Therapeutic Riding and Equine Assisted Therapy

A Safe Space for All: How a Colorado therapeutic riding center has given participants a place to be themselves

Read more about how the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center has provided a welcoming, accepting space for participants with a range of disabilities.

Meet the Experts

Get to know the people who make the programs possible.

Loraine O’Keefe

The Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center’s Program Director. O’Keefe has been with CTRC since 2004. Hear her story below!

Jessica Arts

Arts is one of the Colorado Therapeutic Riding Center’s main instructors. Read more about how she found CTRC below!

Kristin Chisum

Chisum works at Lovelane, a Special Needs Riding Program located in Massachusetts. She started out as a volunteer. Click below to learn more!

Read my Scholarly Review about Equine Assisted Therapy to learn more on how it can be a positive addition to conventional forms of therapy.

Horses play a big role in my life. Explore my personal history below.

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