About
Change Your Lead is a group of licensed clinicians and equine professionals in Petaluma, CA who incorporate horses into mental health treatment and wellness offerings. They provide adjunct psychotherapy services to agencies in the greater Bay Area wanting to add an equine component to existing mental health services, and facilitate workshops and mini wellness retreats in the presence of horses. Led by Lindsay Focht, LMFT.
Theoretical Approach
Relational, Adjunct Psychotherapy, Wellness Retreats
Populations Served
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