Below are a list of Equus Coaches who have completed a year long
training course with Koelle Simpson to learn valuable tools in facilitating
Equus Coaching. In addition to the core focus of developing equus
coaching skills, this training course covers an indepth overview of equine
psychology, equine health, equine husbandry, equine reproduction, equine safety
& handling.
This course is design to help professional life coaches, facilitators, and/or
psychologist to partner with a horse to accelerate the journey
to helping their clients' reconnect with their inner truth.
Please note that each Equus Coach has his or her own business
and is in no way a representative of Koelle Simpson, LLC. They
have learned the work taught by Koelle and integrated this understanding with
their own personal tools, business model, and personal style of
communication.
If you are seeking to explore this experience for yourself Koelle
highly recommends connecting with an equus coach in your area.
Equus Coaches Who Have Completed the Course
Training:
Equus Coach: Diane Hunter
Located in Los Gatos, CA
Email: diane@afterautism.com
Website: www.afterautism.com/equus-coaching/
Diane Hunter helps clients reconnect with their inner guidance system and
shows them the way to establish trust and leadership in their
relationships. She discovered her passion for equus coaching through
her personal journey raising a child with autism. She now shares her
knowledge and stories with clients who want to learn how to listen beyond words
and open up to the power of non-verbal communication.
Her background includes a degree in computer science (BSc), and
certification as an Equus Coach through Koelle Simpson. and Life Coach
through Martha Beck Inc..
She is an endorsed Mind-Body Coach through The Healthy Life Coach and her
personal interest in neuroscience and the mind-body connection began when she
healed her own back pain. To learn more, please visit her
website www.afterautism.com.
Equus Coach: Kelly
Eide
Loacted in Dubai, UAE
Email: kelly@trueyoume.com
Website: www.TrueYouMe.com
Kelly Eide is a business coach and consultant with over 18 years
experience in strategy execution and organizational development. She holds an
MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management, a Black Belt in Six Sigma,
PMP Certification (PMI) and she is an international award assessor for EFQM.
Kelly is also a Certified Life Coach (Martha Beck) and an EQUUS Coach, using
horses to help individuals and organizations develop leadership
competencies.
Equus Coach:
Honor Medina
Locating in: Carlsbad, NM
Email: honorjmedina@yahoo.com
Website: www.honormedina.com
Honor offers 20 years experience helping individuals, families, and
organizational groups experience balance by finding out what is true.
Much stress occurs when we invest time and effort into what is not true or
helpful for us. Where is the balance between managing should vs. wants
vs. have tos? Honor has extensive experience coaching people toward
finding balance and honoring the truth.
Since 1997 Honor has practiced as a Marriage and Family
Therapist. She has trained her two standard poodles to be Certified
Therapy Dogs. Honor has been EAGALA level one certified (Equine Assisted
Therapy) since 2006 and is also a Certified Equus Coach by Koelle Simpson.
Equus Coach: Renee Sievert, RN, MFT
Located in San Diego, CA
Email: SievertServices@aol.com
Website: www.SievertServices.com
Renee Sievert offers individual coaching, team building and strategic
planning for managers and executive teams. Certified as a Master
Coach by Martha Beck and Equus Coach by Koelle Simpson, Renee combines
empathy, intuition and powerful Equus exercises with coaching and
leadership development.
Renee is an author, speaker, and consultant
with over 25 years of experience. She is a licensed Marriage and Family
Therapist (MFT) and is trained in Gestalt Therapy, Domestic Violence
Treatment, Critical Incident Stress Management and Addiction Treatment. She
is also a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers
(MINT) and the International Coaching Federation. She was honored in
2009 at the Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) awards in San Diego,
CA.
Equus Coach: Lisa Tran
Located in: San Diego, CA
Email: lisa@striketrue.com
Website: www.striketrue.com
Lisa coaches and advises entrepreneurs and business leaders who want to
have a more vibrant experience in their personal and professional lives.
This means more clarity, soul, purpose, more joie de vivre. For
leadership teams, Lisa creates equus experiences to shift organizations
into a higher state of collaboration and flow. She continues to be
awestruck by what a horse awakens within those who walk into a round
pen.
A certified coach trained by Dr. Martha Beck and Koelle Simpson, Lisa also
has 15 years experience in innovation planning and branding for Fortune 500
companies and Internet startups. Since 2010, Lisa has been a session
curator and speaker coach for TEDx San Diego. She holds a BA from Dartmouth
College and a MA from Parsons School of Design. Visit www.striketrue.com to learn more.
