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Equine Gestalt Coaching: Ever wonder how horses can help you heal? This week on Mixing Up Midlife, Terri and Melissa chat with Allison Goldfarb, a certified Equine Gestalt Coach who uses the magic of horses to unlock emotional transformation. Allison...
Equine Gestalt Coaching: Ever wonder how horses can help you heal? This week on Mixing Up Midlife, Terri and Melissa chat with Allison Goldfarb, a certified Equine Gestalt Coach who uses the magic of horses to unlock emotional transformation.
Allison explains how she combines gestalt psychology with the incredible intuition of horses to help people overcome emotional baggage and past hurts. We're talking deep dives, personal stories, and powerful connections formed between humans and these majestic creatures.
Plus, Terri and Melissa get the scoop on Allison's journey from corporate science whiz to equine therapy guru! You'll also hear about how she keeps her equine partners happy and involved in the whole process (because consent matters, even for horses!).
Whether you're curious about alternative therapies or just love animals, this episode is a must-listen! Don't miss it!
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Equine Gestaltist
Allison Goldfarb is a therapeutic practitioner who partners with some of the biggest and most brilliant healers of human suffering on earth – horses - especially her two main coaching partners Charlie and Hobbs.
She has a B.A. in Biology and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College. Her first career was in pharmaceutical and medical device scientific and regulatory consulting. In 2014, at age 44, she retired from that field to receive education in and launch a second career in equine-facilitated therapeutic services.
For her career change, she dove deep into education/training in coaching, facilitation, Gestalt psychology, somatic awareness methods, energy work (including Level II Reiki, trauma healing, equine behavior, the language of Equus, and natural horsemanship techniques. She is a PATH Int’l Registered Therapeutic Riding Instructor, a certified practitioner of the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method®, and a certified Transformational Presence (TP) Coach and a member of the leadership team for the TP Global Foundation - a coach training organization. She is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, niece, cousin, in-law, step-child, teacher, student, facilitator, entrepreneur, and caregiver, among other roles, and a student of the human dynamics in each.
She specializes in guiding teens and adults as they resolve and transform depression, anxiety, grief and loss, childhood and adult trauma, and relationship conflicts. She has a special passion for working with neurodivergent and gender diverse teens and women in midlife.
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