Dr. Terri Jennings is a licensed psychologist (PY 6802). She has volunteered, worked and trained in the field of psychology for over 10 years. She received her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Miami in 2002. She has worked in a variety of settings with children, adolescents and adults in individual, group and family therapy contexts. She trained for several years with emotionally handicapped children and teens at risk of dropping out of high school within the Miami-Dade Public School System. Dr. Jennings also trained for two years at University of Miami’s Jackson Memorial Hospital with children and adults with HIV and other chronic illnesses as well as adolescents and adults in substance abuse treatment.

As founder of Healing Hooves Psychotherapy, Inc., Dr. Jennings provides equine facilitated psychotherapy and evaluation for children, adolescents and adults, corporate team building workshops and several on-going psycho-educational groups. Dr. Jennings also provides group psychotherapy through community mental health agencies and treatment centers. To her clients and peers she brings a creative approach to providing clinical services and an enthusiasm for her work.

Dr. Jennings (Terri to her friends and family) became interested in horses as a young girl, just four years old. Although her family could not afford horseback riding lessons, she checked out horse books from the library every week for years and begged her parents to drive by the local barn almost every day. She was able to ride for the first time at the age of 8 on a beautiful paint horse named Sunflower. From that point on she was hooked. Between the occasional trail ride and Girl Scout horse camp in the summer her passion continued to grow. As a teenager Terri's interest in horses waned as she was busy with other things. It wasn't until she was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 1998 that she was reaquainted with her love of horses. Extreme fatigue, depression and constant physical pain left Terri with very little energy and poor quality of life until she was taken for a trail ride at a nearby ranch. She found that her time with the horses lifted her spirits and physically transformed her symptoms. As she began to spend time each day at the ranch she realized that horses would need to be in her life in order to continue to cope with her disease. Terri also realized how horses transformed the lives of many people who frequented the ranch and decided to combine her psychological training with her love of horses. The rest is history. Now, owner of an equine based psychotherapy practice, four horses, and a pony, Terri doesn't let her disease dictate how she lives her life.