LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. is a non profit integrative behavioral healthcare facility offering a full line of behavioral healthcare services including a therapeutic farm with horses, cows, chickens, goats and much more. The power of animal assisted therapy is illustrated in this power point which explains how one clinic has come from very a humble beginning to create a place where all people no matter ability to pay can find healing and strength through combined clinical and animal assisted therapy.

1. LightHorse Healthcare, Inc.
Providing Excellence in Integrative
Behavioral Healthcare

2. Welcome to LightHorse Healthcare, Inc
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. is non-profit 501(c)(3) integrative behavioral
healthcare center providing both in-office and experiential services to children,
adolescents, adults, families and groups. We utilize an evidence-based, multispecies approach, thereby offering a dynamic treatment option in which patients
heal body, mind and spirit while learning critical relationship skills.

3. Our Vision & Mission
Our vision is to pioneer an integrated, sustainable and replicable therapeutic
model of growth and change that encompasses behavioral healthcare, health &
wellness and experiential services while being grounded in a sacred connection
with the natural world.
It is our mission to provide healing for the body, mind and spirit through inoffice and experiential therapies and services.

4. We come from humble
beginnings…
Where others saw a run down old barn;
we saw our future.
Where others saw back breaking labor;
we gave sweat equity.
Where others saw no potential;
we built a Professional Association of Therapeutic
Horsemanship, International Center.

5. The LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. story begins…

6. …in a „ram shackle‟ barn

7. ...renewed with sweat and love,

8. determination, ...

9. …and laughter…

10. ….to create a place of healing.

11. For the children who would come…

13. …and come,

15. as individuals, in groups, building friendships

16. …to learn and grow,

17. …to heal,

18. …to compete,

19. and, to WIN!

21. Then the wild things came…

22. to teach the children
that they too
have a responsibility

23. …to care for those,

24. who could not care for themselves.

25. Time passed
2007 – 2011
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. was an all volunteer program
providing Animal Assisted Therapy & Therapeutic Riding.
Community mental health providers utilized the farm to offer their
clients experiential therapy services, however, that did not begin to
meet the clinical needs of the community.

26. The gift of the present
2012 – Present
Through the generosity of others, with many giant leaps of faith,
we have grown to meet critical needs in the community creating
what LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. is today.. a comprehensive
integrative behavioral healthcare center.
Mental illness has reached crisis proportion in the US and few
quality resources exist, especially in Coastal Georgia. LightHorse
Healthcare, Inc. has a unique approach that pairs medical and
clinical expertise with the health that comes from a relationship
with Creation.

27. September 1, 2012
Clinical Office Opens

28. Our Commitment
It is our commitment that all persons seeking services will be treated
with dignity and respect while being served without regard to age,
sex, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, physical or
mental disability, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or political affiliation or belief.
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. is a National Health Service Corp
approved site. This designation indicates that LightHorse Healthcare,
Inc. accepts patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and Children‟s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and provides services to patients
regardless of their ability to pay.

29. Treatment Philosophy
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. gears its services towards rebuilding and
strengthening the physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual health and
well-being of people while promoting an environment of ideal functioning and
independence. LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. patients partner with our providers
and are nurtured, respected, guided, and challenged to create a healthy life of joy
and peace.

30. Clinical Services Offered
• Psychiatry & Medication Management
• Psychological Services
– Assessment & Testing
– Neurotherapy
• Counseling and Psychotherapy
– Individual, Couples, Families & Groups
• Experiential Interventions
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy
Therapeutic Riding
Art & Play

31. Crisis Assessment Team
LightHorse Healthcare Inc., in partnership with Southeast Georgia Health System
provides an on-call Crisis Assessment Team (CAT) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
365 days per year.
• CAT services are provided to all persons in need and everyone will be seen
regardless of insurance or payment status.
• Persons in crisis can contact local law enforcement, EMS through 911 or
present to the SGHS Emergency Department.

32. Who‟s On The Team?

33. Who‟s On The Team?
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Psychiatrist (s)
Psychologist (s)
Mental health professional (s)
Experiential therapy professionals,
paraprofessionals and volunteers
Appropriate or indicated medical experts
from Southeast Georgia Health System
Appropriate or indicated social service
workers from Camden County
Additional health & wellness experts as
indicated
And…

34. Who‟s On The Team?
…Our animal partners!
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. utilizes a multi-species approach incorporating the best of
natural animal behavior, the shared human-animals emotions of happiness, love, fear,
anger, frustration and seeking/longing to help humans relate to the animals and each
other in a healthier, more productive way.

35. …And so, in 2013 we got a new place to
“hang our hat” and some new farm
friends too.

36. With new four legged and
feathered friends…

38. ..and new opportunities to learn..

39. ..the value of hard work..

41. …the delight of a healing touch..

44. ..the wonder of creation..

46. ...and the power of friendship.

47. Children now have a place…

49. at the farm, where time slows down,

50. ..to catch a fish..

51. pet a pig..

52. …milk a cow..

54. …and, bathe a horse.

55. Life is simpler on the farm, and people
get better.

56. The new LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. is already out
there… working hard and getting noticed,
nationally and internationally.
Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship
International recognizes LightHorse Healthcare, Inc.
human and animal personnel for contributing to the
excellence in the Animal Assisted Therapy field.

57. Gigi Arroyo
2013 PATH, Int‟l
Volunteer of the Year

58. Dr. Carlene Taylor, LPC, NCC
2013 PATH, Int‟l
Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy
Professional of the Year

59. Second Edition “Cisco”
PATH Int‟l 2013 Horse of the Year

61. The future is bright…
The opportunities are plentiful!
Through a partnership with Southeast Georgia Health System,
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. will move the clinical office into the
Medical Plaza before the end of November 2013.
A clinical office suite is under construction now. This will fully
integrate LightHorse Healthcare, Inc. into the medical community
and provide behavioral healthcare through the health system.

62. Coming Soon!!
LightHorse Healthcare, Inc.
Clinical Offices

63. The Dream …
……an integration of clinical and animal programs on the
campus of Southeast Georgia Health System in Camden
County, providing a replicable and sustainable model of
behavioral healthcare that treats body, mind and spirit by
combining the gifts of medical science with the blessings of
the Creator.

64. Land is Committed…
Southeast Georgia Health System has committed 16
+/- Acres To LightHorse Healthcare, Inc.. For the
construction of a Therapeutic & Community Farm

65. Plans are being drawn up now!

66. Believers are Needed
“We have done so much with so little for so long, we are now
capable of doing almost anything with absolutely
nothing”…anonymous
Please give us an opportunity to discuss further how we can
partner resources to change the world by changing the
human heart, one hoof beat at a time.

67. For More Information
www.lighthorse.org
(912) 882-3800