Equus
Coach:
Karen Gargel
Located in Thomasville, GA
An educator and lifelong seeker, Karen Gargel has trained as an Equus Coach
with life coach and horse whisperer Koelle Simpson and as a life coach with
internationally acclaimed life coach and best selling self help author Dr.
Martha Beck.
Using horses in her coaching sessions, Karen helps you to reconnect with
your one true self, to regain trust in yourself, and to rebuild confidence
in your relationships with others. Join Karen in 1 to 1 private equus
coaching sessions and begin to live your own best life ever.
Equus
Coach: Joy Silha
Located in Santa Fe,
NM
Email: joysilha@gmail.com
Website:
www.awakenyourinnercowgirl.com/
Joy Silha, “Inner Cowgirl” Coach, is a certified
Martha Beck Life Coach, certified Equus coach, and a passionate animal-nature
person!
My purpose? To Awaken Your Inner Cowgirl!
A cowgirl is a woman who gets in touch with her true nature: her
freedom, passion and talent. She is bold and adventurous, but also
compassionate and connected to nature. I have created
“Awaken Your Inner Cowgirl,” a coaching practice focused on encouraging women
to find their authentic voice. I’ve owned horses for over 20 years, and
have learned powerful lessons from them. I use horses as a mirror in my
“coaching with horses” specialty, offering a life-changing spiritual experience
of self-discovery.
I am a coaching columnist for the Albuquerque Journal and a writer for
national publications. In a previous life, I was a marketing consultant
to Ad Agencies and Fortune 500 companies.
Equus Coach Kate
Apanui
Location: France, South West.
Email: kateapanui@gmail.com
Website: www.truenature.me
Kate loves to help people discover how they can re-connect and trust
their natural instincts. Kate helps others use that connection to lead
themselves, transform their self confidence, and create healthy
relationships.
Kate uses horses in her coaching practice because she believes that
horses are unique teachers, who naturally lead people back to a truth they were
born knowing - that they’re empowered, beautiful, calm, kind, fierce and
wild. That they’re enough in any situation, and they can always ask for
help. Horses help you remember the truth, beauty and strength of who you
are.
Kate is a New Zealander currently living in France with her husband,
daughter and bulldog. Among other things she’s a Certified Martha Beck
Life Coach, Certified Equus Coach, Reiki practitioner, and a Registered New
Zealand Nurse
Equus
Coach: Janene Axt
Location: Burien, WA
Email: Janene@insidethemirror.com
Website: www.insidethemirror.com
Janene is a coach who is all about helping you look inside to discover or
rediscover your essential self, to connect with and follow your dreams and
destiny. She and the horses will take you on an exploration to add
laughter and joy in your life, to see, accept and love your wholly
created, perfect blend of physical, emotional, mental and spiritual YOU.
Janene’s background is mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, and includes 13
years of Capital Project Management with a Master’s in Airport and Airline
Management. Between personal life and professional life, Janene has been
there, gone through the fires and come out on the brighter side. With a Life
Coach certification from Martha Beck and Equus Coach certification from Koelle
Simpson, Janene invites you to visit her at www.insidethemirror.com and PLAY –
Perpetually Learn About
Yourself; with the amazing reflection from horses where you
will see your True Reflection.
Equus Coach: Anna Kerckhoff de Sacchi 
Location: Algarve, South Portugal
Email: anna@theworkwithhorses.com
Website: www.theworkwithhorses.com
Originally I'm from Germany, but I now live and work in South Portugal,
though I continue to work and offer workshops in Germany and other
countries.
For 3 years I studied and trained intensively in the Instructor Program at
The Monty Roberts International Learning Center in California, where I worked
directly with Monty Roberts and his instructors. During my training, the
head instructor and my main teacher was Koelle Simpson.
In 2009 I was introduced to “The Work", I learned how to combine this,
with horse work, when I visited Koelle in Arizona. I began to use The Work
privately and later I participated in training to become certified as a Coach
for The Work. I have also been certified as an Equus coach by Koelle.
Today I live with my husband Claudio, a veterinarian, our two sons and a
variety of animals in the Algarve, South Portugal. The beautiful surroundings
and unspoiled nature provide a peaceful setting for individual coaching
sessions and workshops. The horses are carefully chosen, safe and actually the
main coaches in the process of reconnecting to your true self.
