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Summary: Lacking Integrity
Review: I would recommend this book as a light, easy-to-read introduction to how horses help people become aware of their own emotions and issues---if the author wasn't so blatently irresponsible. Wyatt Webb is NOT a cowboy, which he readily admits. What he doesn't admit is that he learned his craft from one of the true innovators of this field, Barbara Rector, who was hired to develop the horse-facilitated therapy program at Sierra Tucson before Wyatt even got there. He wrote her out of the story as if she never even existed, when she in fact showed him the potential of this work. Several reliable former Sierra Tucson employees can attest to this.Wyatt also acts as if his approach is unique, when in fact there has been a national professional organization devoted to the development of this field since the mid-1990s: the Equine Facilitated Mental Health Association, a special interest section of NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association, established in the 70s, which oversees nearly a thousand therapeutic riding centers around the country). Some colleges and universities are even offering classes and even degrees in this work. Wyatt's descriptions of why horses make such great co-therapists are simplistic and tend to skitter across the surface of some very rich, complex and powerful interspecies dynamics. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HORSE really is the ultimate pop psychology take on what is now an established, alternative form of therapy in the US. I bought this book after reading an article about it." I thought, "Now finally, this field is getting some real mainstream attention." But then I read the book and realized Wyatt was talking about some very basic equine therapy techniques that people all over the country are practicing, some right here in the Midwest, and yet he doesn't even have the grace and integrity to acknowledge that other people are even doing this work, let alone that he was exposed to the very techniques he uses by a woman widely considered to be one of the grandmothers of the entire field. The practice of Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy is one of the few fields that was established by women and is practiced primarily by women therapists and horse professionals. The fact that a former country musician from Kentucky named Wyatt Webb comes to Tucson, puts on a cowboy hat, and tries to take credit for an entire field of innovation says a lot, unfortunately, about the way that some men still operate in our society.
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Summary: This Book Changed My Life
Review: It's not often that a book comes along that changes your life, but that's exactly what happened after I read "It's Not About the Horse." Wyatt Webb is much more than a therapist. He is a philosopher and one of the few sane minds we have in these troubled and frightening times. Reading his book is like having the chance to have a therapy session with a man who puts it all in perspective and makes sense in the most direct and honest way. The first half of his book reads like a great novel about a man's struggle with his own problems. Then the second half gives advice that the reader can put into play the minute they close the book. Hats off to Webb. I can't wait to make the trip out to Tucson to meet you and I will read anything you write in the future.
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Summary: This Book Changed My Life
Review: It's not often that a book comes along that changes your life, but that's exactly what happened after I read "It's Not About the Horse." Wyatt Webb is much more than a therapist. He is a philosopher and one of the few sane minds we have in these troubled and frightening times. Reading his book is like having the chance to have a therapy session with a man who puts it all in perspective and makes sense in the most direct and honest way. The first half of his book reads like a great novel about a man's struggle with his own problems. Then the second half gives advice that the reader can put into play the minute they close the book. Hats off to Webb. I can't wait to make the trip out to Tucson to meet you and I will read anything you write in the future.
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Summary: its not what you think
Review: its a good book but it is not about overcoming fear of riding a horse if your afraid. it is about Wyatt Webbs whole life and about Treatment for addicts
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Summary: Integrity and realness
Review: Its Not About The Horse!, is a book of honesty, integrity and devotion. I have had the pleasure of meeting Wyatt Webb and found him to be the "real deal" and not a competitive,saftey seeker. It takes courage to devote your life to helping others because it makes you vulnerable to those who choose blame and jealousy as a life path. Not Wyatt,his book was a labor of his life's work and his sincere desire to help others, not only ovecome fear and self doubt, but their darkest shadows. I have had the opportunity to share this book with friends, staff members and many others and I have witnessed the life changing transformations,which also includes myself. Wyatt is colorful, kind, honest, respectful and most of all safe, in a profession that requires health. A review is only as healthly as the person writing the review. The expression of Wyatt Webb is direct, safe and loving. I know several people who are grateful for Wyatt Webb and his orginal expression. I am personally grateful for Wyatt's direct, creative and unique way of allowing others to access their true feelings. I look forward to Wyatt's next release. This book is a must read for those who really are serious about change and transformation!
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Summary: Uncommon sense by example
Review: Really like the way so much is said without taking 500 pages to say it. Helped me see some of what I have been doing wrong... and my friends as well. Very easy to read. A lifetime of experiences all condensed in to concrete examples you can probably relate to.
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Summary: REAL INSPIRATION
Review: There are so many so-called "inspirational" books in the marketplace that read like nonsense. Not this one which, by the way, has no connection to "The Horse Whisperer." This book offers real inspiration in relating Wyatt Webb's unusual form of therapy for troubled souls who seek him out in Tucson. Call it horse sense, or second sense or sixth sense, if you like, but reading this book makes you want to take a flight to Arizona for a personal session with the cowboy who employs observation of a person's interraction with horses to unearth his clients deep-seated problems. The man who emerges is a true character who has more dimension than the fly-by-night types who clutter the media with their overnight "cures." "It's Not About the Horse" really is about a horse but, more importantly, the unusual man behind the therapy that involves them. It's a solid read that makes you want to know even more about Webb. who sounds as colorful as the southwest itself.
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Summary: REAL INSPIRATION
Review: There are so many so-called "inspirational" books in the marketplace that read like nonsense. Not this one which, by the way, has no connection to "The Horse Whisperer." This book offers real inspiration in relating Wyatt Webb's unusual form of therapy for troubled souls who seek him out in Tucson. Call it horse sense, or second sense or sixth sense, if you like, but reading this book makes you want to take a flight to Arizona for a personal session with the cowboy who employs observation of a person's interraction with horses to unearth his clients deep-seated problems. The man who emerges is a true character who has more dimension than the fly-by-night types who clutter the media with their overnight "cures." "It's Not About the Horse" really is about a horse but, more importantly, the unusual man behind the therapy that involves them. It's a solid read that makes you want to know even more about Webb. who sounds as colorful as the southwest itself.
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Summary: Engaging and Inspiring
Review: There is an old Sufi saying that paraphrased goes like this: It's not what a book says, but what a book does, that matters. I just read the best self-help book that I have read in the past ten to fifteen years-perhaps based on the Sufi saying, the best of my lifetime. The book is not the best written nor does it provide the most profound insights to the human condition. What it does do is touch everyone that reads it in a unique way. I have shared the book with many because I thought my love of horses might have influenced my decision. No, the book simply uses the horse as a backdrop to open people up to themselves, and the stories that follow reach deep into the soul and one laughs, or cries--but everyone feels this book in a meaningful way.
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Summary: It's not about what it says--it's about what it does!
Review: There is an old Sufi saying that paraphrased goes like this: It's not what a book says, but what a book does, that matters. I just read the best self-help book that I have read in the past ten to fifteen years-perhaps based on the Sufi saying, the best of my lifetime. The book is not the best written nor does it provide the most profound insights to the human condition. What it does do is touch everyone that reads it in a unique way. I have shared the book with many because I thought my love of horses might have influenced my decision. No, the book simply uses the horse as a backdrop to open people up to themselves, and the stories that follow reach deep into the soul and one laughs, or cries--but everyone feels this book in a meaningful way.
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