World Class Education

Passionate about Horses and Helping People?

Passionate about Animals and Helping people?

Become a Skillful, Ethical & Compassionate

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (AATx)
Animal Assisted Psychotherapy (AATx)
Equine Assisted Learning (AAE)
Animal Assisted Learning (AAE)

Animal Assisted Services (AAS) Practitioner

Change Lives & Make a Meaningful Difference in the World

The Equine Psychotherapy Institute (EPI Model) presents

Our foundation equine assisted training, education and supervision (EAP specialisation or EAL specialisation) consists of 200 hours of specialised professional development training, including 126 training, education support and supervision in-person (live or online) contact hours and 74 accrued learning hours. You can study with us online or in person at our EPI Headquarters in Mt Prospect, Victoria, Australia.

Animal Assisted Psychotherapy International presents

Our foundation animal assisted training, education and supervision (AAP specialisation or AAL specialisation) consists of 200 hours of specialised professional development training, including 126 training, education support and supervision in-person (live online) contact hours and 74 accrued learning hours.

You are in excellent hands. Our training is pioneering and world-class. Our faculty of education experts includes a multidisciplinary team of clinical social work, psychology, counselling, psychotherapy, somatic trauma-specialists and phD (zoology), horse and animal specialists. All of our faculty live with their own horses and/or animal friends, and learn with horse wisdom, animal wisdom and nature wisdom, as a way of life. Our education and training institute and approach is fundamentally ethically-oriented and includes animal advocacy, welfare, enrichment and charity commitments.

Step into your dream practice – combining your love of horses, animals and nature, your desire to help people grow, heal and change.

Join our national and international student cohort today. Our students come from Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, France, England, Sweden, Poland, Latvia, Romania, United States, Canada, Switzerland, Germany and more!

We would love to meet, train and support you in your important Life’s Mission, supporting a better world for people, animals and the environment.

 

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Equine Assisted Training

Online Animal Assisted Training

Online Equine Assisted Training

Specialist Training

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Welcome to the Equine Psychotherapy Institute

Welcome to the Equine Psychotherapy Institute

What is equine therapy?

What is Equine Therapy?