Equus Coach: Colleen Smith 
Location: Southwestern Ontario
Email: chinook8.3@hotmail.com
Website: www.213winchesterfarms.com
I have been practicing as a massage therapist for eighteen years and as a
yoga instructor for three years. For many years I have shown both English and
Western. I have also trained two of my own horses.
The Equus Coaching Program has taken my experience to a whole new level. My
awareness and communication skills with people and horses have expanded in new
and fascinating ways.
I am grateful for my experiences and would like to share them with others.
Namely, I want to share that we do have choices and can choose to live a
peaceful and happy life. Horses DO have the ability to mirror back what we are
feeling and this can be an invaluable tool to discover more about ourselves and
each other.
I live with my husband on a beautiful farm in southwestern Ontario, where I
enjoy spending time riding and working outside. I am currently coaching
individual sessions at our farm which is a private, safe, and comfortable
environment.
Equus
Coach: Stacey J. Warner
Serves the greater Phoenix and Los Angeles areas
Email: stacey@staceyjwarner.com
Website: www.staceyjwarner.com
I was born a seeker and my quest for happiness led me to my true calling as
a Life and Equus Coach.
In 2011 I took a leap of faith, leaving my safe corporate job to really see
what life was about. It was then that I realized the bigger the risk, the
more courage required, the more profound and magical life becomes. I found my
bliss, something akin to riding the universal wave.
I've got guts and my clients often refer to me as the "real deal." My
coaching style is steel wrapped in velvet. My sole motivation is for my
clients to find and live their bliss. My ideal clients are committed,
courageous and on the path (or ready to get jump on).
When I'm not coaching, building my business, or playing with horses, I love
to hike, watch documentaries, reality TV (shhhhhhh, don't tell anyone), read,
and be with my son, Cole.
Equus
Coach: Jennifer Voss
Location: Knoxville, TN and travels to clients
Email: Jennifer@TruthExperience.net
Website: http://www.truthexperience.net
As a Master Life & Equus Coach and the founder of The Truth
Experience, Jennifer Voss helps others reinvent pieces of their personal and
professional lives that are unhealthy or outdated. Before becoming certified as
a Martha Beck Master Coach, she earned an MBA from The University of Alabama
and spent 20+ years in various business ventures – ranging from owning an
independent bookstore to holding an executive role within a national
distribution company. She loves blending her business background with the
magic of equine coaching to help others connect with the heart and soul of
their real work in the world. Her favorite part is nailing down a vision
and watching a dream come to life in a playful and healthy
manner. Jennifer believes that the most efficient and effective way
to do that is to connect with nature and with others who share the same
vision—with those who lift us up and make the game of business and life a fun,
profitable and sustainable one to play. Jennifer lives in Knoxville,
TN with her husband, John, two children, Alex and Zach, two dogs and dreams of
having a horse ranch someday.
Equus coach: Kiersten Roberts
Macreery
Located in Breckenridge and South Park, Colorado
Email: kiersten@coachingbykarma.com
Website: www.forceofadifferentcolor.com
I have been a self-described adventurer, seeker and teacher my whole life. A
world traveler, a whitewater rafting guide, snowmobile guide, and teacher of
English to speakers of other languages, yet nothing has compared to the
adventure and learning experience of Equus coaching--both for me and my
clients.
Before my first time with an Equus coach, I tapped into my fact-finding self. I
read all the websites, watched the videos, read the descriptions (perhaps like
you are doing right now) and this still didn't BEGIN to touch just how powerful
this activity actually was. For this reason, I often have a hard time
describing Equus Coaching to people because, for me, it is truly beyond words
and must be experienced. I call it a FORCE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR.
I love making peoples' visits to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado magical and I
encourage adventurous learners, seekers and travelers to do something different
on their Colorado vacation. Learn to Horse Whisper…and SO much more!
Equus
coach: Alissa Gauger, MBA
Located in Madison, WI
Email: alissa@alissagauger.com
Website: www.alissagauger.com
Alissa Gauger is passionate about supporting connection with the self as
well as connection with animals and nature. She has developed a deep
appreciation for horses by living with and fostering three miniature rescue
horses and three full-size horses on her farm. The powerful and constant
feedback horses provide is a mirror that can be used to bring about change. Her
horses helped her recover from chronic trauma by gently guiding her back to
herself.
