08/15/2026
💜 Hold Me Tight® with Horses 🐴🦋
A Two-Day Equine-Assisted Couples Workshop
Sometimes the way forward in a relationship begins by slowing down.
Join us in Thamesville, Ontario, for a unique weekend designed to help you and your partner step away from the distractions of everyday life, better understand the patterns between you, and create space for deeper connection.
Based on the principles of Hold Me Tight® and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), this experiential workshop combines relationship education, guided couple exercises, and ground-based activities with horses.
Throughout the weekend, you and your partner will have opportunities to:
💜 Understand the science of love and attachment
🦋 Recognize the negative cycles that can leave you feeling distant or disconnected
💜 Explore the emotions and vulnerable places underneath conflict
🦋 Practice new ways of communicating and responding to one another
💜 Strengthen trust, emotional safety, and intimacy
🐴 Experience connection in a new way through guided activities with the horses
The horses offer something that can't always be found by simply sitting and talking. They invite us to slow down, become present, notice our patterns, and experience connection in the moment.
📅 Workshop Details
September 19 & 20, 2026
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM both days
📍 Thamesville, Ontario
$650 per couple
✨ Early Bird: $600 per couple until September 1, 2026
Lunch and light snacks are included.
🐴 No previous horse experience is required.
🐴 All horse activities are ground-based—there is no riding.
🌿 Much of the workshop will take place outdoors.
🌦️ The weekend will run rain or shine, so please dress for the weather and wear closed-toed shoes.
Participants must attend as a couple.
Group sharing will be encouraged but is never required. The focus is on creating a supportive space where you and your partner can do meaningful work together at your own pace.
Sometimes relationships don't need us to try harder—they need us to slow down, understand what's happening underneath the conflict, and learn how to reach for each other differently.
Come spend a weekend reconnecting, rebuilding, and growing—together. 💜🐴🦋
Spaces are limited.
🌐 Visit Carrie Pluck Psychotherapy to learn more and register.