Turn About Pegasus

Turn About Pegasus Equine Assisted & outdoor play therapy and education. Filial and child centred and Animal Assisted Play Therapy® training. Bespoke packages

Turn About Pegasus delivers Equine Assisted Learning and Psychotherapy programmes to a wide range of organisations, including schools and LEAs, the NHS and businesses, as well as private clients. The horses in the TAP team are there by choice, NO aversives or force is used. We believe empathy breeds empathy. Our approach is fun and laughter based and ethologically based,.

06/11/2025

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05/11/2025
16/10/2025

🇬🇧 Scent work aligns with a horse's natural need to explore its environment.
It’s not just fun — it’s a fundamental form of self-direction.

When a horse is given the space to investigate stimuli at its own pace, it impacts its entire system. With regular practice (e.g. twice a week), we often see:
– Fewer fearful or impulsive reactions
– Decrease in overreaction and tension
– Less frustration or boredom
– Improved impulse control and focus
– Increased problem-solving ability
– Better learning through generalization (e.g. recognizing similar situations)
– Positive effects on mood and immune function
– More social behavior and engagement

Crucial here is that the horse has control — over the pace, direction, and intensity.
Because it stays within its own threshold, it learns to self-regulate under mild tension.
That makes scent work not ‘training’ in the traditional sense, but a form of behavioral development — impacting welfare, learning ability, and trust.

🇳🇱 Speuren sluit aan bij de natuurlijke behoefte van een paard om zijn omgeving te verkennen.
Het is niet alleen leuk — het is een fundamentele vorm van zelfsturing.

Wanneer een paard de ruimte krijgt om op eigen tempo prikkels te onderzoeken, heeft dat effect op zijn hele systeem. Bij regelmatige toepassing (bijvoorbeeld 2 keer per week) zien we vaak:
– Minder angstige of impulsieve reacties
– Afname van overreactie en spanning
– Minder frustratie of verveling
– Betere impulscontrole en focus
– Toename van oplossend vermogen
– Meer leervermogen door generalisatie (bijv. herkennen van soortgelijke situaties)
– Positief effect op humeur en immuunsysteem
– Meer sociaal gedrag en betrokkenheid

Belangrijk hierbij is dat het paard controle heeft: over het tempo, de richting en de intensiteit.
Omdat het binnen z’n eigen spanningsgrens blijft, leert het zichzelf reguleren bij lichte spanning.
Dat maakt speurwerk geen ‘training’ in de klassieke zin, maar een vorm van gedragsontwikkeling — met effect op welzijn, leervermogen én vertrouwen.

16/10/2025

Making new memories at our pre Halloween spooky soap making workshop with home made soup, followed by toasted marshmallows and cake. Who was brave enough to try some cake from the dark side👻

We even had time to fit in an equine activity. Videos to follow.
Our last workshop of the year with a Christmas theme will be posted soon. Come join us.

16/10/2025

One of our very clever participants of our pre-Halloween event yesterday made this beautiful video for us. Thanks to everyturn for funding this series of workshops which were themed to celebrate different nature based events.

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Berwick
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Turn About Pegasus is a not for profit social enterprise with Charitable aims delivers Equine Assisted Play Therapy®, Outdoor Play Therapy, Educational land based training and Equine ethology training to a wide range of organisations, including schoolsm Adult Education, Corporate Clients, LEAs, the NHS and businesses, as well as private clients. The horses in the TAP team are there by choice, NO aversives or force is used. We believe empathy breeds empathy. Our approach is fun and laughter based and ethologically based,

We also deliver bespoke packages for a range of clients contact us for your individual needs.

Turn About Pegasus’s International branch is the International Institute of Animal Assisted Play Therapy®. Internationally renowned we deliver Training in Animal Assisted Play Therapy®.

As British Association of Play Therapy qualified Therapists we deliver the following trainings.