
Stable Connections, Inc. is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit charitable organization located in Guildhall, Vermont. Stable Connections is the only EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association) certified facility in northern New Hampshire and Vermont, serving the needs of individuals with emotional, behavioral or physical disabilities in Coos and Grafton County of New Hampshire and Essex and Caledonia County of Vermont.
Our mission is to provide opportunities for education, as well as emotional and physical growth through the use of equine assisted activities and therapies. Our focus as a business is on wellness - to provide quality mental health counseling, therapeutic horsemanship/riding and related educational opportunities for individuals of all ages including Veterans, schools and businesses. Stable Connections offers a truly unique program that can help the lives of many people with varied needs.
Programs Offered:
Specific Workshops: Our workshops use the interaction between people and horses as the basis for personal growth and exploring group dynamics. Participants are empowered by the lessons learned in the arena and actually translate that energy, attitude, and behavior when they return to their workplace, the family or school. Because horses are very sensitive and open, interaction with them serves as a mirror to our emotions and behavior.
Populations Served:
Stable Connections serves people from childhood through the elderly. We have a focus on at risk youth and Veterans with specific programs designed specifically for those groups. In our community there is a significant issue around children born addicted through the mother’s drug dependency – those clients are continuing to be a rising portion of our client base.
The Communities we support are rural, non-affluent and under-serviced in terms of psychological and physical therapies. Remote communities such as ours have serious problems with respect to substance abuse, education and economic opportunities. Support for this population is limited and is critical.
We believe that success is measured not only by the number of people we help, but also in the quality of help provided and the improvement made by each participant.
Since 2009, over 500 individuals have been participated in programs at Stable Connections and in 2017 we established our "Mobile Equine Unit " to travel to Colebrook NH to offer programs for at risk youth. We also traveled to various nursing home offering equine assisted psychotherapy for the residents.
Karen Guile-Caron, CEO received her Military Designation through EAGALA which is an advanced accreditation. This certification helps our organziation understand the unique clinical issues commonly faced by members of our armed forces and their families. This offers Stable Connections the opportunity to better serve our Veterans and continues our mission.
To learn more about our programs, please visit us our website www.stableconnections.com or email us at karenguile@gmail.com.
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