I provide individual and group sessions, as well as workshops and facilitator trainings. As a psychotherapist and equine assisted coach I work with individuals as deeply as they want to go. I also work with organizations providing coaching and leadership training. Equine Assisted Coaching partners with organizations and nonprofits to develop tailored curriculum for their clients.
No previous horse experience is necessary. All the interactions are on the ground. See our FAQs page for more details.
“Horses are supported in co-creating a new way of being, one that emphasizes authenticity, collaboration, and experimentation.”
DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR THRIVING IN OUR CHANGING WORLD
Through the Way of the Horse
Discover the power of living authentically with the horse as your teacher
DATE: 3 Half-Day Sessions
TIME: 10 AM – 1 PM
LOCATION: Georgetown, Texas
FACILITATORS: Lynne Silver, LPC-S and Sarah Janosik, LCSW
COST: $300 paid 30 days in advance. $350 after 30 days.
Horses mirror our thoughts, emotions, and actions so that interacting with them can help us learn how to develop more effective relationships at work in our family and community. Through a series of specially designed activities, participants will deepen their awareness of personal issues, core feelings and areas of bodily tension that inhibit their ability to reach their true potential. In our hands-on non-riding activities, participants will work closely with one or more horses to experience the horse's ability to reveal your strengths, challenges, and coping styles.
Living authentically is expressing your highest potential in each communication and interaction. In this workshop you will discover what it takes to create dynamic, authentic, powerfully effective lives and relationships.
In this workshop you will:
Discover your authentic self and un cover false self patterns
Understand and use the messages behind your emotions
Develop awareness of your body’s wisdom to inform your choices and interactions
Establish and maintain clear and consistent personal boundaries
Deepen your ability to thrive versus just survive
Experience safe open-hearted communication
Open to the “Space of Possibility”
Space is limited to 8 participants.
No previous experience of horses is necessary. All interactions with horses take place on the ground.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
WORKSHOPS AND TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Lynne at 512-657-4901 or lsilver1900@gmail.com or
Sarah at 512-507-5705 or sarah@relatecenter.com
EXPLORING AUTHENTIC POWER
Learning to Create the Relationships You Want
DATE: Spring 2021
TIME: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
LOCATION: Bastrop, Texas
FACILITATORS: Lynne Silver, LPC-S and Sarah Janosik, LCSW
COST: $550
Horses are highly sensitive relational beings that thrive on connection. Horses mirror our inner states, so interacting with them can help us learn how to be more present, clear, and connected to our authentic aliveness.
Explore aspects of power through a series of non-riding interactions with horses:
Power to know and connect to yourself
Power to engage body, emotions, mind and spirit
Power to communicate and connect authentically with others
Power to take inspired actions in your life
Masks and social distancing will be required.
No previous experience of horses is necessary. All interactions with horses take place on the ground.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
WORKSHOPS AND TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Lynne at 512-657-4901 or lsilver1900@gmail.com
“Learning the skills of leadership through the way of the horse.”
SENTIENT COMMUNICATION RETREAT
Cultivate a Mindful, Heart-Centered Awareness for Personal Well-being Professional Success and Social Transformation
DATE: Spring 2021
LOCATION: Brenham, Texas
FACILITATORS: Lynne Silver, LPC-S, Sarah Janosik, LCSW and guest facilitator Shelley Rosenberg
COST: $425 if paid in full by early bird deadline (TBA) and $475 after. $100 deposit will reserve a spot.
Come relax among the oaks as you learn the art of Sentient Communication with horses. This innovative experiential learning workshop brings together the latest research on mind-body science and the healing power of the human-animal bond with specific techniques for reducing stress, enhancing health, and cultivating meaningful, mutually supportive relationships with people and animals.
The two day-workshop highlights key principles and a sequence of experiential learning activities designed to exercise what Linda Kohanov calls Sentient Communication™ Linda developed this process through 20 years of distilling experiences, leading workshops, researching and writing 5 books and collaborating with professionals in multiple fields.
