Meet some of our Clinical staff

Founder of The Peaceful Pony CIC and Director of Services. Holly is qualified Mental Health Nurse, Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, Equine Facilitated Practitioner, Behavioural Family Therapist and Specialist Named Safeguarding professional.  (Other background training in Solution  Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing ) 

Holly is also mum to Piglet- our Therapy pooch. 

 Holly specialises working with children, teens, adults and families that would benefit with emotional well-being and support. Holly’s specialty’s includes working with children with specialist needs, working with a solution focused approach facilitating spaces with our therapy animals that’ll support recovery and healing.  Holly is passionate about ensuring EVERYONE has access to TPP . 

Therapeutic Lead at The Peaceful Pony, Tash was originally a primary schoolteacher who retained as a counsellor in 2001. 

Tash has worked with all age ranges using an integrative approach to therapy. Integrative means that she has studied a variety of therapeutic approaches and blends them together for each individual client. 

She has her own therapy dog Sparkle and has a lifetime’s experience with horses. Tash firmly believes in the healing and calming power of animals. Her specialities are teenagers and adults. 

Cara is a Mental health nurse working with her therapy dog Peaches. Cara still works in NHS services as well as being a Mental Health Therapist at TPP. Cara has won a NHS improvement to services award, Published with RCN. Cara is also undertaking a  research fellowship at UCL. 

Kaz is a Therapist and Equine Facilitated Practitioner. Kaz was TPP first ever volunteer in 2020 and has started full Time  with us December 2022.

Kaz works alongside our therapy team providing specialist one to one support to children and adults, she also supports our dual pathway for therapy and Alternative Education