As an Equus Coach who completed Koelle Simpson's Equus Coach Training in
2011 and a Certified Martha Beck Coach, Gauger is excited to offer the same
healing opportunity to others.
Through her own journey, Gauger also discovered Tension & Trauma
Releasing Exercises (TRE) and studied with Dr. David Berceli. She is now a
Level II Advanced Certified TRE Practitioner who works with both groups and
individuals.
She holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a
Master of Business Administration from Edgewood College. Gauger is a member of
the International Coach Federation.
Equus coach: Marlene
Armstrong
Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Email: foxviewstablesinc@gmail.com
Website: http://www.foxviewstables.com/equus-coaching-workshops.html
Marlene Armstrong has had a passion for horses as far back as she can
remember. She always knew that they were very special beings that could heal
your soul and assist you in finding your true self. Marlene owns and operates
Foxview Stables in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada where she offers Equus coaching to
teams, executives and individuals. See her website http://www.foxviewstables.com/equus-coaching-workshops.html for
details on workshops being offered.
Marlene has over 35 years' experience in project management, leading
inter-disciplinary teams, organizing major events, coaching and team building.
She is also a certified Equus Coach having completed Koelle Simpson's 2012
course. Marlene's vision is to bring Equus Coaching to Canada and to transform
Foxview Stables into THE Equus Coaching Centre 'par excellence' for Canada.
Marlene loves to work in a collaborative fashion and invites all Equus Coaches
wishing to come to Canada and assist in her workshops to contact her. She is
also available to provide her services elsewhere in the world. Marlene's
passion to help her clients reach their true potential and to find their
'essential self' is unsurpassed. You can contact her at 1-613-277-4402 or at
foxviewstablesinc@gmail.com.
Equus
coach: Beth Herman
Located in Baltimore, MD
Email:Beth@ebhermanconsulting.com
Website: www.ebhermanconsulting.com
Beth Herman is a consultant, trainer, coach, and lifelong equestrian serving
not-for-profit leaders and other high-performance teams. With 27 years’
experience engaging philanthropists in higher education campaigns, she helps
clients achieve “peaceful productivity fueled by humanity.” A University
of Washington graduate and certified coach (Martha Beck, Inc. and Sounding
Board Ink), Beth is also an award-winning teacher and trainer for the Council
for Advancement and Support of Education. Equus coaching came naturally
to her as a hunter/jumper equestrian and essayist for EQUUS magazine. She
engages her equine partners to help clients learn powerful new ways to lead
themselves and others.
THE EQUUS COACHING COURSE for Life Coaches,
Counselor, Therapists or Professional Mentors
If you are interested in the Equus Coaching Course Class of 2014 please
email info@koelleinc.com with any questions and to receive an
application. Applications will be distributed in September
2013.
Next course Starts FEBRUARY 2013
This is a year long course designed for coaches, therapists and the
like who are currently working with clients and yearn to gain skills as
an Equus Coach. Combining the powerful tools of coaching with the
amazing insights and wisdom from Mother Nature is quite a power packed
punch. The experience can dramatically help accelerate clients through
their stickiest of roadblocks. If you have a passion for helping
individuals to lead their best lives and a passion for learning life
lessons from animals then this course may be for you.
You will learn all the necessary tools to become a very effective Equus
Coach and have the skill set to begin offering 1 to 1
private equus coaching sessions to your clientele.
This course is NOT designed to prepare
students to conduct group workshops.
Minimum Requirements
- You need to have attended at least 1 in person hands-on group
workshop or private equus coaching session with Koelle Simpson or
another equus coach listed here: http://www.koelleinc.com/Equus-Coaches.html
- Show experience (an operating business), certification, or
licensing in the field of teaching, life coaching, self-help, and/
or other psychological therapies
** No previous horse experience is necessary.
** Given that many of the coaching tools stem from Martha Beck's Life
Coaching program, it is strongly preferred that you have received your
certification in the Martha Beck LCT Program (see
Martha Beck) as a
prerequisite for this course.
If you have other
experiences and/or skills that you feel would give you a good
foundation for this course (i.e. attended Byron Katie's school,
attended another life coaching program, experience in the field of
counseling, or family therapy) please feel free to apply and
we will be happy to take this into consideration when reviewing your
application.**
During this course, these are a few of the subjects you can expect to
learn:
- A Foundation of equine psychology
- Basic equine husbandry and safe handling
- Advice and insights for setting up a partnership with an equine
facility
- How to decipher and work along side your equine coach
- How to blend your life coaching tools with equus coaching
- Activities and exercises to help your clients transform their
energetic communication
The course will begin with a 4 day hands-on practicum - Horsemanship
101, designed to help you get a leg up in understanding the equine
world. This will be followed by several tele-classes geared to prepare
you for setting up your equus coaching practice and prime your skills
for working alongside these amazing teachers. You will also be required
to listen to several audio recordings from the two previous years.
