Horses Helping Humans

Located in Petaluma, California, Change Your Lead is made up of a group of licensed mental health clinicians and equine professionals who incorporate horses into mental health treatment and wellness offerings.

We provide individual psychotherapy services as well as adjunct psychotherapy services to agencies in the greater bay area that want to add an equine component to their existing mental health services.

In addition, we offer educational workshops along with mini wellness retreats for those looking to take time for themselves in the presence of horses.

While services incorporating horses is often referred to as ‘equine therapy’, it is our belief that this term is too broad and does not offer consumers enough information about the services provided and the credentials of those providing the services. Thus, we prefer to utilize the terminology related to Equine Assisted Services recommended by the following work group and publication: Optimal Terminology for Services in the United States That Incorporate Horses to Benefit People: A Consensus Document - PubMed. There is still more work to be done, but this is a step toward unifying services-first language for the field of EAS as well as protection of consumers seeking services incorporating horses that aim to benefit people.