Duey Freeman, MA, LPC is co-founder of the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies, director of the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies and owner of his psychotherapy private practice. After teaching for 24 years at Naropa University he has decided to move in a more creative direction. Most recently and in collaboration with Kimberly Beck M Ed he has created: The Coming Home Project and Relational Rewilding Retreats.
As a licensed psychotherapist, teacher, and consultant, Duey has extensive training and experience in gestalt therapy, equine therapy, family therapy, bioenergetIcs and counseling with children and adolescents. In 1982, Duey joined and revived the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies, he co-founded the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies in 2008. This institute sprang out of the the need for thorough training in working relationally with horses as therapeutic partners. GEIR is one of the only Institutes that require competence therapeutically as well as competence in relational horsemanship. Duey joined Naropa in 1992 and has been extensively involved in the creation of the Gestalt, Human Development and Family Systems programs. He has helped to develop the Equine section of the Wilderness Therapy certification and degree. He taught for the University of Northern Colorado, traveling across Colorado teaching and working with schools systems supporting teachers to better understand and work with the children they teach. Prior to working in higher education Duey was a therapist in the school system and a principal of a school.
Throughout the year, Duey partners with professional therapists and skilled horsemen and women throughout the country and world to provide psychotherapy, Gestalt Equine Psychotherapy, parenting and human development workshops, and Relational Horsemanship classes. Some of Duey's partners include Joan Rieger, Duane Mullner, Erika Friess, Megan Powers, Rosemary Wyndham-Jones, Rob Pliskin, Kristi Moon, Kimberly Beck, and Amy and Steve LeSatz.
As a licensed psychotherapist, teacher, and consultant, Duey has extensive training and experience in gestalt therapy, equine therapy, family therapy, bioenergetIcs and counseling with children and adolescents. In 1982, Duey joined and revived the Gestalt Institute of the Rockies, he co-founded the Gestalt Equine Institute of the Rockies in 2008. This institute sprang out of the the need for thorough training in working relationally with horses as therapeutic partners. GEIR is one of the only Institutes that require competence therapeutically as well as competence in relational horsemanship. Duey joined Naropa in 1992 and has been extensively involved in the creation of the Gestalt, Human Development and Family Systems programs. He has helped to develop the Equine section of the Wilderness Therapy certification and degree. He taught for the University of Northern Colorado, traveling across Colorado teaching and working with schools systems supporting teachers to better understand and work with the children they teach. Prior to working in higher education Duey was a therapist in the school system and a principal of a school.
Throughout the year, Duey partners with professional therapists and skilled horsemen and women throughout the country and world to provide psychotherapy, Gestalt Equine Psychotherapy, parenting and human development workshops, and Relational Horsemanship classes. Some of Duey's partners include Joan Rieger, Duane Mullner, Erika Friess, Megan Powers, Rosemary Wyndham-Jones, Rob Pliskin, Kristi Moon, Kimberly Beck, and Amy and Steve LeSatz.
'The Coming Home Project' Partners...
Kimberly Beck, M. Ed.
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Amy & Steve LeSatz, Bridle Bit, LLC
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Kimberly is passionate about facilitating interspecies connection and promoting compassionate co-existence between people, nature and animals. Kimberly holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and Career Development from Colorado State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Education from Ohio University. Currently she works at Naropa University and as an eco-therapist and canine-human counselor. Kimberly has designed and led environmental and humane education programs at state parks, outdoor education centers and animal shelters throughout the country. She is a participant in 'The Tracking Project's' mentorship program, training in cultural and natural awareness, tracking, storytelling, peacemaking and primitive skills.
Kimberly is co-creator of The Coming Home Project and is coordinator and co-facilitator for Rewilding workshops. Her focus is on inviting participants to re-wild their perceptions, hearts and actions through sensory awareness, tracking, and bird language. |
Amy and Steve LeSatz, owners of Bridle Bit, LLC, are experts in horsemanship! In 1981 they attended a Ray Hunt clinic in Wheatland, Wyoming. Seeing what Ray offered his horses and how smoothly his horses operated sparked hunger to search for the pieces missing in their own horsemanship. That search led them to continue to ride with Ray and other outstanding horsemen. Riding with these horsemen provided enough tools to learn how to become a student of the horse. As a husband and wife teaching team with over 50 years of combined teaching experience, they provide a variety of horsemanship clinics, colt starting classes, cow working and ranch roping clinics, and training and consultations for horses with people problems. They have spent a lifetime learning from horses and the people who love them. Their passion for learning and teaching through horses help guide you to the place you want to be with your horse.
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