Respite Mental Health

Horse Sense of the Carolinas is offering Respite Mental Health sessions during these challenging times. Our 110 acre farm provides plenty of space for physical distancing while receiving support from our mental health counselors, our equine specialists and our horses.

Respite sessions can include time with the horses or simply outdoors in our labyrinth space (pictured at right).

Respite Mental Health sessions do not involve intakes, diagnoses, or billing insurance. They are not a replacement for ongoing mental health therapy, but are a supplement to it. These sessions offer everyone a way to receive rest and relief right now.

Respite therapy sessions are being offered for $125/hour (more than a 35% discount off the normal 1-hour therapy rate). All Respite sessions are offered with a mental health professional, horse professional and 1 or more horses. Scholarships and Sliding Scale is available; email Chris to discuss these options (Chris.tucker@horsesenseotc.com).

1. Click HERE to book your respite session. We will then contact you to schedule your session and to share the safety precautions we'll ask you to take upon arrival to the farm.

2. Click HERE to purchase a tax-deductible Respite Mental Health Session for another (nurses, doctors, first responders, others working hard during this difficult time!). Select the $125/Respite Mental Health for COVID19 box.

3. Make a tax-deductible donation of any amount to our nonprofit sister organization, Heart of Horse Sense, to support Respite Mental Health for COVID Relief. Click HERE to donate online or mail a check to Heart of Horse Sense, 7041 Meadows Town Road, Marshall, NC 28753.