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What is EFMHA?
What is EFP?



Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association (EFMHA)

EFMHA is a globally recognized organization that promotes health by bringing people and equines together in mutually beneficial ways.

We are a section of NARHA, a membership organization that for over 30 years has fostered safe, professional, and ethical therapeutic equine activities. This is accomplished through education, communication, and standards of practice and research for people with and without disabilities.

EFMHA is an active membership organization serving the needs of its members, mental health, education, and equine professionals.

Our Mission

To promote professionally facilitated equine experiences designed to enhance psychosocial development, growth and education.
To educate others to work with the horse in the treatment of people with emotional, behavioral, social, mental, physical and/or spiritual needs.
To establish a library of instructional, certification, research, diagnostic and safety materials supporting all aspects of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy.
To set standards of horse knowledge, including selection, training and stable management, pertaining directly to Equine Facilitated Mental Health programs.
To provide a foundation to see Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) into the future.



What Is Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP)?
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) is experiential psychotherapy that includes equine(s). It may include, but is not limited to, a number of mutually respectful equine activities such as handling, grooming, longeing, riding, driving, and vaulting. EFP is facilitated by a licensed, credentialed mental health professional working with an appropriately credentialed equine professional. EFP may be facilitated by a mental health professional who is dually credentialed as an equine professional.