Summary:
Approximately one in five adults and one in seven children and youth suffer from mental health disorder over their life span. Yet, available treatments for mental health problems are only moderately effective, and about half of those who need treatment are not benefitted by current treatments, and many don’t even seek them. Equine-assisted therapy is a novel, experiential treatment approach showing significant promise for adults, children and youth across a range of mental health problems. These treatments use a horse (or horses) to facilitate communication and mindful awareness of thoughts, emotions and behaviors in an experientially oriented approach via groundwork or riding. Interactions with horses have shown to foster emotional regulation, self-confidence, reflection, and insight, by which well-being is facilitated. The current book describes the rational for these treatments, add to the knowledge about recent progress in applying them to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and more, and analyze the nature of the bonding between humans and equines which makes these relationships so therapeutic and healing.
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The Nautilus Award winning book, The Scalpel and the Soul, explores how premonition, superstition, hope and faith not only become factors in how patients feel, but can change the outcomes as well. The inspiring stories within this book validate the spiritual manifestations physicians see every day.
The tales empower patients to voice their spiritual needs in medical situations. When the life is threatened, the soul can exert mysterious powers. Embracing that knowledge can help anyone, patient or caregiver, to cope with difficult and challenging times.
Younger Next Year: Live Strong, Fit, Sexy, and Smart―Until You’re 80 and Beyond
To mark the 15th anniversary of the bestselling series, Younger Next Year now includes two new chapters by Allan Hamilton on the link between physical exercise and brain health. Their message is straightforward: A program of consistent exercise and eating right not only helps us physically but improves memory, cognition, mood, and more.
Dr. Hamilton’s contribution explain how the program directly affects our brains—all the way down to the cellular level
Lessons From A Life With Horses
This collection of over 100 essays treats working with horses as a metaphor for personal, professional and spiritual growth. The results showcase wisdom on such universal themes as leadership, motivation, ambition, love and human transformation.
Full-color original illustrations beautifully capture horses’ power and mystery. Whether searching for greater spiritual depth or simply wanting to better understand their four-legged partner, readers everywhere will benefit from this wise and important collection.
WINNER OF:
2017 Benjamin Franklin Silver Award, 2017 Ippy Silver Award and the 2017 GOLD Nautilus Book Award!
Travel a New Path to Spiritual Well Being
Anyone who loves and admires horses will develop a new understanding of how humans interact with them; and how those interactions can lead to spiritual awakening. Dr. Hamilton’s insight will give you not only a new horse training perspective, but guide you on a journey of self discovery as you learn to extract the spiritual lessons horses can teach us, and apply them to your daily life.
Zen Mind, Zen Horse: The Science and Spirituality of Working with Horses is a primer on spirituality, brain function, and the bonds between the equine and human species. It is written from my unique perspective as a Harvard-trained brain surgeon and an experienced horse trainer. It is both a technical manual for training horses and a guide to extracting the deeper, spiritual lessons we can learn from these animals and applying them in our daily lives. It looks at horsemanship as a spiritual journey, open to anyone, at any level of expertise, and at any stage in their lives.