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Study shows success of specialized equine therapy for PTSD sufferers
Colleen Schmidt – Thursday, April 13, 2017

A new study is showing positive results from a specialized equine therapy program to help members of the military and their families to deal with the impact of post-traumatic stress.

Can Praxis is a national program based in Alberta that was started in March of 2013 for soldiers and their spouses to assist them with the negative effects of service-related PTSD.

“If you have PTSD in your family, two other things show up more than normal. One is crisis and the other is conflict and they both exacerbate all the other terrible symptoms of this injury. And so, that’s why we concentrate at Can Praxis on helping people to resolve conflict and manage crisis.

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