Full Name
Shannon Knapp, MA, MBSR
Job Title
President
Company
Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc
Speaker Bio
Shannon Knapp, M.A., is founder and president of Horse Sense of the Carolinas, Inc., an internationally-recognized service provider in the field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Learning, and Executive Director of Heart of Horse Sense, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting professional Equine Assisted Therapy and Learning for Veterans and At-Risk Youth.  Shannon has also published many books and curricula in the field of EAP/EAL, including More Than a Mirror: Horses, Humans and Therapeutic Practices. Shannon is a trainer for Natural Lifemanship in Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, is EAGALA Advanced, and is Associate Faculty for Prescott College’s Equine Assisted Mental Health and Learning Masters Concentration program. A professional in EAP/EAL since in 2001, she has more than 15,000 hours of client contact in EAP/EAL with a diverse range of diagnoses. Currently Horse Sense offers individual & group therapy, family reunification intensives, Veterans Immersion Retreats, as well as multiple trainings in the field of EAP/EAL. Shannon is also trained in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, which informs her work with horses and Mindfulness.
Shannon Knapp, MA, MBSR