How Change Happens in Equine-Assisted Interventions

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How Change Happens in Equine-Assisted Interventions gives clinicians and researchers an intervention theory on the mechanisms of change during psychotherapy and other interventions that incorporate horses. Chapters introduce the concept of intervention theory, present a theory of the problem (what the client comes with), theories explaining the intervention (what is done during a session), and theories of change (what happens in the mind of a client), with each theory’s function described. Using an autoethnographic approach, the authors describe, deconstruct, and analyze personal experiences as clients during an equine-assisted intervention. Then the authors present and apply a unique intervention theory by linking it to the thoughts and experiences of clients in and after a session. Practitioners will come away from this book with a unique perspective on the field and with an increased understanding of what their clients are thinking both in and out of session. Researchers will have an explanatory theory from which to draw testable hypotheses when studying interventions incorporating horses. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents About the Authors Acknowledgments Introduction SECTION I: Why Theory for Equine-Assisted Intervention? 1 Why Theory? 2 What is Equine-Assisted Intervention? 3 The Horse SECTION II: Equine-Assisted Story Transformation (EAST) 4 Introduction to EAST 5 Theory of the Problem 6 Theory of the Intervention 7 Theory of Change 8 Integrating the Theories: EAST SECTION III: Application 9 Seeking the Client’s Perspective 10 It’s a Problem Autoethnography 1 11 Finding Strong Autoethnography 2 12 Analysis and Interpretation 13 Bringing it all Together Afterword Glossary Index