Horseshowtherapist

Horseshowtherapist Dr. J | Jenny Swanson, EdD, LICSW, LCSW, CMPC
🧠🐴❤️ After a traumatic accident with her own horse, she used her own expertise to improve her mental game.

A competitive show jumper herself, Jenny she has competed in everything from the ‘Big Eq’ to the AO hunters to the Grand Prixs. While she understands that what worked for her specifically, may not work for everyone, her education and clinical experience allow her to implement interventions that result in change. Jenny is dedicated to helping equestrians improve their overall performance through mental coaching and cognitive behavioral interventions. In small groups or individual therapy, Jenny can help you make small changes that infiltrate success, in and out of the show ring.

12/19/2025

✅ safety
✅ control

Remind yourself of what is in your control and the trust you have in yourself to regain a felt sense of security when you start to feel worried, anxious, scared, or nervous!

11/26/2025

What does it mean when I say anxiety hates routine? It means that anxiety is going to live and breathe in the unpredictable. If you have a plan or even a semblance of a plan, anxiety will be less likely to stick around!

11/25/2025

Self-reassuring statements you can say to yourself to enhance confidence ans resilence!

✅ ”I trust myself”
✅ ”I’ve worked really hard to get here”
✅ “I know I can do this”
✅ “I can handle this moment”

🔝it increases confidence, helps to build resilience and keeps your brain focused on the task at hand🥇

11/19/2025

Allowing yourself time to fail. Time to practice and time to make mistakes shifts your mindset from a fixed to a growth mindset! You are going to make mistakes so why not allow time for them to happen?

11/19/2025

Why we need to emotionally regulate in high risk sports and how! It’s important in any content but in particular, riding horses. It ain’t easy!

11/12/2025

Its ability! The most misunderstood thing about performance anxiety is that it has anything to do with ability. It doesn’t!

11/10/2025

What is flow? It’s the psychological state of peak performance. But you can’t achieve it, if you don’t believe in yourself!

T.G.I.T. ➡️ Thank God it’s Thursday! If you’re showing or just riding at home this weekend, here are a few things I’ve s...
11/06/2025

T.G.I.T. ➡️ Thank God it’s Thursday!

If you’re showing or just riding at home this weekend, here are a few things I’ve said to clients this week that could be helpful for you!

Comment 💙 if there’s something you’re taking away⤵️

11/05/2025

Let’s talk fear based needs ⤵️

✅Circling out of fear

Unmet need 🟰stability, predictability, safety, or security.

What need feels unmet? I a good question to ask yourself, therapist or dive into with a sport psych!

11/03/2025

Self talk needs to be:

✅instructional
✅positive or affirming

How you talk to yourself matters!

10/31/2025

Let’s reframe that in a way that is reassuring and validating for riders with anxiety! Sometimes we need to know that if we do the things we’re suppose to do that our horse will too! It’s reassurance not deflection!

10/31/2025

It’s a 30 second rule and you must listen! Because why?! Because there is no reason to comment on other peoples bodies!

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