06/01/2025
https://youtu.be/wdPm3i2K7ao
**New YouTube Video & Podcast Released!**
Title: The Healing Power of Horses: Integrating Traditional Therapy with Equine-Assisted Services in Mental Health Treatment and Learning
Featuring: Dr. Rebecca Wara-Goss interviewed by Dr. Dulce Garcia-Morman
Length: 1 hr 7 min
In this heart-centered and insight-rich interview, Dr. Rebecca Wara-Goss—licensed therapist, transpersonal psychologist, and founder of Eudaemonia Equine Connections, Inc.® —offers a rare glimpse into the transformative role horses play in mental health. Speaking with friend and colleague Dr. Dulce Garcia-Morman, she explores the nuanced differences between traditional talk therapy and equine-assisted services (EAS) approaches, especially in supporting trauma recovery, PTSD, anxiety, and depression.
Listeners will discover how horses accelerate trust and healing through their silent, somatic presence, allowing clients to bypass the verbal masks often worn in human relationships. Dr. Rebecca explains why equine therapy is so powerful for veterans, at-risk youth, and individuals with complex trauma—shedding light on attachment, shame, dissociation, and the nervous system.
With grounded clarity and deep empathy, Dr. Rebecca also shares her emotional story of losing her beloved therapy horse “Dancer”, and the unexpected spiritual bond that followed with “Autumn”, a golden flaxen-mane mare who now carries forward the healing mission. Through this connection, Dr. Rebecca found not only personal solace but renewed purpose—and current hopes to raise enough through the “Seen Through Horses Campaign” to make “Autumn”’s care permanent.
This video interview was originally recorded for Dr. Dulce Garcia-Morman’s author submission to The Eden Magazine’s May 2024 edition—a feature exploring equine-assisted mental health through the lens of lived experience, therapeutic insight, and healing connection with horses.
You can view the full magazine and article (“An Ecology of Ideas,” pp. 62–65) here:
1. Weblink: https://theedenmagazine.com/magazine/may-2024-gene-baur
2. Free PDF copy: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1flY5eodeZCH2iYejLQc6DRfhxAK6Mp-D?usp=sharing
Garcia-Morman, D. (2024, May). An ecology of ideas. The Eden Magazine, 62–65. Maryam Morrison (Ed.). https://theedenmagazine.com/magazine/may-2024-gene-baur/.
**Not Too Late to Donate—Support Our Cause Today**
This video is released in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month and our participation in the Horses for Mental Health “Seen Through Horses” 2025 Campaign (May 1–31). Although the campaign officially ended on May 31st, last-minute donations are still gratefully welcomed—and today happens to be Dr. Rebecca Wara-Goss’s birthday (June 1st)!
If this video has inspired you or touched your heart, this is a beautiful moment to give.
Our nonprofit, Eudaemonia Equine Connections, Inc.©, set a goal to raise $3,000—and thanks to our generous community, we’ve already raised $1,326.
Your gift helps us:
-Support the well-being of our senior therapy herd
-Provide sponsored equine-assisted mental health (EAMH) sessions to individuals and their families in need
**You can still donate now through either of these pages:**
1. Campaign page:
https://sth2025.raiselysite.com/t/eudaemonia-equine-connections-inc
2. Dr. Rebecca’s Meta/Facebook Birthday Fundraiser:
https://www.facebook.com/donate/1245110117068825/
Every gift, no matter the size, makes a lasting impact—and makes this birthday even more meaningful.
Video/Audio Timestamped Highlight Moments:
[00:00–06:00] – What makes equine-assisted therapy different from traditional therapy: outdoor settings, equine presence, and a break from the clinical model
[06:00–13:00] – Horses as emotional catalysts: how their nonverbal, intuitive nature helps clients feel safe, regulate emotions, and access vulnerability
[13:00–21:00] – Veterans and trauma: the unique “battle buddy” bond horses create with those experiencing PTSD and military-related trauma
[21:00–30:00] – Which mental health conditions equine therapy supports best—and when it may not be the right fit (e.g., severe phobias, psychosis, or safety concerns)
[30:00–38:00] – Somatic healing in action: how equine work helps clients reconnect to their bodies, navigate dissociation, and process stored trauma
[38:00–47:00] – The importance of treatment planning, ethical clarity, and how to distinguish equine therapy from equine-assisted learning or coaching
[47:00–59:00] – A deeply moving story: losing therapy horse Dancer and the soul-level connection that followed with Autumn, a healing bond born in grief
[59:00–1:07:00] – Vision and vulnerability: Dr. Rebecca’s dream to officially bring Autumn into the nonprofit family and train her as a full therapy partner
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**New YouTube Video & Podcast Released!**Title: The Healing Power of Horses: Integrating Traditional Therapy with Equine-Assisted Services in Mental Health T...
