Peer Grief Support Group for Horse Professionals
Facilitated by Dr. Rebecca Cohen, Psychologist
This six-month virtual peer grief support group is designed for horse professionals who are in the process of unlearning harmful or traditional horsemanship practices and are experiencing grief, loss, or emotional disorientation as part of that transition. Participants may be grieving past actions, long-held beliefs, professional identities, community relationships, or the harm done to horses—often alongside a deep commitment to doing better moving forward.
Facilitated by Dr. Rebecca Cohen, a licensed psychologist (who is also growing through this specific form of grief), the group offers a reflective, nonjudgmental space to process grief, guilt, shame, anger, and tenderness while cultivating accountability, self-compassion, and ethical clarity. The group is grounded in trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and relational frameworks, and centers the wellbeing of both humans and horses.
The group meets once per month for a 90-minute live virtual session over six months, beginning February 2026. Sessions will include guided reflection, peer discussion, journal prompts and optional experiential practices.
This is a peer support and grief-processing group, not skills training or clinical therapy, and is intended for horse people seeking community and meaning-making during this important personal and professional shift.
Cost: $480 for the full six-month group. All funds go directly to Stable Grounds Therapeutic Farm Sanctuary, Inc to support ongoing programming.
What’s Included
Six, 90 minute virtual groups (one per month)
Resource Library for self-paced learning between groups
Access to outlines and journal prompts
Supportive Peer Community
Dates: Sundays, 1pm - 2:30pm EST (USA). 2/22, 3/22, 4/26, 5/24, 6/28, 7/19 (If you miss a day, you will still have access to the content and prompts from that day).
Capacity: Limited to 15 participants to ensure depth, safety, and meaningful connection.
Registration
Step 1- Complete the registration payment.
Step 2- Receive Confirmation from Dr. Cohen with group Zoom meeting information, Access to the Group Google Drive Folder, and calendar invites.
Spots are filled on a first-come basis, and registration will close once the group reaches capacity.
Participation requires a willingness to engage honestly, listen with care and confidentiality, and hold complexity—both personal and collective—as we imagine more humane ways of being in relationship with horses and with ourselves.