My Blog on Various Topics
You and Your Teen: Friend, Foe or Parent
You and Your Teen: Friend, Foe or Parent By Suzanne Carter, M.A., L.P.C. Ideally, always the parent. Parents should have their own friends. Foe--------we are not meant to be a foe, but when we are punishing, judging, being adversarial or managing, we are more like a foe than a loving parent Parents: consultant. Providing an atmosphere for them to be aware o the One they are and always will be (defn of function in
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy: Horses as healers.
A lot of people think Equine Assisted Psychotherapy ( EAP) is therapy for horses. And they often think that I am some kind of horse whisperer. Actually just the opposite is true; the horse would be the one to do any “whispering” that may be needed to help heal humans. The “whispering” in this case is the horse giving authentic feedback to the human through all the non-verbal ways that horses communicate.
The Whole Picture, by Harmony, an 1100 pound writer……….
The Whole Picture Hello, my name is Harmony Carter and I am the Equine daughter of Suzanne Carter. I am an 1100 pound Thoroughbred, grand-daughter of the famous, Secretariat. Yes! That is true. However, I never raced. Though I was born into a bloodline that created magnificent race horses, my soul mission included something more important than being a horse that humans could watch run. My human owners wanted me to race but
The Miracle of Grief Recovery
The Miracle of Grief Recovery By Suzanne Carter, M.A., L.P.C. The first anniversary of 9/11 was close to the death of my beautiful and aptly named sister, Linda. At that time, I got "The Call," the call we always fear will come and as it came, I realized that at some level, 1 knew it would always come way too early for my sister. "The Call" came as I was doing finishing touches on
Equine Assisted Therapy Makes My Soul Sing
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy By Rev. Annie Lonardelli “Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) makes my soul sing,” states Suzanne Carter. Suzanne is a psychotherapist, (graduated from IUPUI in 1978 and received her Masters degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado at Denver in 1981), Unity minister, life coach, author and lecturer. With over 25 years as a therapist, she remains committed to learning new therapeutic methods to help her clients. “When I
Bad Grief Charlie Brown
Bad Grief, Charlie Brown (as opposed to Good Grief that Lucy talked about to Charlie) By Suzanne Carter, M.A., L.P.C. My teen aged son and I were watching the news following the hostage taking and subsequent shooting death at Platte Canyon High School a few years ago. We heard a so-called expert on Grief suggest that the parents of grief –stricken students from Platte Canyon, not allow their teens to be immersed in their
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