Expertise
The Belle Effect®
As a master healer, I am committed to your transformation and resolving challenges through a personalized integration of healing principles that address root causes. When insight helps but is not enough, The Equine Guidance® Method engages your innate healing intelligence.
~ Belle Shook, MC, NCC, LPC, SEP, NARM, BCC
Equine Guidance® Method
Belle Shook, MC, NCC, LPC, SEP, NARM, BCC, has formulated a groundbreaking and visionary approach to Equine therapy and Coaching. Interactions with the herd are somatic, trauma-informed, and highly respectful of you and the horse. With over 25 years of extensive experience, training, and higher education, achieve emotional and spiritual well-being or safely access deep layers of trauma healing.
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner
Somatic Experiencing®: is an autonomic nervous system or body approach to resolving chronic stress and trauma to resolve fixed physiological states, fight-flight, freeze, and fawn to restore emotional regulation, resiliency, and safety within your relationship to yourself and others.
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) & Training Assistant Master Classes with SE™, Peter Levine, PhD:
- Developmental Trauma
- Eye of the Needle
- Near Death Experiences
- Chronic Pain, Syndromes
- Long COVID-19
Board Certified Coach (BCC):
BCCs hold, at a minimum, a BA degree, while most professionals also have earned a master’s or PhD in mental health. Their dedication to ongoing education ensures they remain part of an elite group of coaches, continually enhancing their skills and knowledge to provide the highest clarity and quality of care.
Equine Facilitated Learning & Coaching Advanced Instructor
From 2001 to 2006, Belle was an Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL) instructor with Eponaquest Worldwide. EFL is a specialized therapeutic approach that leverages the unique interactions between humans and horses to foster spiritual wellness and personal growth. This methodology emphasizes cultivating mindfulness, intuition, and inner clarity through experiential learning.
EAGALA Certified: Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association
Licensed mental health professionals play a vital role in Equine Facilitated Learning (EFL), as the activities naturally transform into powerful therapeutic experiences.
NARM® Master Therapist: NeuroAffective Relational Model
NARM is a mindfulness-based approach that uncovers patterns of relating that block our true selves. This innovative model effectively addresses attachment issues, relational and developmental trauma, and Complex PTSD, guiding us toward healing and wholeness.
Brené Brown: The Daring Way™
Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator focuses on belonging, courage, shame, resiliency, and vulnerability as strength and worthiness. This methodology allows you to embrace imperfections and grow toward more authentic and wholehearted living.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a standard and well-respected modality that targets problematic thoughts, behavior patterns, emotional distress, and relationship conflicts to help you gain new insights, cope with stress, and manage life’s challenges.
PIT: Post-Induction Therapy
PIT: Post-induction therapy addresses co-dependency issues resulting from developmental trauma to build healthy relationships and develop emotional maturity.
Online Coaching Services Worldwide
Online Coaching empowers you to receive support from the comfort and privacy of your own space. By nurturing and healing your nervous system, you can reconnect to a state of safety, calmness, and a focused sense of creativity. This journey will help you feel more empowered to embrace the opportunity to deepen your self-reliance, resilience, and clarity.
I use a secure HIPPA-compliant platform and extend my professional telecoaching services worldwide.
