I didn't to equine therapy BUT.....I bought my first horse after my depression hit. My pdoc told me to get into something I had always loved & dressage riding had always been my passion since college & my years of taking equitation in college.

For me the problem with my depression (I didn't realize it at the time) was the situation I was living in & with that not changing, even having my horse & focusing on my dressage riding & practice & showing & then getting my american eskimo dogs & training & showing & breeding them didn't stop my depression nor the suicide attempts at that time. No one could understand WHY? Only looking back from NOW do I understand.

My foal was born right before I went through a trauma with the home care person when my mom was dying of cancer. My foal injured her leg at 3 weeks old & I had to continually care for her along with my Mom....but Izzy my foal was the one thing that got me through that trauma even though it was a struggle. She is an amazing horse & the bonding between us was unbelievable. I left that bad marriage when Izzy was only 2 years old....I am still waiting to bring her to my own farm 2100 miles away from there.