What is Sentient Communication?
“Sentient Communication shows us how to elevate instinctual impulses and physiological processes to a language combining purposeful changes in breathing and heart rate, with a finely tuned awareness of emotional cues, body posture shifts, energetic awareness, and intuitive insights that we learn to consciously respond to rather than unconsciously react to.” (Kohanov, 2017).
Why Horses
Horses are highly attuned to nonverbal communication. They have the capacity to help us to look deeply within ourselves, understand emotion as information, connect with each other in way that feels natural and authentic (SR). They can help people learn to communicate and respond beyond the limitations of words. This process is best learned through experience.
Benefits of Sentient Communication
Sentient Communication skills will help you change the conversation and dynamic with your horse and in your relationships to a more mindful, heart-centered partnership. It teaches skills to calm and regulate your nervous system and be more present and balanced during times of stress and disconnection in yourself or those around you. It helps reduce performance anxiety and supports the capacity for flexibility, resiliency and well-being.
Facilitators
Lynne Silver, Sarah Janosik and Shelley Rosenberg are Advanced Eponaquest Facilitators and Certified in Sentient Communication. Shelley is also founder of the International Equine Summit. They bring together their extensive backgrounds working with people and horses to create an optimal environment for mindful, heart-centered personal and professional transformation.
Location
The retreat will be held on the scenic and serene Old Oaks Ranch outside of Brenham, Texas, Old Oaks Ranch is a 360-acre working cattle ranch in the gorgeous rolling hills of the Brazos River Valley of southeast Texas. On the ranch, you'll be surrounded by century-old live oak trees, picturesque lakes, colorful wildflowers, beautiful woods, and abundant wildlife.
Lodging/Meals
Lodging is available for $50 per night, double occupancy. There may be a few single rooms available for an extra charge.
Meals are available for at the ranch for continental breakfast Saturday and Sunday $10/day, lunch Saturday and Sunday $16/day, dinner Saturday evening $20 catered by Brandy Gibbs. You can also bring your own food/snacks.
Logistics
Arrive between 5 and 6:00 PM Friday evening to relax and settle into your cabin. We will have light snacks and introductions the workshop will run 9 AM Saturday through Sunday 4:30 PM.
Space is limited to 8 participants. Masks and social distancing will be required.
No previous experience of horses is necessary. All interactions with horses take place on the ground.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON
WORKSHOPS AND TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Lynne at 512-657-4901 or lsilver1900@gmail.com or
Sarah at 512-507-5705 or sarah@relatecenter.com
LEADERSHIP THROUGH RELATIONSHIP
A two-day workshop for you
DATE: Spring 2021
LOCATION: Bastrop, Texas
COST: $425 if paid in full by early bird deadline (TBA) and $475 after.
Energize your most important relationship, take the time to rejuvenate, and learn the most essential skills for having a deep meaningful connection taught from ancient wisdom of the horses.
Horses are highly sensitive relational beings and masters of non-verbal communication. They respond to our inner states, so interacting with horses can help us learn how to be more present, communicate clearly and connected to what is authentic and true within ourselves and with others.
This two-day workshop gives you and your partner a protected oasis away from it all. Here, you’ll find the time, the insights, and the inspiration to create the relationship you’ll both love. The workshop combines equine assisted learning and practical relationship skills to give you and your partner the kind of relationship you want, to help repair or regain the relationship or deepen a satisfying connection.
Over the course of the two days you will:
Discover your leadership style with relationships, work and family Use different leadership roles depending on the situation
Learn effective nonverbal communicate skills even in times of stress
Understand the messages of emotions, feelings and cues from your body to enhance your effectiveness and decision making ability
Practice skills to build mutual respect and healthy boundaries
Relax, renew, and restore in a peaceful environment with horses
What should you expect?
The workshop consists of sessions working one on one, then taking this learning into work with our horses. You will also have personal time to unwind, and experience the peace of Coyote Pines Ranch.
Haven’t been on a horse before?!