This will open up more time for coaching during the live
tele-classes. You will attend a second onsite 4 day Equus Coaching
practicum where you will begin to coach and be coached alongside your
equine partner. To receive your certificate of completion, you will be
asked to submit various video recordings of your work for final
assessment or attend a 3rd on-site gathering for in-person exams.
APPLICATION PROCESS
- Application due date: August 31,
2012, submitted to info@koelleinc.com
- You may be contacted to schedule a phone interviewing
session during September 2012.
- You will receive a letter of acceptance or decline
by October 1, 2012.
- If accepted into the course, a deposit of $300, due
on October 11, 2012, will be required to
hold your place on the course.
THE COURSE OUTLINE below:
On-Site Practicum
Workshops in Arroyo Grande, CA (near San Luis Obispo)
February 21-24, 2013 - 4 Day Horsemanship 101
July 11-14, 2013 - 4 Day Equus Coaching
Practicum
March 2014 - 2 Day On-site exams
(Optional)
*Travel and hotel costs are not included in the course
fees. Lunch and refreshments will be provided each day.
Recorded Video and
Audio Content
You will have access to a rich library of training video and audio
course content. The tele-classes will provide time for additional live
questions and answers relating to the pre-recorded content, as well as
deep coaching support on each specific topic.
Tele-Classes (75
minutes, recorded)
* Exact date & times will be given upon acceptance to the course
The first 3 tele-classes will require that you review pre-recorded
video and audio content prior to the call. The initial 30 minutes of
each call will allow for Q&A of the homework content, followed by
45 minutes of coaching support on each topic.
- Tele-Class 1 - Equine Psychology, Husbandry, Breeding &
Reproduction. Working with Horses in Your Coaching Practice.
- Tele-Class 2 - Setting-up Your Business to Include Equus
Coaching & Finding a Facility
- Tele-Class 3 - Q&A on Reading Assignments & Developing
Your Client Base
There are 5 tele-classes to review video assignments that you will be
submitting. These tele-classes include live coaching time, where you
will practice equus coaching with another coach.
- Tele-Class 4 - Video Assessment Coaching & Review
- Tele-Class 5 - Video Assessment Coaching &
Review
- Tele-Class 6 - Video Assessment Coaching & Review
- Tele-Class 7 - Video Assessment Coaching & Review
- Tele-Class 8 - Video Assessment Coaching & Review
Materials Supplied
(All materials will be supplied at the 4 day Horsemanship 101 class)
• Equine Equipment (1 Dually Halter & 1 Pair of Long Lines)
• 2 Books for Course Required Reading
• Client & Coach Assessment Worksheets
• Workbooks during on-site workshops
What is needed to receive a certificate of completion?
** You will have 1 year to complete
requirements from the start date of the course (Feb. 2013 to
Feb. 2014) **
• 30 hours of documented volunteer work with horses
• EXAMS:
• 1 Recorded Video Session of various horse work requirements OR attend
on-site exam
• 2 Recorded Video Sessions of Equus Coaching w/volunteer clients OR
attend on-site exam
COST OF 1 YEAR COURSE $6,300
$300 deposit due upon acceptance letter to hold your place on the
course
$3,000 payment due Jan. 2013
$3,000 payment due June 2013
* Includes all materials & equipment
EXAMS
$500 - optional for in-person/on-site exams
If there are a minimum of 7 students who would prefer to finish their
final requirements in-person then an on-site exam in March 2014 will be
set. There is an additional $500 per student to cover the facility
costs.
APPLICATION PROCESS
1.)
Email Info@KoelleInc.com to be
added to the list of interested applicants for 2013.
2.) You will receive an email on AUG. 1st 2012 suppling you with an
application.
**All applications must be in by AUG. 31st 2012 to be
considered.**
3.) You may be contacted to schedule a phone interviewing session during SEPT.
2012.
4.) You will receive a letter of acceptance or decline by OCT.
1st 2012.
5.) If accepted into the course, a deposit of $300 will be required to hold
your place on the course.
