Today Mary is talking to Joe Slattery. Joe is an Experienced Addiction counsellor and coordinator of the NorthStar Family Support Project, a community based project in Limerick , Joe is a specialist in-dealing with issues of substance abuse with adolescents and their families. Joe is the Irish network coordinator and advanced certified in the EAGALA model of Equine Assisted Counselling and CEO of JS Equine Assisted Therapies. Joe is a public speaker/educator in the area of drug abuse and disadvantage and the important role horses can play in supporting people to heal from emotional and physical distress. He is TEDx talk is well worth a watch- Joe shares his own experience of growing up in a socially deprived area of Ireland and how horses helped him cope in that environment. Contact Joe at https://jsequinetherapies.ie/ Watch Joe's Tedx talk here https://www.ted.com/talks/joe_slattery_how_horses_can_help_us_to_find_the_answers_from_within Watch Joe on the Tommy Tiernan Show on the RTE player Check out the Eagle method on You Tube https://www.youtube.com/user/EAGALAVideos Recommended book Transforming Therapy Through Horses (Eagala method) By:Lynn Thomas, Mark Little and Brenda Dammann This episode is sponsored by Martin Bunzl Check out Martin's new book Thinking While Walking - Reflections while walking the Pacific Crest Trail https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-while-Walking-Reflections-Pacific/dp/0578882221