Experiential Therapy With Horses

For the finest alcohol and drug rehab program consider Cirque Lodge. The private addiction treatment center of Cirque Lodge provides first-class accommodations and amenities and world class alcohol and drug treatment. The advantage to addiction treatment at Cirque Lodge is in the balance of therapy programs. The treatment we are most famous for is our experiential therapy program. In experiential therapy horses are utilized in equine therapy and are quite effective at providing a natural intervention. If you or a love one is suffering from drug or alcohol addiction, the drug rehab at Cirque Lodge can provide you with relief. Contact us at 1-877-997-3422 to find out about our drug rehab program.

Battling an addiction can be one of the most difficult challenges you will ever face in your life. The addiction treatment program at Cirque Lodge is here to ease the burden of addiction. The balance of therapy at Cirque Lodge supplies effective individualized treatment to deal with personal problems that are involved in addiction, as well as group therapy programs to provide needed structure and support. We incorporated into all of this an array of other aspects of effective addiction treatment programs including experiential therapy, horses, hiking, and various challenge activities.

Equine Therapy and Experiential Therapy

A unique treatment method used at Cirque Lodge is of course experiential therapy. Experiential therapy is daily activities that provide various aspects of not only exercise but healing and treatment as well. In experiential therapy we provide vital spiritual experiences in our natural mountain setting to help facilitate the change in focus in a drug rehab program. In experiential therapy horses are an important aspect in our equine therapy program. This program is designed to provide a natural intervention between the recovering individual and another living creature.

Equine therapy always draws a number of questions. It isn't really clear what equine therapy involves. To clarify, equine therapy does not involve riding the horses. In contrast this therapy program works with a number of basic activities involved with horses. Horses are extremely intelligent animals and developing response techniques and patterns to these horses that are quite therapeutic in addiction treatment.

In experiential therapy horses teach a number of lessons to help the individual in recovery. One of the vital aspects to equine therapy is the development of communication. It may seem a simple thing, but communication most of the time can be greatly affected by the stranglehold of addiction. Simple principles of trust and honesty are often lost to the addiction. These principles are greatly utilized in equine therapy. A horse has to trust you. They are very perceptive animals and they will not succumb to commands with out a level of trust. Horses also provide direct and honest feedback that in return is only earned by providing honesty to the horse. These are simple concepts, but are immeasurable in how effective they are in dealing with addicted individuals.

Drug Rehab and Experiential Therapy

The experiential therapy program provides a proper balance to our drug rehab program. Unlike other programs where addiction rehab is about shame and talking, our program strives to be both fun and life changing. There is a time and place for therapy and treatment, and there is a time and place to learn what it takes to enjoy life free from addiction. The place is Cirque Lodge and the time is now. If you or someone you care about is in need of an alcohol or drug rehab program, call the admissions department at Cirque Lodge today.

For more information, please visit our alcohol rehab or experiential therapy pages.