Janet is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Nursing and a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She holds a Ph.D. in Nursing Research from New York University. Her research on therapeutic touch has been funded by the Federal Department of Health and Human Services and by the Institute of Noetic Sciences, and she serves as a peer reviewer for research grants at the National Institutes of Health. She is a horsewoman and also a spiritual director and counselor in private practice. Janet lectures and consults internationally on integrative medicine, therapeutic touch, caring for the caregiver, healing, caring, and spirituality and healing.
Rocky Mountain Equi-Rhythm depends on a volunteer staff to help facilitate equine growth and learning sessions and also offers clinical internships in equine-assisted psychotherapy for graduate students in psychology, social work, wilderness therapy, and criminal justice.
Caroline holds a Master of Social Work degree from the University of Denver and certifications in Farrier Science and Equine Therapy. She has worked as a Probation Officer in Boulder County for ten years where she specialized in working with adolescents and domestic violence offenders. She was the team lead of an SB-94 Diagnostic Assessment team, a multi-agency collaborative team that assessed high-risk youth in the Juvenile Justice System and implemented a Master’s Intern Program for the Boulder County Juvenile Justice agencies. Caroline has practiced as an individual and family therapist. She is a consultant for Justice System Assessment and Training (J.S.A.T.), training juvenile justice personnel in risk and needs instruments. She has been a 4-H horse leader in Boulder County for the past 12 years and is a member of Boulder County Sheriff’s Department Mounted Search and Rescue Team. Caroline is the Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Equi-Rhythm and Mountain Meadow Holistic Equestrian Center, both located at Joder Arabian Ranch.
Karen Eiffert is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, practicing social work for 19 years and working with youth and their families in Boulder County since 1996. She volunteered with Equi-Rhythm for three years prior to becoming the interim clinical director of Equi-Rhythm in the summer of 2006, coordinating clinical supervision and programming. Karen attended the Horsepower Instructor Training School in New Hampshire, completing a 10-week certification as a NAHRA registered Therapeutic Riding Instructor. She regularly participates in equine training opportunities with an emphasis on natural horsemanship techniques. She has been riding at Joder Arabian Ranch since 2004 and is a project leader for Blazing Saddles 4-H club. Karen also functions as the Assistant Barn Manager for Mountain Meadow Holistic Equestrian Center, a boarding operation at Joder Arabian Ranch, and enjoys working with the MMHEC staff, boarders, and horses.
Jennifer, who joined Rocky Mountain Equi-Rhythm in November 2004, is currently facilitating the equine-assisted psychotherapy program and feels deeply inspired to share in a vision for Equi-Rhythm and the community of Boulder. Jennifer has had seven years of social work experience with a variety of populations. She earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Maryland and became licensed in the state of Maryland in 1999. Her skills include working with severely emotionally disturbed children, adolescents, and their families in a special education setting; crisis intervention with survivors of sexual assault and incest; group and family therapy with children and families in therapeutic foster care; inpatient adult and child psychiatry; and working with a variety of clients in community outpatient centers. Jennifer also has special training in individual, group, and family therapy with the Hispanic population and enjoys speaking Spanish. She completed an internship at Spirit Horse Ranch in 2005 and is currently employed by the Compass House, a non-profit organization committed to helping Boulder adolescents. Jennifer has been a lifetime student of riding and training horses, having been involved in 4-H and the hunter-jumper horse show worlds. She worked for Dr. Karen Stell, an equine veterinarian, for five years and was a barn manager at Andover Equestrian Center in Linthicum, Maryland.
Carolyn Eberle, a psychotherapist with a private practice in Boulder, also serves on the staff of Equi-Rhythm. She is an advocate of integrated healing and an educator in spiritual teaching, energy psychotherapy and somatic bodywork. She is the founder of the ME-B Institute whose mission is to expand the vision of therapy and healing to include an integrated mind-energy-body approach. Carolyn’s defines her integrated approach as:
• Mind: identify and change limiting thoughts and behaviors
• Energy: charge, strengthen, clear, and balance for optimum health
• Body: awareness of how health in every cell of the body is influences by the mind and energy system
A former Washington, D.C. lobbyist, she holds a master’s degree in counseling and is a teacher graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Her areas of expertise include Self-Mastery, Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, Couples, Equine-Assisted Therapy, Cancer, and addressing physical and emotional illnesses.