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Riding Far provides individual consultation as well as group workshops and seminars that target performance enhancement, personal growth, and injury rehabilitation. All services are tailored to meet the personal needs and goals of each equestrian or group. Improving Performance Applying specific psychological skills such as goal setting, emotional regulation, and mental rehearsal enhances a rider's performance. Consistent application of these skills helps a rider build confidence, consistency, focus, and mental toughness. These skills also serve to enhance the working relationship between horse and rider. Personal Growth and Well-Being Competitive riders sometimes experience difficulty with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, or conflicts in their personal relationships. Whether or not these problems are related to their equestrian activities and competitive lifestyle, a sport psychologist can help ease these emotional concerns. Often riders do not suffer from serious emotional concerns but wish to enhance the quality of their life and relationships. The relationship between horse and rider provides a unique forum to work on personal growth issues such as increasing self confidence, self-sufficiency, trust, and balance in relationships. Recovery from Injury Injury impacts both the physical and the emotional well-being of a rider. Sport psychology helps riders who have been injured cope with physical changes and emotional reactions to injury. Mental training also helps riders manage the emotional and physical demands of treatment and rehabilitation, speeding recovery. Finally, sport psychology interventions help riders overcome the fear and anxiety, as well as the loss of confidence, that is so often associated with traumatic injury. Individual sessions are strictly confidential. |
