Hi! I’m Amy Monea.

I’m the owner and practicing therapist at Heard Wellness Through Horses. I am a mom, a partner and a rancher.

Two of my biggest teachers in life have been horses and these two young people who call me mom.

You see, I was a talented and gifted therapist, or so I thought, until I had kids. Turns out what I learned in text books, lectures and at conferences was not near what I would learn walking through those postpartum months and beyond. The distance from what I knew in my head, and what I thought I knew in my heart seemed like a million miles. And it was horses and something called “experiential” healing that helped me reconcile my head and my heart. Those years and a couple of experiences along the way have deeply changed me and how I sit with people.

Horses do not care how smart you are, the coping strategies you know, or how much you have cognitively processed something. What they seem to call on is what is true in your heart and body, and to work through the pieces until it sits complete in your bones.

I prefer the term equine co-facilitated therapy as it more accurately defines how it works. At times the horse takes the lead through their much higher sensitivities and prey wisdom, and other times I facilitate as a clinician.

Credentials and Education

• Registered with the Alberta College of Social Workers with authorization to perform psychosocial intervention

• Registered with the Saskatchewan Association of Social Workers

• Master of Social Work, University of Calgary, 2011

• Bachelor of Social Work, University of Calgary, 2008

• Social Work Diploma, Red Deer College - 2006

• Certified Practitioner of the Equine Gestalt Coaching Method since 2015

• Emotionally Focused Therapy 2020

• Circle of Security and Connect Training 2019

• EMDR training November 2018

• I am committed to continuing to learn about antiracism, supporting people of the LGBQT2 community and of Indigenous culture and healing.