Our simple, three-step process for horse programs.
REFERRAL FORM
Fill in our form (for yourself or on behalf of someone else) to get the ball rolling and we'll get onto it.
WE'LL CALL YOU
We'll work out the best person on our team to discuss a horse program with you, and they'll call or email you.
START SESSIONS
You'll be able to visit our Trott Park facility, and spend time with specialist humans and wonderful horses!
If you’d rather know what’s going to happen with your information BEFORE you press the LET’S START button, this 26 second video explains it all!
Heartfelt Support’s Equine Therapy
Equine therapy, also known as horse therapy or hippotherapy, is a type of therapy that uses horses to improve individuals’ physical, emotional, and cognitive functions.
At Heartfelt Support, we provide equine therapy to Adelaide residents of all ages who may benefit from this unique and effective form of therapy, using our Australia Saddle Pony Astro and our rescue Brumby Noddy.
There are many benefits to equine therapy, including:
- Enhanced physical abilities: Balance, coordination, and strength are necessary for our guided groundwork and horse care. Participants in equine therapy may experience gains in their physical abilities and mobility.
- Improved cognitive function: Working with horses necessitates focus, problem-solving, and judgement. Participants in equine therapy may experience improvements in their cognitive function and information-processing skills.
- Enhanced self-esteem and confidence: Equine therapy can assist people in feeling pride in their accomplishments and self-worth as a result of their improvement.
- Tension and anxiety reduction: Equine therapy’s outdoor location and calming horse presence can be highly calming and help lower stress and anxiety.
- A person’s social skills can be improved through equine therapy, which involves working with both the horses and the therapy team. This can help people form relationships with others and improve their social abilities.
Our team of skilled therapists at Heartfelt Support is committed to providing people in the Adelaide region with top-notch horse therapy services. They are also lovely and fun to be around! We are dedicated to assisting our clients in realising their full potential since we firmly believe in the therapy’s ability to transform lives.
We look forward to assisting you on your path to better cognitive, emotional, and physical health.
Our Brochure :EQUINE THERAPY
Heartfelt Support’s Horse-Centred Wellbeing
Horses are cool, and even more usefully, they can help you with many aspects of your life from social skills to finding calmness.
Astro The Wonderhorse and Noddy The Miracle Brumby are our pony superstars. Astro is super smart and Noddy just loves people. Together they work with children and adults to make a difference.
Our Horse-Centred Wellbeing team operates our social horse program. Using many of the same concepts as our Multi-Disciplinary Equine Therapy team, this is a program for people who do not have enough therapy budget for equine therapy but need to get the same great benefits.
Every visit is great fun, but research shows it takes as little as five weekly visits to start getting benefits outside of the sessions themselves. But you can come as often as suits you – weekly, fortnightly or 4-weekly when we have slots available.
Casual sessions are often available during school holidays as many of our clients are school aged and often take a break at that time.
- Uses horses to teach self-esteem, self-confidence and communication
- Fully supervised by experienced support workers with horse-handling skills
- Ponies up to 13-14 hands (small horse size)
- Clients can be picked up and dropped off afterward
- Two experienced workers for each session – one for the participant and one to ensure safety for all
- Parents/Guardians and Support Workers welcome at sessions
- Operates from Trott Park
- Long and short timeslots available