The Majestic Difference

The presence of a horse invites you to connect with yourself in a deeper manner. The honest feedback given by horses in real time, allows for you to learn skills that can be practiced both inside and outside of a session.

What is Equine Assisted Counseling?

Equine assisted counseling with Majestic Gifts is an opportunity for people to work on their mental health through meaningful interactions with a horse.

Sessions are personalized to you, helping you achieve your treatment goals that we form together. Sessions are organic and experiential, and are almost always outside in nature.

Throughout your interactions with a horse, we will process what you are thinking, feeling, and learning. Majestic Gifts offers you time and space to embrace connection with a horse. Within that space- healing, growth, and transformation happens. 

Majestic Gifts is guided by the trauma informed, evidence-based principles and neuroscience of Natural Lifemanship. Participants have the opportunity to learn about the structure of the human and horse brain, and how to overcome trauma by building new neuropathways through practicing healthy forms of behavior. 

Benefits of equine assisted counseling:

  • Mindfulness

  • Self-regulation

  • Problem solving

  • Increase in self-awareness

  • Increase in self-confidence

  • Increase in understanding internal experiences

  • Ability to connect deeper with yourself and others

  • Insight into behavioral and relational patterns

  • Healthy communication skills

  • Healthy relationship principles

  • Practicing new forms of healthy behavior

  • “Learning how to be present with Jack is helping me be more present in my everyday life, which improves my mental health.”

    • Client testimonial

  • “The calm that Jack provides me allows more space in my brain to process and make sense of other things my life”

    • Client testimonial

  • “Jack is softening me. He is steady, consistent, present, strong, and safe"

    • Client testimonial

  • “My brain feels all over the place with ADHD, but I don’t feel that way at the farm. When Jack is calm, it helps me be calm”

    • Client testimonial

  • “Jack helps me become more in tune with what I’m feeling. I’m not always able to recognize what I’m feeling but that he lets me know – “hey this matters."

    • Client testimonial

Why Horses?

  • At their core, horses are relational beings. They provide a unique opportunity to learn how to build healthy, connected relationships. When you build trust with a horse, they will allow you to enter into their world.

  • Horses are loving and kind. When horses feel safe and have trusting relationships, they will display love that is gentle, kind, caring, and empathetic.

  • Horses are one of the most perceptive animals in the animal kingdom. They can pick up on how you’re feeling, and respond accordingly.

  • Horses are sensitive and intuitive. Their sensitivity to their surroundings allows them to be in tune with all aspects of their environment at any given time.

  • Horses are authentic and honest, and give pure feedback in the moment.

  • Horses are non-judgmental and unbiased.

  • Every horse is unique, with their own personality and traits, just like humans.

FAQs

  • No, horse experience is not required in order to participate with Majestic Gifts.

  • No, your sessions will not consist of riding. Majestic Gifts focuses on cultivating the relationship with horses on the ground.

  • Since the majority of your sessions will be spent either outside, in a barn, or a covered arena, you will want to wear appropriate clothing suitable for the weather. Clothing and shoes that you don’t mind getting dirty are recommended. Closed toe shoes are required.

  • Yes, Majestic Gifts offers services to children age 7 and up.

  • Yes, Majestic Gifts offers virtual sessions if needed. While the majority of sessions will be at the farm, virtual sessions are available if there are any scheduling conflicts due to bad weather, illness, holidays, etc.

  • No, Majestic Gifts does not accept insurance at this time. HSA cards are accepted, and discounts are given upon discretion.

  • No, Robin Gwin, BSW, LSW & Majestic Gifts LLC does not diagnose any medical or mental health conditions.