Wedgetail Art Therapy and Equine Therapy

23/04/2026

WEDGETAIL THERAPY IS A PLACE WHERE HUMANS AND HORSES COME TOGETHER TO FIND NEW WAYS TO THRIVE.

Horses help people feel seen, safe and heard. Our therapy sessions move beyond the traditional therapy room and build trust and supports that can be transferred readily into everyday life.

We Support:

🌿Children, Adolescents and Adults

🌿NDIS Participants and private clients

🌿Victims of Crime, CASA, Family Violence services

🌿Neurodivergent Clients, ADHD/ADD

🌿People with anxiety and depression, Trauma/PTSD or Burnout

🌿LGBTQIA+ individuals

🌿Women seeking affirming support through life cycle transitions

🌿We are Culturally Inclusive and Gender Inclusive

We are accepting referrals and enquires
We welcome referrals from support coordinators, case managers, individuals and families, schools and health professionals.

🎨We offer:
Art therapy, eco therapy and equine facilitated learning sessions that are client-led
Practical, hands-on activities for learning and shaping new skills and behaviours
Programs/session that align with individual NDIS goals
A safe environment in nature
A sense of community and belonging
Qualified therapists with longterm professional and lived experience.
All weather undercover facilities on 150 acres of bush and pasture

🐴Why Horses:
Nature helps us to feel calm and to practice receptive interactions that draw on the natural world and individual client strengths and preferences. Horses provide a mirror for a deeper understanding of the self, allowing for feedback, self agency and reflection. Horses accept us for who we are, and provide us with many opportunities for self regulation and joy.

02/04/2026

30/03/2026

Autumn is here

14/03/2026

​Horses helped me find authenticity in my writing and flourish in my creative practice. The muse waits for us all–we need only look for a mane, a tail, and four hooves. Long read >2000 words Horses by Pablo Neruda And there, in the silence, in the middle of the day, of the dark, slovenly winter,...

20/02/2026

Wedgetail weekly

11/02/2026

Stop Shrinking. Your Horse Notices.

There is a quiet habit many women perfect long before they ever own a horse. It is the habit of becoming smaller. Do not inconvenience anyone. Do not impose. Do not be too much. Be agreeable. Be easy.

It works in human society. You are rewarded for it. You are described as kind and low maintenance. Shrinking keeps things smooth.

Then you buy a horse.

And the strategy falls apart.

Because horses do not interpret shrinking as kindness. They interpret it as irrelevance.

When you hesitate because you do not want to upset your horse, when you soften your request halfway through, when you step back the moment you feel uncertain or judged, your horse does not admire your sensitivity. Your horse simply concludes, “I’ll organise this.”

So it scans the environment. It drifts. It disconnects. Not because it is dominant or damaged, but because you diluted your own significance.

This is the part people romanticise as connection. They imagine something mystical has happened when a horse is “with you.”

It is not mystical.

When a horse is with you, it is oriented toward you because you make sense. Because following you reduces uncertainty. Because you feel organised and predictable. Attention is not magic. It is learned relevance.

And relevance requires you to occupy space.

You cannot guide a horse while apologising for existing. You cannot ask for attention while quietly believing you should not have it.

This is not about dominance or force. It is about tolerating being significant. Staying present. Allowing yourself to matter in the interaction.

And here is the beautiful part.

Horses have a way of teaching you that you do matter. They need you to be heard. They need you to be important, not for ego, but for security.

You are already that person.

Your horse simply needs you to believe it too.❤

Now share this far and wide.🙏
Somewhere out there is a woman rehearsing how to be smaller tomorrow. She needs this interruption. ❤
Collectable Advice 156/365. Save it. Share it. But please do not copy and paste.I have retired from shrinking. Including around my own writing.😜

01/02/2026

For young people who feel disconnected from traditional learning environments, education can feel overwhelming or unsafe. Animals help shift that experience.

Animal-assisted learning creates a calm, non-judgemental space where trust can develop naturally.

Animals don’t criticise, rush, or label — they respond to consistency, kindness, and presence. This helps learners build emotional regulation, confidence, empathy, and a sense of responsibility.

Through structured, supported interactions with animals, disengaged learners can reconnect with learning, strengthen social skills, and experience achievement in meaningful ways.

21/01/2026

Have just finished slashing all the paddocks they’re looking good

21/01/2026

When nature gives a client a special gift while on a walk during session Check out this rare black cockatoo feather