(Photo by Leah Hennel, Calgary Herald)
Two-time alumna Hillary Sharpe, BSc’05, MSc’08, and a PhD candidate in counselling psychology, stands with Disa the Icelandic horse at Healing Hooves in Cremona, Alta., northwest of Calgary. Sharpe is running a pilot program this spring that pairs specially trained horses with women diagnosed with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.
“Equine-facilitated counselling is an up-and-coming field that offers a radically different approach to treating mind-body problems such as eating disorders,” she says.
