Independent Practitioners
Psychotherapy services are provided by independent practitioners.
Suzanne Case
Suzanne Case runs the farm, teaches riding lessons and yoga, and is the equine specialist for psychotherapy sessions on the farm. She has been working with horses for over 35 years as trainer, teacher (BHSAI certified instructor), rider and caregiver. Her deep belief in the connection and understanding between horses and people has led her to care for horses and co-facilitate equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP) sessions. Suzanne is certified by PATH International and Eagala and co-founded Vinyasa Dressage.
Matt Case
Matt Case is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC) and has been counseling children, adolescents and adults since 2000 in private and community-based settings. He was drawn to using horses in psychotherapy because he saw how it brings to light peoples’ struggles and strengths with an ease and clarity he seldom sees in traditional office-based psychotherapy. Matt’s therapy style draws largely upon mindfulness and acceptance approaches, empowering clients to create rich and meaningful lives by unhooking from undermining thoughts and feelings and taking action towards their values. He also sees clients at his office in Chapel Hill.
Amanda Graham, Psychotherapist
Amanda Graham, MS, is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor who believes that life is a process of change, and people have an infinite capacity to grow through their most difficult challenges to find their greatest strengths. She has spent 20 years working with people who feel confused, stuck or overwhelmed, providing a client directed and supportive place for them to discover the steps they need to move forward. Amanda has been incorporating horses into psychotherapy, learning, and organizational development since 2002 and, like Matt and Suzanne, incorporates a number of different approaches into her work to best meet the client where they are. “Healing happens in relationship. Working with horses allows us to get a different perspective on our lives, with the opportunity to build relationships with powerful, nonjudgmental beings in an emotionally safe environment.” Amanda is founder of Unbridled Way Forward and is grateful to be a part of the ClearWind Farm team. You can learn more about Amanda at her website.
Jill Taylor, Equine Specialist
Jill Taylor, co-founder of Vinyasa Dressage and longtime friend of Suzanne, is an Eagala certified Equine Specialist and 200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher with over 25 years of experience of both working with horses and building successful sales teams in the Natural Products Industry. She joyfully engages with clients in riding, yoga and equine facilitated therapy as well as other equine assisted learning. Jill organizes and leads special events such as yoga and leadership workshops and retreats. She and her husband Todd help take care of the farm and Todd’s wonderful wood working can also be found around the facility.
Jennifer Rousseau, Equine Specialist
Jennifer Rousseau is an Eagala-certified Equine Specialist, co-facilitating equine assisted psychotherapy and personal growth sessions. She has loved horses for as long as she can remember and is so happy to be part of the Clearwind Farm team. Originally from the UK, Jenny has called North Carolina home for many years.
Amber Cox, Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate
Amber Cox is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (LCSWA) who specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, mood disorders, trauma, and LGBTQIA+ issues for adults and adolescents. Her love of horses started at a young age, and she was immediately drawn to equine-assisted psychotherapy because of the way that horses can help clients feel simultaneously safe and challenged to tackle their struggles. She believes that horses can be instrumental in showing us our true selves and can help us find meaning in even the smallest of things. She utilizes an integrative therapeutic approach that pulls largely from Dialectical Behavioral and Cognitive Behavioral frameworks, which provides clients an understanding of their thoughts and behaviors, while also teaching skills to reduce distress so that they can be their best, most fulfilled selves. She also sees clients at her office in Durham (https://www.markovitscounseling.com/copy-of-about).
