About Equine Assisted Therapy with ChangeWays
ChangeWays Through Horses Team
Meet the Team who provide equine assisted therapy in Cumbria and Dumfriesshire.
Coral Harrison Child & Adult Psychotherapist
Coral Harrison is an experienced Child and Adult Psychotherapist. She has been working with people experiencing mental health difficulties since 1995. She has a wide range of experience in working with trauma, adversity and attachment difficulties.
Coral Harrison is the founder and director of ChangeWays. She is passionate about supporting children, teenagers and adults to discover their own unique personalities and strengths. She cares about the environment and does her best to live sustainably where possible.
Coral is Advanced Certified with Equine Assisted Growth & Learning Association, EAGALA. She has been offering therapy with horses since 2005 working with children, adolescents and adults in Cumbria.
Coral moved to Dumfries in January 2017 and continues to work in both Cumbria and Dumfriesshire. In 2021 Coral completed 18 months of training with the Neurosequential Network. This training has helped her understand how the developing brain is affected by trauma and what interventions can be put in place to help children, families and the wider community. Coral is Certified through the Phase 1 Level and is part of ongoing professional development to continue to update her skills.
Olivia Drinkwater Equine Specialist
Olivia Drinkwater is a certified EAGALA practitioner, undertaking regular CPD training to update her equine knowledge and ensure she is well-equipped to assist clients in their journey to improve their day-to-day lives.
Olivia has a Higher National Diploma in Equine Studies; is a British Horse Society Accredited Coach in Complete Horsemanship and has over 20 years’ experience of owning and working with horses.
In her Equine Specialist role, Olivia employs this ability to connect with and understand people and horses. She has been offering this approach since 2014 working with Coral Harrison at Denton Hall Farmhouse, Low Row, Cumbria.
Olivia joined ChangeWays Through Horses CIC as a director in May 2023, she brings a range of skills to the organisation including knowledge of running her own business since 2013.
Sue Pike Equine Specialist
Sue Pike is an experienced equine specialist. She has a love of the outdoors, nature and animals. Sue’s love for horses developed at an early age and has continued throughout her life starting with pony care, riding lessons and just hanging out with horses. Sue trained in supporting primary education and physical education for those with special education needs and again horses were in her life working with Riding for the Disabled. Sue moved to the Cumbria in 1989 living on a farm where she kept her ponies and offered horse livery to others.
Sue became a respite/foster carer for young people with additional needs and began to notice the positive impact horses were having on those children. This inspired Sue to look deeper into the therapeutic involvement of horses. She began her training with EAGALA in 2009 and became certified as an Eagala professional. Sue has worked in this field since then and has facilitated numerous sessions working with groups, families, the elderly and individuals. She has seen positive results through horses that enabled people to move forward with their lives.
Sue now lives and works in Scotland.