Equine Behaviour Rehabilitation in Europe, Beyond Correction-Based Training
Clear, ethical support for horses pushed past their limits, and for the people responsible for them.
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Hola! Bonjour! I’m Nadia
Supporting Horses Through Ethical, Whole-Horse Rehabilitation
With eleven years of higher education in psychology, specialising in mental health psychology and burnout, and my lived experience of burnout and abuse, I understand what happens when systems push bodies past capacity and then blame them for failing. So you could also say I'm a complex case, also as a Spanish-English blend, entirely francophone, based in Luxembourg.
For over a decade, I’ve worked with horses labelled difficult or unfixable, watching them decline under methods that were technically correct but ethically bankrupt. Rehabilitation is not about returning to a previous version of yourself or your horse. It’s about restoring capacity, safety, and meaningful choice within the body that exists now.
Stabilising the Whole Horse
As an equine behaviour rehabilitation specialist, I address nervous system dysregulation, stress physiology, pain, and environmental overload before asking for performance. Complex equine behaviour is rarely a training failure but rather a system under strain.
Rebalancing the Horse-Human Relationship
Equine behaviour reflects the interaction between horse and handler. When expectations exceed physical or neurological capacity, behaviour escalates or shuts down. I restore regulation and redistribute responsibility to support ethical, sustainable partnership.Â
 Protecting Welfare While Creating Lasting Progress
My work moves beyond force-based training and symptom correction. Through whole-horse assessment and nervous-system-led rehabilitation, I support calmer equine behaviour, safer handling, and long-term welfare outcomes across Europe.
Make Confident, Welfare-Led Decisions in Complex Equine Cases
Whole-horse, system-led equine behaviour support grounded in psychology, physiology, and responsible leadership, designed for sustainable, real-world outcomes.
Rehabilitation & Physical Integrity
Behaviour and biomechanics are inseparable. This work considers physical capacity, comfort, and recovery as central to equine rehabilitation, ensuring progress is built on soundness and not suppression.
Equine Psychology & Nervous System Regulation
Addressing equine behaviour through the lens of stress physiology, nervous system regulation, and behavioural science. By understanding how horses process pressure, pain, and environment, we stabilise the system before asking for performance.
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Human Psychology & Responsible Leadership
Sustainable outcomes depend on how humans show up. Through leadership, regulation, and informed decision-making, handlers learn to carry responsibility before asking for partnership.
Leading the Shift Toward Ethical Equine Practice
Alongside my private work, I’m developing the Connect Equine Institute–an educational initiative focused on advancing nervous-system-literate, ethical, partnership-led equine rehabilitation across Europe.
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Learn more about The Connect Equine InstituteWhat informs the work
For Those Committed to Welfare, Agency, and Ethical Partnership
I am explicitly anti-abuse, anti-authoritarian, and anti-coercion. I believe domination–whether over animals or people–is a failure of imagination and ethics. If you are committed to fear-based training, forced compliance, or ideologies that prioritise power over dignity, this will not be the right space for you.Â
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