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Equine therapy is the discipline of using horses as a means to provide metaphoric experiences in order to promote emotional growth.The horses provide an excellent way for troubled youth to react when they are otherwise therapy resistant.ne example that is used often is when students are just beginning a horse therapy program, the instructor will have the horse stand in the middle of the arena. The youth are supposed to get the horse to move outside of a large circle without touching the horse at all.
3, No. 2). By its very nature, therapeutic riding influences the whole person and the effect on all the body's systems can be profound. It was, therefore, a natural progression for therapeutic riding in North America to branch into the medical application of the horse -- hippotherapy.evelopmental Riding Therapy. Developmental riding therapy is distinguished from either classic hippotherapy or hippotherapy by its broader professional participation, more diverse client population, and equine skills/training specific to the areas of dressage, horse-handling and vaulting.