Horse-Human Relationships, Equine Psychotherapy and Distressing Facts About Veterinarians
Horse-Human Relationships, Equine Psychotherapy and Distressing Facts About Veterinarians (Briony Hardinge Photography)
About Dr Rachel
– Rachel has a background as a competitive rider in dressage and eventing.
Rachel completed her undergraduate and honours degrees in psychology at Charles Sturt University in 2008. She completed a PhD in Sport Psychology at Charles Sturt University in 2015. The title of her PhD was ‘Equestrian partnerships: A qualitative investigation of the relationship between horse and rider in elite equestrian sports’. This research explored the unique sporting relationship between horse and rider in elite sport using social constructionist grounded theory. As part of this research, Rachel conducted a series of in-depth interviews with elite equestrian athletes in Australia and internationally.
Rachel joined the School of Psychology as a faculty member in 2012. She has lectured on methods of psychological inquiry, research methods and statistics in psychology, the foundations of psychology, psychological testing, psychology of learning, foundations of psychology for health and human services, and cognition.
Rachel’s research interests concern inter-species interaction, particularly horse-human relationships, as well as equine-assisted psychotherapy, the psychological characteristics of elite athletes, and dyadic sporting relationships. In addition to her own research, Rachel has worked on a number of projects within the School of Psychology and the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. These projects have addressed domestic violence, disability and mental health, the psychology of perception, adolescent behaviour, and psycho-metrics. Rachel is broadly interested in topics relating to sport and social psychology and conducts both qualitative and quantitative research.
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Rachel’s Favourite Inspirational Quote
– The answer closes the question, stay with the question
Recommended Books
– Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard To Think Straight About Animals by Hal Herzog
About This Episode
– Dr Rachel discusses equine psychotherapy and about the mental health issues pertaining to Veterinarians. She also discusses the importance of the horse-human relationships.
Time Stamps
00:01:52 – The answer closes the question, stay with the question
00:04:40 – Being exposed to animals on the farm and creating endless cross country courses
00:06:04 – How ‘Bonnie’ has inspired Rachel
00:10:30 – Doing a degree in psychology which led to researching the horse/human relationship
00:13:59 – Three things Rachel learned from her research
00:14:15 – 1) Elite sporting context, riding is their job, struggled with managing passionate
00:16:52 – 2) Ambivalence around what partnership means
00:19:55 – 3) Anthropomorphism and the implications
00:26:20 – Equine psychology
00:30:00 – The horse can benefit humans
00:34:00 – Life cycle of Veterinarians and the culture of Veterinarians
00:35:20 – The trauma of becoming a Veterinarian and the high suicide rate (Veterinarians study for 6-7 years and then work for 6-7 years and the huge debt when leaving University)
00:36:15 – How dealing with death on a consistent basis can effect a Veterinarian mental health
00:36:55 – The expectations of being a Veterinarian
00:37:20 – Veterinarian students suicide rate
00:38:10 – Talk about mental health risks
00:41:30 – Managing the emotions for
00:43:17 – Some we love, some we hate and some we eat
00:44:05 – Owning the space of human-animal relationships
00:49:13 – Your proudest moment is also your biggest challenge
00:49:55 – ‘King’ getting Ross River Fever and being sick for along time and now has arthritis
00:53:47 – Developing subjects taught at Uni about human-animal interaction
00:58:45 – Take animals lives seriously
00:01:35 – Contact: see details below
Dr Rachel’s Contact Details
Email: rhogg@csu.edu.au
Website: https://bjbs.csu.edu.au/schools/psychology/staff/profiles/professors-and-lecturers/rachel-hogg#
Facebook: Rachel Hogg
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