Little Oak Ranch School
I am very excited to announce my new equine-facilitated psychotherapy program, Little Oak Ranch School. This psychotherapy group is a social skills and life skills group for children and teens.
Little Oak Ranch School emphasizes learning social skills and life skills through ranch skills. I believe that life on the ranch fosters community, confidence, compassion, and emotional intelligence. The relational skills learned with horses and other ranch animals can be carried outside the barn and applied to relationships and life.
Each week we will be focusing on a different social or life skill theme that our activities will center around. We will have the opportunity to participate in different ranch activities, such as grooming and leading activities with the horses, ranch chores, helping with medicine for the horses, caring for and interacting with farm animals, and more. We will also participate in creative expressive art activities and nature-based activities.
I offer this group on Mondays from 4:15-5:15 PM at Little Fields Farm in Pleasanton. I also offer this group on Thursdays from 4:15-5:15 PM at DreamPower Horsemanship in Gilroy.
If you would like to get more information or sign your child up, please contact Dr. Cherie Page at cherie@littlewingsranch.com. Please feel free to share this with any families you know who might be interested.
Saddle Friends
Come join our fun Saddle Friends group! Saddle Friends is a social and emotional skill building psychotherapy group for children ages 9-13 who are neurodiverse. The group meets on Friday's from 3:30-4:00 and 4:00-4:30 PM at DreamPower Horsemanship in Gilroy.
Children in Saddle Friends collaborate in dyads to work on learning and practicing social skills, emotional intelligence, sensory integration, and adaptive coping skills. We build towards our goals through both mounted (in the saddle) and unmounted (on the ground) work with horses. We also work with the miniature horses, chickens, ducks, goats, and cows. We also participate in creative expressive art and sensory integration activities.
These equine-facilitated psychotherapy horseback riding sessions are led by clinical licensed psychologist Dr. Cherié Page. Please contact cherie@littlewingsranch.com to sign your child up or get more information. Thank you for sharing with any families who may be interested.
Farm Friends
Farm Friends is a social and emotional skill building group for children and teens ages 10-14, who want to learn the skills of social success while having fun on the farm. Farm Friends features from an animal-rich curriculum teaching the social skills and emotional intelligence skills needed for success in relationships and life.
Farm Friends work together in small dyads to partner with horses both mounted (in the saddle) and unmounted (on the ground) to learn and practice social skills, non-verbal communication, teamwork, self-soothing skills, and emotional granularity skills. Farm Friends meets on Tuesdays from 3:00-3:30 at DreamPower Horsemanship in Gilroy.
Farm Friends groups are led by Dr. Cherié Page, Licensed Psychologist. At this time, this group is currently full. To be placed on a short waitlist or check group availability please contact cherie@littlewingsranch.com.
While I currently do not offer therapeutic horseback riding (adaptive horseback riding), I do provide equine-facilitated psychotherapy services focused on emotional growth and well-being.