Rob will serve as both a Mental Health Professional and EAGALA Advanced Certified Equine Specialist as part of our grant funded program expansion. Hiring Rob enables us to increase the number of clients served and reduce the overall cost of our services. Rob brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to The Osage Corral and we are thrilled to welcome him on board!
Rob was teaching clients to gentle wild horses at Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue in California when he was inspired to become an EAGALA professional in 2003. He co-founded Big Heart Ranch in Malibu and has worked in the field ever since. For the past two years in New Zealand, Rob served the Youth Transitional Program, A Girl Called Hope, Women’s Refuge, Child Youth and Family Services of the Ministry of Social Development, and other clients through Equine Pathfinders Foundation and Dune Lakes Lodge. Previously in Ohio from 2012 to 2015 Rob served the Amish and Mennonite communities; Leadership Geauga County; Veterans Services of Volunteers of America, Cleveland; University Hospitals and Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University; The Cleveland Zoo; The City of Lakewood; Berkshire High School, Burton; and the LEAD Program of Lake County Educational Services Center.
As a Masters level Licensed Social Worker in Ohio, Rob’s area of concentration and internships were in Alcohol and Other Drug Addiction. He has been trained in EMDR by E.C. Hurley, Ph.D. a
distinguished Army Veteran. Rob also completed Dr. Herb Stevenson’s Gestalt Coaching Intensive to assist leaders and their teams to become better learning organizations.
Rob founded and then taught the Lake Erie College Equine Studies course in Equine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy. He is a voluntary board member of The Cloud Foundation, an advocacy organization for the wild horses and burros of America. In 2015 Rob privately founded the
Peace Horse Program, bringing peace-building workshops to Israelis and Palestinians of all faiths.
www.equinepathfinders.com