Longtime volunteer built our therapy goats this beautiful shelter (goatopia)

Longtime volunteer built our therapy goats this beautiful shelter (goatopia)

by | Nov 5, 2019 | Horse Rescue | Equine Therapy

Gold Award Girl Scouts – Jessica Knight

Jessica Knight is a recent Thousand Oaks High School graduate and avid animal lover. She’s spent the last six summers volunteering at the Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary farm in Newberg, Oregon, which specializes in farm animal therapy. Individuals that come to the farm for healing and equine therapy cover every walk of life, including veterans, addiction recovery groups, foster children, troubled youth, and those seeking treatment for anxiety and depression.

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Welcome ANTEA the miniature donkey!!

Welcome ANTEA the miniature donkey!!

by | Mar 6, 2019 | Horse Rescue | Equine Therapy

Hello sweet girl!!!

Welcome Antea the miniature donkey! Antea comes to us from Malibu, California. She is a super sweet little girl and will be an invaluable addition to our equine therapy program. Here at Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary we provide Equine Therapy using the Eagala model for those in need of healing. Please check out our website for information and signups for our group therapy sessions that we provide for anxiety and depression for adolescents, a alcohol recovery group for women, and family therapy for veterans and much more.

Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary to host Equine Therapy Fundamentals Training!!

by | Jan 24, 2019 | Horse Rescue | Equine Therapy

Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary is proud to announce we are hosting a Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Fundamentals Training on May 1-5, 2019. If you are a Mental Health provider, or are a horse lover who has dreamed of using horses for healing, this will be an experience of a lifetime!! Please visit the Eagala website and read about the type of work we do here with the horses at Helping Hands Healing Sanctuary. We have limited space available and the class fills up fast, so if you are interested, please sign up promptly!! Follow the link below to the Eagala website to learn more about this model of therapy and for details on how to sign up! www.eagala.org