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Absolute Minds: Equine-Assisted Therapy, EMDR & Mental Health Support

About Absolute Minds

Absolute Minds offers fully insured mental health services led by a registered mental health nurse with over 22 years of nursing experience and 35 years of horsemanship. Our approach combines professional mental health care with therapeutic experiences in outdoor environments, creating a relaxed, natural, and non-clinical setting for therapy.

We use a range of mental health strategies and therapies to suit each person’s unique needs. By focusing on emotional support, resilience, and growth, our goal is to equip individuals with practical mental health skills that support healing and wellbeing.

Our Therapy Options

We use a mix of proven, evidence-based approaches to meet the needs of individuals. These include:

• 🐎 Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy:
  A hands-on approach that uses non-ridden equine activities to support emotional regulation, mental wellbeing, and trauma recovery. This approach helps clients connect, build trust, and learn through interaction with horses.

• 💭 EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing):
  A clinically proven method for addressing trauma, anxiety, and distress by helping clients process and reframe memories or thoughts. (Some limitations apply.)

• 🗣 General Talk-Based Therapy & Counselling:
  One-on-one therapy sessions focused on exploring personal challenges, thoughts, feelings, and life stressors.

• 🧠 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT):
  A structured, practical approach that helps individuals identify unhelpful thought patterns and replace them with healthier, adaptive behaviours.

These therapies are tailored specifically to each individual to provide the best possible mental health support.

What is Equine-Assisted Therapy? 🐴

Equine-Assisted Therapy (EAT) involves non-ridden activities with horses to support emotional and mental health recovery. Horses are non-judgemental animals that respond to human emotion and behaviour, making them excellent partners in therapy. Through these interactions, clients can build trust, improve emotional regulation, and learn practical coping strategies.

Equine-Assisted Therapy has been effective for supporting people with:

• Trauma recovery

• Anxiety & depression

• ADHD

• Autism spectrum disorders

• Emotional regulation

• Social skills

Horses have long been a part of trauma recovery, helping individuals process emotions and rebuild confidence.

How Can Equine-Assisted Therapy Help?

Equine-Assisted Therapy supports individuals to:

✅ Reduce anxiety and depression
✅ Improve emotional wellbeing and resilience
✅ Build confidence and self-worth
✅ Learn to manage stress and regulate emotions
✅ Develop communication and social skills
✅ Enhance trust-building and perspective-taking
✅ Learn personal boundaries and impulse control

This form of therapy provides a safe, engaging, and non-judgemental space for healing while building practical mental health skills.

Who Can Benefit from Absolute Minds?

We work with individuals experiencing:

• Emotional distress or mental health concerns

• Trauma recovery

• Anxiety or depression

• Intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum challenges

• Social difficulties or stress management challenges

Our aim is to support every client in improving their quality of life by building mental health skills, resilience, and confidence.

Why Choose Absolute Minds?

At Absolute Minds, we focus on:

• Real connection: Offering therapy in an outdoor, relaxed environment to feel safe and comfortable.

• Individualised support: Therapy tailored to your specific needs and goals.

• Holistic growth: Combining mental health nursing expertise with therapeutic equine experiences and practical mental health strategies.