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Brenda Westwood

Brenda Westwood is dually certified as a Master Equine Gestaltist® and Equine Gestalt Coach®. She founded Horse Sense Healing, LLC 11 years ago and is located in West Central Montana, surrounded by mountains where she works in partnership with and without the healing horses to assist people along the path of deep healing and transformation. Brenda is also a practitioner of Theta Healing ® and Reiki and holds a BA in Social Work, is a certified Family Development Specialist, and a Coach. Much of her own life’s journey has been that of growing grit with grace through life struggles and transitions, and lessons of self-reliance, co-creation, and personal growth.

Brenda is passionate about supporting others to grow and heal emotionally and spiritually by partnering with some very incredible beings – the horses, who truly see us, teach us, guide us, support us and help us remember who we truly are. She holds a lifelong knowing and trust, an inherent deep belief in the capacity and potential of the human spirit to heal and to be whole. Her interest and belief that healing and wholeness can occur without a lot of fuss and re-living the story has been instrumental in her ability to hold compassion for others in tough places and the ability to look beyond the surface of a situation during her 18-year social work career in the child welfare system and public health. 

She and the horses specialize in assisting youth and adults to find courage, build confidence and live their Grit with Grace through workshops, group and individual intensive retreats, and private one-on-one sessions to individuals, couples, groups, and families, as well as personalized virtual Gestalt coaching.