Equine Journeys recommends the following books and videos to assist people to better understand our therapeutic model. Our treatment philosophy and our horse training philosophies are very similar. The relationship is key to both aspects and the information in all of the media listed below applies in both areas.
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HORSE TRAINING/HORSEMANSHIP
Books:
Horses Never Lie: The Heart of Passive Leadership
Author: Mark Rashid
A Good Horse is Never a Bad Color: Tales of Training through Communication and Trust
Author: Mark Rashid
Life Lessons from a Ranch Horse
Author: Mark Rashid
Clinton Anderson’s Downunder Horsemanship: Establishing Respect and Control for English and Western Riders
Author: Clinton Anderson
Faraway Horses
Author: Buck Brannaman
Clinton Anderson’s Lessons Well Learned: Why My Method Works for Any Horse
Author: Clinton Anderson
Naked Liberty
Author: Carolyn Resnick
Videos:
Buck
Sundance Selects
VALUES/ETHICS
Books:
Cowboy Ethics: What Wall Street Can Learn from the Code of the West
Author: James P. Owen
Cowboy Values: Recapturing What America Once Stood For
Author: James P. Owen
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens
Author: Sean Covey
Man’s Search for Meaning
Author: Viktor E. Frankl
Videos:
The Jack Bull
HBO Home Video
Antwone Fisher
20th Century Fox
Stand by Me
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Forever Strong
Crane Movie Company
The Blind Side
Warner Home Video
PARENTING/FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Books:
Parenting With Love and Logic
Authors: Foster Cline and Jim Fay
Parenting Teens With Love and Logic
Authors: Foster Cline and Jim Fay
The Big Book of Parenting Solutions
Author: Michelle Borba
ADDICTIONS RELATED
Books:
Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths and Realities of Alcoholism
Authors: James Robert Milam and Katherine Ketcham
The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous
Authors: Dr. Bob Smith and Bill Wilson
Passages Through Recovery: An Action Plan for Preventing Relapse
Author: Terence T. Gorski
Videos:
28 Days
Columbia Pictures
COMMUNICATION/RELATIONSHIP
Books:
Fierce Conversations
Author: Susan Scott
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts
Author: Gary Chapman
The 5 Love Languages of Children
Authors: Gary Chapman, Ross Campbell, MD, and Ross Campbell
Silent Sons
Author: Robert J. Ackerman
Perfect Daughters
Author: Robert J. Ackerman
ADOPTION
Books:
Parenting Adopted Adolescents
Author: Gregory C. Keck
Lost & Found: The Adoption Experience
Author: Betty Jean Lifton
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother
Author: Jan Wolff
Beneath the Mask
Authors: Debbie Riley with John Meeks, MD
