Karen M. Koehler — EQUUSOMA

SE™ Background

Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner
EQUUSOMA® Practitioner
EQUUSOMA®-approved training assistant at all levels
EQUUSOMA®-approved session provider at all levels
Master class with Peter Levine (Somatic Experiencing® and Veterans
Memory and trauma training (Peter Levine and Diane Poole Heller)
Former Director of Programs and International Development at SEI
Faculty development instruction by Peter Levine
In 2009 began providing SE sessions to horses who had been rescued from abuse, abandonment, neglect and/or relinquishment, and presented their cases in SE consults

Horsemanship clinics (Colorado Horse Rescue)
Animal Communication (Anna Twinney)
Equine-facilitated trauma therapy
Thirteen-year volunteer at Colorado Horse Rescue
Life partner of Gulliver, a 14 year old Morgan/Mustang who began receiving SE sessions while still at the Colorado Horse Rescue.
End-of-Life Doula for the Colorado Horse Rescue and in private practice as Equine Spirit, LLC
Equine Professional for Equine-facilitated Trauma Therapy
IAABC course on Reducing Fear in Horses
Member of the Boulder County Horse Association

Touch Skills Training (Kathy Kain; training taken with intention of using with horses)
End-Of Life Doula for Companion Animals through the University of Vermont, Larner School of Medicine, with a specialization in supporting horses and humans through the many aspects of relationship and loss, with a strong emphasis on grief work. This includes deep communication with the horse pre-euthanasia or natural death; attending the death and supporting all attendees, including the veterinarian; working with the herd pre- and post-loss, and supporting horses and humans through ceremony, rituals and memorials.
Interspecies/Animal Communication. Includes equine communication training with Anna Twinney and Celtic Shamanic Journeying with Jane Burns.
Reiki for Horses Practitioner. Training by Usui Reiki Master Anna Twinney