Meet Nancy
Trained Professional and Lifelong Equestrian
Nancy Kenyon, Psy.D is a trained mental health professional with 15 years in private practice, a lifelong equestrian, and mother. She has worked in an intensive, adolescent out-patient treatment center, Insight in Los Angeles, has run multi-family groups, and worked with Jewish Family Services as a school therapist in elementary and middle schools in Santa Monica. Nancy is also trained in hypnotherapy and works with anxiety and trauma.
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Recently, she began a new chapter by diving deeper into her mental health expertise and has married her therapy background with her passion for horses as she has loved them since age 5.
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As an EAGALA certified equine professional, Nancy has been working with AHEAD With Horses, Happy Trails, and Shakti Ranch to support the community's needs. She is also currently working with kids and ponies for horsemanship activities in Sullivan Canyon.
Affiliations & Partnerships
AHEAD With Horses is a 501(c)(3) organization devoted to improving the quality of life of disabled, disadvantaged, and special needs children through equine therapy using vaulting also known as gymnastics on a horse.
This Equine Education team of horse and human encourages participants to become actively involved in their own learning as they move through a series of activities with the horses and the other workshop participants.
Happy Trails for Kids is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing overnight summer camps and other year-round outdoor adventures for youth in the Southern California foster care system.