Benefits of Equine Therapy: 5 Lessons Only a Horse Teaches Addiction RecoveryBy Promises Behavioral HealthDecember 12, 2011At The Ranch rehabilitation center in Tennessee, equine therapy is a way to experience change in a hands-on way by challenging people to look at themselves and the world in a new way. People who have struggled to make progress or achieve their treatment goals have made significant breakthroughs with the aid of equine therapy.