A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey through Asperger´s, Assault, and Healing with Horses
Susan Dunne
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Description for A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey through Asperger´s, Assault, and Healing with Horses
Paperback. Despite rape, homelessness, anorexia and severe post-traumatic stress disorder after a violent attack, Susan Dunne turned her life around and set up a pony therapy business. Susan shares her painful journey, and how her connection with horses sparked the healing process and helped her to cope with lifelong difficulties associated with autism. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJB; WNGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 314.
Susan Dunne's life changed forever when a chance question from a doctor led her back to horses, an unfulfilled childhood passion. Detached and isolated due to undiagnosed autism, Susan had already survived rape, battled eating disorders and self-harm, and spent time homeless, when her world was turned upside again by a vicious, life-threatening assault. Severe post-traumatic stress disorder left her feeling distrustful and more cut off than ever before from a world she saw as confusing and dangerous. But as Susan's connection with horses grew stronger, her world started to open up.
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Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849056090
SKU
V9781849056090
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Susan Dunne
Susan Dunne studied English Literature at university. She has worked among other things as a teacher, journalist and travel writer. She has Asperger Syndrome and lives in Yorkshire, UK, where she has four horses. She runs an award winning pony therapy project and regularly takes miniature ponies into care centres across the region.
Reviews for A Pony in the Bedroom: A Journey through Asperger´s, Assault, and Healing with Horses
A testimony to the unique healing power of horses.
Temple Grandin, author, Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation Truly beautiful and inspiring.
the Goth
Asperger United
Temple Grandin, author, Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation Truly beautiful and inspiring.
the Goth
Asperger United