FAQ's

What is Equus Coaching?

Equus Coaching is a unique, experiential process where a horse helps reflect your inner world — offering powerful insight, clarity, and emotional awareness. It’s not about learning to ride or care for horses. Instead, through groundwork interactions, the horse becomes a mirror, helping you better understand patterns, emotions, and behaviors that may be holding you back.

How is coaching different from therapy?

Both can be deeply supportive, but the orientation is different:

Therapy → past-focused, healing, emotional repair.
Coaching → present & future-focused, growth, forward movement.

Who is it for?

Equus Coaching is suitable for adults of all backgrounds. You don’t need any prior experience with horses — just a willingness to be present, curious, and open to learning.

What issues can Equus Coaching help with?

• Stress, burnout, or overwhelm

• Life transitions

• Confidence and self-trust

• Emotional awareness and regulation

• Boundary-setting

• Finding purpose or clarity

• Reconnecting with your true self

Costs

All services are invoiced and payable in British Pounds (GBP). Currency conversion fees, if applicable, are the responsibility of the client.

1-hour 1:1 £120
1.5-hour Couples £225
3.5- hour Half Day 1:1 £360
Online pre/post equus session (1 hour) £75
Workshops are priced individually - see booking details for more information

What happens in a session?

You’ll work alongside a horse and a certified Equus Coach® to explore whatever themes are present in your life. All work is done on the ground — there is no riding involved.

These sessions provide:

Honest, non-judgmental feedback: Horses offer immediate and unbiased responses to your energy and behaviour.
Practical Insights: Gain Clarity and Understanding through Direct Experience.
Embodied learning: Connect with your body and emotions in a safe and supportive environment.

Our sessions are coaching-based and experiential. It's important to understand that Equus Coaching is not intended to diagnose or treat mental health conditions. However, my psychotherapy background allows me to approach coaching with a greater sensitivity and understanding of complex human experiences.

What should I wear/bring?

Closed-toe shoes (boots are ideal)
Weather-appropriate, comfortable clothing
Layers for warmth, sun protection, or rain gear, depending on the season
Water/ non- alcoholid drinks

Where are your programs based?

Folly Farm Equestrian, Forest Road, Tarporley, CW6 9ES
Ivy Dene Animal Sanctuary, St Michael's, Preston, PR3 0UA

California

San Francisco Bay Area - Moss Beach

Texas

Hill Country - Spicewood

Cancellation Policy

Please provide at least 48 hours’ notice to cancel or reschedule a session. Sessions cancelled with less than 48 hours’ notice will be charged in full.

Is it therapy? You are a certified Psychotherapist.

My psychotherapy practice is UK-based only. My background as a UK-trained integrative psychotherapist means the work is deeply informed, trauma-aware, and grounded in nervous system understanding. And, while Equus Coaching sessions are not psychotherapy, my approach is deeply informed by my training as a psychotherapist. I bring a trauma-aware, somatic, and parts work-informed perspective to every session. My understanding of our unconscious processes, attachment, and relationship dynamics alongside the nervous system is foundational to my coaching practice.

Is there any research to back up this type of work?

100% and it's super interesting. Here are some cool facts that inform my practice.

1. Horses Have a Powerful Electromagnetic Heart Field

A horse’s heart generates a large, measurable electromagnetic field that extends several feet beyond their body. Research suggests this field can interact with the human nervous system, supporting calm, emotional regulation, and clarity when people are in close proximity to horses.

Research source: HeartMath Institute (cardiac electromagnetic field and heart–brain coherence research)

2. Horses Detect Subtle Emotional and Energetic Shifts

As prey animals, horses are biologically wired to detect minute changes in posture, muscle tension, breathing, emotional state, and intention. They respond to what is happening in the present moment, not to words or social masks.

Research source: Applied ethology and equine behavior science (prey animal neurobiology; equine sensory processing)

3. Human Regulation Influences Horse Behavior

When humans slow their breathing and move toward physiological regulation, horses often respond by softening, settling, or approaching. This reflects measurable physiological synchrony between humans and horses.

Research source: Heart rate variability (HRV) studies and human–horse physiological synchrony research in equine-assisted learning

4. Horses Offer Immediate, Non-Judgmental Feedback

Horses do not interpret stories, roles, or intentions. They respond directly to pressure, clarity, congruence, and boundaries in real time. This makes relational and leadership patterns visible instantly, often before a person can consciously name them.

Research source: Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL) and experiential coaching research; behavioral response and pressure-release studies

5. Leadership in Horse Herds Is Based on Regulation, Not Dominance

Research into natural herd dynamics shows that leadership among horses is fluid and shared. Movement and cooperation are guided by trust, attunement, and nervous system regulation rather than force or hierarchy.

Research source: Applied ethology; wild and semi-wild herd studies (herd dynamics and social organization)

Anything else I should know?

All fees are charged in British Pounds (GBP) unless otherwise stated.
No horse experience is required. All activities are ground-based and guided.
Sessions are fully insured and delivered with safety as the top priority.
If weather or site conditions make it unsafe to proceed, you will be informed as soon as possible, and your session will be rebooked.
Sessions move at your pace. You are never asked to do anything you are uncomfortable with.
This work is inclusive, respectful, and welcoming to all individuals and identities.
Horses are partners in the process. Their well-being is always respected, and interactions are carefully facilitated.

Information For Teams & Organisations

Equus Coaching offers a powerful, experiential approach to leadership and team development. By working alongside horses, teams gain real-time insight into communication styles, decision-making, trust, boundaries, and emotional intelligence. Horses respond immediately to clarity, pressure, and congruence, making hidden team dynamics visible and actionable.

This work supports:

Stronger leadership presence
Clearer communication and alignment
Improved trust and collaboration
More effective responses to conflict and change

Equus Team Coaching is ideal for organisations seeking high-impact, embodied learning that translates directly into workplace performance.

To explore a bespoke team experience, get in touch to discuss your organisation’s needs.

Contact Details

Jackie Archer

Equus Coach®

📞 +44 7907 493100

📧 info@lifecoachingwithhorses.com

🌐 www.lifecoachingwithhorses.com

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