About us
Spending time with horses can have a profound affect on humans. Few of us have the time or can afford to keep a horse, but many of us would like to get close to them without having to take riding lessons.
My name is Janet Haney, and I have been a practicing psychotherapist for twenty years. I created Bree in order to offer carefully supervised and safe individual encounters with equines. I will help you to understand and translate what is going on between you and the horse.
Bree offers three different ways to think about what you want to do:
- For people who rarely have a chance to get close to a horse, Bree welcomes you if you want to begin to know the impact of meeting a horse. Perhaps you have a desire to re-acquaint yourself with horses after many years absence, and gain new insights into your relationship with these wonderful creatures. Come for some sessions (I suggest at least three) to initiate or renew the relationship.
- For professionals who care for other people (e.g. therapists, blue light card holders etc) and who are curious about what facilitated equine encounters might offer them, their colleagues, and those they care for. I would suggest a set of six sessions to give you a chance to experience the way this works over time, and it would give you a chance to experience a few different activities with some different horses.
- For people who would like to try equine facilitated psychotherapy for regular sessions over a longer period of time. This would be suitable for anyone who wants to work on a particular issue. This would also be suitable for anyone who has plenty of experience of horses, or who owns a horse, but who is currently facing a crisis or a difficulty in their life.
I am an experienced and qualified therapist (more details of my training and experience below) and can help you through this amazing journey. The horses are key partners in the work, and together we will translate what's going on between you and them.
Training, qualifications & experience
I began my formation as a psychoanalyst back in the 1990s after completing an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies at Brunel University. I worked as an assistant nurse to gain experience with people at their wits end and entered a training with the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and the European School of Psychoanalysis. I joined the New Lacanian School and the World Association of Psychoanalysis in 2008 where I continue to take an active part in work with colleagues across the world, and where my practical work is supervised. I joined the The British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy in 2006 where I am registered (No. 78429). For the equine facilitated psychotherapy, I studied with LEAP in Bracknell, qualifying (Level 5) in 2024 (https://leapequine.com/practitioners/janet-haney-facilitated-equine-encounters/)
Member organisations *
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Areas of counselling we deal with
Other areas of counselling we deal with
There is a very long list of labels of thing that try to name every kind of mental suffering. I have only ticked two of them, anxiety and depression, because they are the generic search terms most people use. It is not necessary to have a label to come along for an encounter with the horses, what is important is what you say is wrong. If you want to know something about how things work in your life, then you are welcome to come and ask the horses to see what kind of help they can offer. If you want to come simply for the experience, that's ok too.
Therapies offered
Fees
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
When you come for your first meeting you will be able to say more about your situation and what you hope to get out of the work. We can then discuss the rhythm and duration of the work and find a price for future sessions.
The initial session can last up to 90 minutes, and includes time with the horses.
You can call me to make an appointment and clarify any questions.
I will accompany you throughout your time at the equestrian centre.
Part of the fee goes towards funding visits to the Bethlem Royal Hospital.
