Equine-Assisted Mental Health and Learning

Equine-Assisted Mental Health and Learning
Monique Ekker is a trauma informed therapist and focuses on the neurodevelopmental spectrum from a transdiagnostic and clinical practice framework. If you have a neurodivergent diagnosis or suspect you or your child is on the neurodevelopmental spectrum, please reach out for a free consultation to see if we are a good fit.
Outside Rein provides Equine-Assisted Mental Health and Learning (EAMHL) - Equine Therapy and traditional counseling therapy services in Teller County, Colorado, for children, adolescents, and adults during individual, couples, families, or group sessions. Equine-Assisted Mental Health and Learning activities vary from client to client to meet individual client needs. Our sessions consist of groundwork and mounted work dependent on client’s treatment plan. Outside Rein does not provide riding lessons. Outside Rein provides referrals to excellent local resources for riding lessons.
Outside Rein accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most private health insurances. If we do not accept your health insurance, we can request a single case user agreement for the duration of your treatment.
Outside Rein is veteran owned and operated by Monique Ekker.
Monique Ekker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC), Certified Equine Interaction Profession – Mental Health (CEIP-MH), and an ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP). She is currently working towards BCBA certification.
Specialties:
Neurodevelopmental Spectrum
Trauma
Substance Use
Mood Disorders
Modalities utilized:
Equine-Assisted Therapy and Learning
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR)
Equine-Assisted EMDR (EA-EMDR)
Feeling State Addiction Protocol (FSAP)
Motivational Interviewing (MI)
Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Lily – Irish Draught Sport Horse
Obvi - American Quarter Horse
Mr. Puggles – Miniature Horse
Bailey – Miniature Horse
Outside Rein does not view the neurodevelopmental spectrum from the disorder perspective. Instead, we understand the neurodevelopmental spectrum from a strengths and areas of growth perspective - each person is an individual with their own unique abilities and challenges.
The following information is provided to illustrate some identified areas of challenge:
Neurodevelopmental spectrum or neurodevelopmental disorders are disabilities associated primarily with the functioning of the neurological system and brain. Examples of neurodevelopmental disorders include attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism (ASD), learning disabilities, intellectual disability (ID), sensory processing disorders, cerebral palsy, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, and Tourette's syndrome. Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders can experience difficulties with language and speech, motor skills, behavior, memory, learning, or other neurological functions (America's Children and the Environment, Third Edition. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2013).
Neurodevelopmental disorders are debilitating diseases caused by abnormal brain maturation early in life. This umbrella concept gathers both multiple types of impairments, such as learning or executive function deficits, as well as deficiencies in social cognition abilities (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). In most cases a neurodevelopmental disorder leads to impaired functioning of the individual and hindered personal, social, academic and/or occupational domains of life (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). There is a tendency for some of these disorders to show a symptomatic overlap. Accordingly, no symptom exclusively belongs to one disorder in the neurodevelopmental range (American Psychiatric Association, 2013; Mullin et al., 2013).
13576 CR 1, Florissant
Teller County - Colorado
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