PROGRAMS: CHANGING DIRECTIONS—COUNSELING SERVICES

Our farm setting offers a tranquil, peaceful setting for counseling appointments, whether they be private office practice or utilizing equine assisted therapy inside the arena. Appointments are always kept confidential, with your goals a top priority.

Our counseling services are specialized for those individuals needing help in the following areas: (Individual, Group, or Family Counseling):

Addictions (anywhere—12 Steps with Results Program) Adult/Adolescent/Child Obesity Eating Disorders Family Counseling (includes step families) Under achieving students (Pencils to Hoof Pics Program) Teen Diversion Program Grief support

Call the farm office today to schedule: 419-833-1308
Monday through Friday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Method of payment: a simple co-pay applies, matched by grant funding. Most insurance companies will cover the cost when submitted by client.

Equine Assisted Therapy, a truly remarkable counseling model with huge results to clients. Horses are honest creatures. Horses have been used in therapy settings for centuries with outstanding results to work with hurting people.

"She was just 14, sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend. Mom picked the boyfriend over her daughter and
placed her into foster care. So much anger had surfaced in school, towards other people, declining grades and
attracting boyfriends of her own. The foster mom decided to try Serenity Farm counseling services to help reach
this hurting teenage girl. With eight weeks of equine assisted therapy, this 14 year old was able to work
through her anger and confront her mom about the abuse. She worked at planning goals for her education
and made a few new friends as she "unlocked" those pent up emotions."
(as told by SF staff member with permission of client)

"Our family was not working together, always argueing and fighting over every little thing. I just wanted to
give up on my husband and I couldn't stand being around my kids every day. Good grief....my world
was miserable all around me. I saw an ad for Serenity Farm and equine assisted therapy. I figured
I could get my family to visit since they had animals, but I didn't tell them it was counseling
services. We were all surprised by what we experienced. It wasn't like counseling at all! It was
fun. I had fun with my family doing activities with horses! To my surprise the counseling was all
going on around us, the horses and co-facilitators had my family work through our relationship
problems and we came up with our own solutions. We did have the best answers to our problems
and had a a real sense of pride about our family after working just 6 weeks at the farm."
(as told by client of Serenity Farm, printed by permission)

"My son started losing interest in school and stopped doing his homework. He said he just didn't
care anymore, but wouldn't tell me why. My concern grew once his report card came with grades
declining from a 3.4 to a 2.9. Now was the time to act or he was not going to pass 8th grade.
A neighbor told me about this horse program, so I thought why not, maybe my son would go to
something like this. We signed up for a 4 week committment at first, he actually liked it, pretended
not to, but was ready to go back each week. The amazing point, this counseling method worked! My
son was confortable enough to bring to the surface what was bothering him. He was being bullyed
in the locker room at school, and I had no idea! Money was stolen, his homework stolen and
sexual advances made to him by another student."
(as told by staff member with permission of client's mother)