skills.
Sessions are led by equine specialists trained in experiential therapy, working in collaboration with the San Diego Detox treatment team.
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