There is no riding in this workshop and horse experience is not necessary. The experiential interactions with the horses take place on the ground. We work with horses that have a lot of experience around people and are willing partners to help us learn about healthy relationships.
What’s the format of the workshop?
The workshop focuses on having you do some individual work and participate in small-group sharing. There are also large-group discussions where participants can share their thoughts and insights.
INTERESTED IN OUR WORKSHOP BUT NOT SURE WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR YOU; OR INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE?
OTHER WORKSHOPS
INTRODUCTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
This workshop provides the mental health professional with an opportunity to understand how equine assisted therapy can work for their clients through your own experience. We work with the mental health provider to construct a program that addresses issues and areas of growth desired for the client. We also provide mental health professionals with a client referral form - download form. You can request a referral form on the contact page.
CEU’s are available.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The professional development workshops can be designed for a particular company or group to enhance the individual and group working environment, inner communication and leadership skills resulting in sustainable team congruency and efficiency.
VETERANS PROGRAM
A veterans equine-assisted therapy program designed and facilitated with licensed mental health professionals to aid and support their families with issues related to transitioning and re-acclimating to life at home after serving. It uses the innate healing power of horses to help veterans and their families reconnect and readjust. Horselink for veterans provides a safe space for veterans as they work in nature alongside other veterans and explore past trauma and current stress as they acclimate to life back home.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HORSELINK
HorseLink is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 2012, it provides sanctuary and renewed purpose to retired competition horses and a place of healing and growth for people. At HorseLink, we believe that reestablishing the age-old bond between humans and horses can be both restorative and deeply rewarding. HorseLink's mission is to connect people and horses, allowing them to help each other transcend barriers, maximize potential, and navigate change by:
Supporting people in need with innovative and inspiring equine-assisted learning programs which emphasize connecting with horses, nature, and self
Providing competition horses with a compassionate and cost-effective retirement alternative which includes lifetime care and continued purpose through positive human interaction
TRAUMA RECOVERY PROGRAM
This equine-assisted learning program is for anyone who has experienced a traumatic life event or loss. It is designed to help those dealing with deeply challenging issues to engage with the present moment and access their inner wisdom to guide them towards well being and finding peace and joy again.
If you are recovering from such an experience and are ready to reclaim your life, you are invited to this program to work with the horses who gracefully share with people lessons in mindfulness, courage, and empowerment. Horse Power is facilitated by experienced mental health professionals specializing in Equine-Assisted Learning and provides a support network through a compassionate and committed community.
“My client has been stuck in old patterns of shame , freeze and isolation. He has had many years of therapy but still when people care for him or give him comfort, it's the same: he feels shame and pulls away. His day at the Equine Assisted Learning workshop was "the best day he ever remembers". He had come before to the edge of believing in something greater than himself, but his skepticism always returned and he was unable to receive. What he experienced with his horse he "wouldn't have believed possible - wonder, connection, healing - from an animal! He remembered showing The horse his pain and said with returning wonder "the terrible feeling I always have in my chest disappeared, I felt light, good there". He felt love for the horse and he knew the horse was sending him love too.He actually felt it and was at peace.”
S.S., PhD. Psychologist, Austin, TX
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ABOUT OUR WORKSHOPS?
FACILITATORS
Lynne and Sarah have worked together teaching and providing workshops in Equine Assisted Learning and Therapy for the past 11 years. They created Equine Assisted Learning Center as a place to learn and grow authentically through the sensitivity and power of horses.
Lynne Silver LPC-S
Lynne partners with horses to provide personal and professional development workshops for individuals and groups. She is also a Facilitator and Program Director for Horselink , a non-profit that teams up with horses to provide workshops for Veterans and Trauma Survivors. Lynne has a private practice in Austin.
Sarah Janosik LCSW
Sarah provides workshops in personal development and leadership for individuals and organizations. She is also a Facilitator and Program Director for Horselink , a non-profit that teams up with horses to provide workshops for Veterans and Trauma Survivors. Sarah has a private practice in Austin.
For more information www.relatecenter.com