Equine Massage & Rehab

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10/31/2025

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10/23/2025

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05/04/2025

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Right here in Leesville La is an expert in Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy!!!

True Story Healing Counseling was founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is now EXPANDING to Leesville, Louisiana. We are offering Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP). Sessions are available Monday-Thursday, with after-school and after-work availability on Tuesday and Thursday. I am currently accepting new clients with no waiting list!

Our mission

Our mission is to support adolescents, adults, military members, veterans, and their families on their journeys toward social, emotional, and mental well-being. Through their relationships with horses during the therapy experience, clients will uncover and build upon personal strengths, call on their courage to overcome life’s challenges, learn how to maintain calmness, and develop interpersonal relationship skills. I believe that everyone is capable of amazing things, have the potential for growth, and is worthy of belonging.

Experience

My name is Karem Pabón Rodríguez.. I’m a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado and Louisiana. I hold a Master’s Degree in Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I have been with horses my entire life. I use a holistic approach, utilizing Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Walk therapy models in helping my clients work toward healing. I am currently engaged in an Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) Certification Program through The HERD Institute.

Session Availability

Sessions are available Monday-Thursday, with after-school availability on Tuesday and Thursday. I offer in-person and telehealth options for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I am currently accepting new clients with no waitlist!

Services Offered

Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy

Incorporating horses into the therapeutic process creates an experiential space within which clients tune-in to the present moment, authentically connect with themselves and the horses, and have the opportunity to learn a wide variety of skills that can be generalized to everyday life. Horses have the ability to reflect and respond to our emotions, fostering the development of self-regulation skills and increased self-awareness. Horses act as partners in the therapeutic process during EFP, with the human-horse connection serving as a powerful agent for change, personal growth, and well-being. No horse experience is needed! EFP sessions are conducted on the ground.

04/11/2025

09/11/2024

Y'all, I made this for my business page, and it's getting a lot of giggles.

I'm not massaging beasties today in the rain!

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09/26/2023

Great info....

09/19/2023

Recent studies conducted by the Institute of Heart-Math provide a clue to explain the two-way ′′healing′′ that occurs when we're close to horses.
According to researchers, the heart has an electromagnetic field larger than the brain: a magnetometer can measure the energy field of the heart that radiates from 2.4 meters to 3 meters around the human body.
While this is certainly significant, perhaps more impressive than the electromagnetic field projected by the heart of a horse is five times larger than that of a human being (imagine an electromagnetic sphere around the horse) and it can influence straight into our own heart rate.
Horses are also likely to have what science has identified as a "coherent′′ heart rate (heart rate pattern) that explains why we can feel better when we're close to them. Studies have found a coherent heart pattern or HRV to be a solid measure of well-being and consistent with emotional states of calm and joy-that is, we exhibit such patterns when we feel positive emotions.
A coherent heart pattern is indicative of a system that can recover and adapt to stressful situations very efficiently. Many times, we just need to be in the presence of horses to feel a sense of well-being and peace.
In fact, research shows that people experience many physiological benefits by interacting with horses, including lower blood pressure and heart rate, higher beta-endorphins (neurotransmitters acting as pain suppressors), decreased stress levels, decreased feelings of anger, hostility, tension and anxiety, better social working; and greater feelings of empowerment, confidence, patience and self-efficacy.