Category Archives: Equine Assisted Therapy

Pediatric Cancer Patients and Families benefit emotionally from therapeutic equestrian programs

By Maria Mangicaro TAMPA BAY, FL #TB4GOOD:  Quantum Leap Farm located in Odessa, Florida is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit  organization serving local residents with both physical disabilities and mental health conditions.  The nationally recognized equestrian program provides services to injured and disabled adults … Continue reading

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Tampa Fundraising Events to support alternative therapies for wounded soldiers and their families

By Maria Mangicaro Tampa, FL:  With heightened social awareness regarding the harmful side-effects caused by medications used to treat symptoms of  PTSD, TBI’s and depression, the public is beginning to recognize the value of alternative and integrative modalities, as well as the need to support nonprofit organizations that … Continue reading

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11-11-11 Horses Healing Wounded Warriors: “Meeting the enemy of mental illness head-on”

At Tranquil Valley Sanctuary our mission is healing Horses, Heroes and Homes.  We use our rescued horses that have come from a past of abuse and neglect to help our nations veterans and their families to heal from the effects … Continue reading

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Autism Therapy On Horseback, The Horse Boy, CNN Dr. Sanjay Gupta Talks With Rupert Isaacson

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Tampa V.A. Hospitals: Participating in a Quantum Leap treatment option with Equine Assisted Therapy

By Maria Mangicaro While there is an overwhelming amount of information flooding the internet regarding problems within the mental health care system and it is impossible to take it all in, the titles of some articles just seem to scream out … Continue reading

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