The Generous Horse Project
About Us
The Generous Horse Project was founded by Elisa Lumbers and Lindsey Bussey, who have worked together for over fifteen years, providing trauma-informed, equine-assisted psychotherapy. Our herd has lived together for nearly a decade.
This continuity matters.
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A long-standing relationship among facilitators, horses, and land creates familiarity, trust, and a steady relational field that supports both human and equine nervous systems.
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This is not a busy facility or an event-based space.
This is the horses’ home—and it is protected as such.
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There is no rotation of staff.
No constant flow of people.
No interchangeable energy.
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What we offer is a deliberately held sanctuary—shaped by rhythm, continuity, and care.
By safeguarding the ecology of this place, we create conditions where nervous systems can settle, and relationships can unfold. ​
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​​Lindsey Bussey, MSW, LPC-S
Clinical Director
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Lindsey is a licensed mental health professional. She provides trauma-informed psychotherapy and develops programming rooted in attachment, somatic, and equine-assisted modalities. Lindsey holds an MSW from Wilfrid Laurier University and is licensed as a Professional Counselor in Texas (#71546).
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​Elisa Lumbers
Equine Director
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Elisa brings years of experience in trauma-sensitive horsemanship and relational care. She ensures the physical and emotional well-being of the horses and participants, co-facilitates sessions, and coordinates logistics for workshops and volunteer training.
How Healing Happens Here
Trauma shapes the nervous system—how we experience safety, connection, and threat, often outside conscious awareness.
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Rather than focusing only on insight or retelling the past, we work with what is happening in the present moment: in the body, in relationship, and in patterns that repeat. Change emerges through safety, attunement, and shared regulation.
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Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy
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Not riding. Not performance. Not lessons.
Just presence.
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Equine-assisted work here happens on the ground, in relationship.
Horses are not tools to fix you, mirrors to reflect you, or tasks to complete.
They are sentient beings with histories, nervous systems, and choices — just like you.
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This work is not about doing more.
It’s about feeling what’s here.
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Horses offer relational feedback — not judgments or interpretations. Their body language, leadership, pacing, and choices communicate safety, boundaries, curiosity, and co-regulation.
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What people learn here does not come from being told to change.
It comes from feeling what it’s like to be met with attuned presence.
Healing with horses is about:
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feeling your own nervous system in real time
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noticing regulation and dysregulation without shame
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learning choice before compliance
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being in relationship without demand
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This work supports regulation and connection, but does so through experience rather than instruction.
A Protected Home, Not a Performance Space
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Founded by Elisa Lumbers and Lindsey Bussey, The Generous Horse Project is the result of over fifteen years of shared clinical and relational work.
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Our herd has lived together for nearly a decade. This continuity matters. Long-standing relationship—between facilitators, horses, and land—creates familiarity, trust, and a steady relational field that supports both human and equine nervous systems.
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This is not a busy facility or an event-based space. This is the horses’ home—and it is protected as such.
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There is no rotation of staff. No constant flow of people. No interchangeable energy.
