Ride To Pride Partnership, Inc.
of Las Vegas, New Mexico

Equine Assisted Youth Programs

Specializing in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

P.O. Box 806 Las Vegas, NM 87701 (505) 454-9738 – FAX 425-9285 ridetopride@zialink.com

Mission Statement Ride To Pride Partnership, Inc., provides a variety of equine assisted programs and behavioral health services for youth and families throughout northern New Mexico. Specializing in Equine Assisted Psychotherapy, Ride To Pride engages juvenile offenders and troubled, abused and neglected children and their families through the use of horses to teach life skills, which help them to better deal with today’s societal problems.

Vision Statement It is the vision of Ride To Pride Partnership, Inc. to help children, families and communities to understand that they live in a world of unlimited possibilities. By providing a variety of services and equine assisted programs, Ride To Pride actively addresses substance and alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, child abuse and neglect, behavioral and emotional problems, and communication issues within families.

RTPP

Horses have a reason for everything they do. We have learned that, to have a healthy relationship with a horse, you must both respect and trust each other. Thus, our philosophy of treatment is also based on trust and respect.

Equine Assisted Psychotherapy

A therapist from our clinical team works with the client during an EAP session. The therapist is able to observe critical behaviors and process them as they emerge. The EAP sessions offer a common avenue of experience between the client and the therapist and lead to important areas of problem solving.

Since its beginning, in November, 1997, the RTPP therapy program has grown rapidly to service not only high-risk youth, but at-risk youth and families as well. The horse is a natural mediary for clients and family alike. Many of the families we serve talk about the loss of the ranching lifestyle that was a part of their heritage for generations. Horses seem to fill a void in these families and remind them of their cultural roots. By first working with the client, we have been able to engage other family members in the treatment process as well. Family therapy with an equine base is becoming more in demand as time goes on.

Our Founders
President and Co-founder of Ride To Pride Partnership, Inc., Greg Esquibel, has taken years of self-discipline from playing sports and his knowledge of troubled adolescents, gained through his experience as Horsemanship Director at a residential treatment facility, to instill compassion and discipline into his teachings.	Executive Director and Co-founder, Lorraine Esquibel, has brought her years of study and experience in horse psychology, and in a unique methodology, uses them to mirror the behavior of her young clients. This enables her clients to recognize their own behaviors within their horses, thus beginning the critical step of understanding themselves and others.
Together with conventional therapy, Greg and Lorraine have created a very powerful and effective program that, using a base of trust and respect, greatly improves their client's self-concept.

Send your inquiries or comments to ridetopride@zialink.com.

Ride To Pride wishes to thank the following individuals, companies and foundations for their generous assistance.