Healing Trauma through Equine Assisted Learning & Mentorship: A Conversation with Equine Specialist Rebecca Britt

Season 1 - Episode 34

Lauren has an in-depth conversation with Rebecca Britt, an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning. 

Rebecca became involved with training horses as a child. In her career as a social worker, she realized the similarities of therapeutic intervention with children and training horses using natural horsemanship. From this realization, Stable Moments was born, an organization where community members play an active role in the lives of foster and adopted children. 

Rebecca talks about the importance of the mentorship program. And no…..you don’t need specialized training or a degree to make a difference in a kiddo’s life. The magic of the Stable Moments program is in the one-on-one mentorship. 

Leadership is about leading by example, so Rebecca regularly does her own healing work. Self-worth issues surface in different circumstances, defense mechanisms from her childhood. She feels we owe it to the world to heal ourselves so we are better able to “show up” for others in the way we truly want to.

 Try-at-home tip:  Try the “give and take” activity as described by our guest. 

Guest Bio:
Stable Moments® was founded in October 2014 by Rebecca Britt. Rebecca is a social worker and horse trainer with a certification as an Equine Specialist in Mental Health and Learning. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Vermont in 2010 and became employed as a Post Adoption Case Manager. During her work with adopted children, she realized the correlations between how to therapeutically intervene with children surviving with trauma and how to train horses using natural horsemanship. Through the growth of the Stable Moments program, Rebecca has developed the model and is offering it as a practical curriculum to anyone wishing to serve foster or adopted children. Rebecca is serving children nationwide, by offering training, curriculum, and resources to equine facilities across the country. Rebecca speaks to equine and mental health professionals across the nation about her unique approach and model. She holds a Master's Degree in Program Evaluation, as well as a professional certification in Results-Based Accountability. This allows her to provide all Stable Moments locations the best tools for collecting data and demonstrating impact of their programs.

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