Joshua Quach, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CTRI
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After graduating Centenary College with a B.S. in Equine Science, Josh discovered his true calling working with the disabled riders at his first full-time barn job. He splits his time between the hospital and the barn, bridging the way from IOP to on-site sessions for many of his clients. Though he specializes in ACT and CBT, one of his greatest joys at the barn is leading our adult life skills groups. At the end of the work day, he often goes home for dinner and then returns with his dog, Butters, who keeps the boarders entertained and comfortable while he tends to his horse up the hill.

Rosanna Kirksey, MS, CCC-SLP, PROMPT, CTRI
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“As a person with achondroplastic dwarfism and only two fingers, I faced discrimination and infantilizing treatment because of my disability from a young age. Horses became my sanctuary after a very traumatic first year of college. I changed majors and became a speech-language pathologist and EAGALA equine specialist to combine my past in community theater and voice training with my passion for horses, and working in my disabled community. I owe a lot to the Barrhead School and Access Eq. I fully believe in the power of horses to heal.”

Ash Sterling, MS, LSW, CTRI
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Ash is a licensed social worker and community healer who specializes in chronic illness, Jewish identity, grief, ACE trauma, and disordered eating. They guide with lived experience as a medically complex former foster child and two-time cardiac surgery patient. They are well known around the barn for going above and beyond, working outside of their hours to host our weekly Animal Crossing club in the computer lab, providing students with food and hygiene supply assistance from their trunk pantry, and driving clients to and from the IN-STRIDE grounds in the RAV on show days.

Maya Park, PT, LMT, AET
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Maya’s career did not start in physical therapy or equine studies; in fact, she was an aerospace engineer before she was first drawn to the barn.

Jessica Cirkiel (&)
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“I’m a second-generation American living with OSDD, a single mother, and a life-long horse girl. My horse Pepsi has a lot of health issues and goes on stall rest a lot so I started volunteering with Access to give back to the community that has given me a second home for so many years. I love being part of the Access Eq family and I really believe spending time here and working with so many amazing kids here helps me as much as me working in the ring and assisting lessons helps them.”

Kathleen Dietz, DPT, HHP, PAS
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Catherine Novak
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Catherine is well known around Access Eq for her unrelenting work ethic, effortless social butterfly wings, and happiness to lend a hand wherever one is needed. No matter the weather, hour, or what’s going on, you won’t have to look very far to find her. Her favorite thing to do is to groom the horses, and she always leaves them sparkling! She started volunteering at Access Eq just a few months into joining the program, and after two years of hippotherapy, has even landed her first supportive employment job. Catherine is such a true testament to the program, and we couldn't be more proud!

Maeve Knowles, MA, CCC-LSLP
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Bradford Johnstone III, M.S., OTR/L
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“I graduated from Asbury University in 2003 with dual degrees in Occupational Therapy and Equine Assisted Services. I specialize in physical rehab and geriatric OT, helping people regain their independence after injury, stroke, or age-related musculoskeletal changes. The equine-assisted model is among my favorites for the natural benefits that a horse's movement and demeanor can provide to our nervous system as well as our muscles and joints. I strive to foster a positive, judgement-free therapeutic process for my clients."

Leni Varga, BS, PTA
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“I love being a physical therapist assistant because I can see the amazing effect it has on the kids and I love learning more about horses. The effect it has on my English has helped in my life every day. I passed my NPTE-PTA in 2023 and I started working here in 2024. Every day I feel like I learn something new. Working with Lauren and Angelina has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.”

Etan Benensen, LCSW, MSW
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Illusen Phoenix
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Angel Moreno
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Catlynn Reynolds
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Finch Dyer, CSW-C, NCC, BCBT
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“After graduating from William Woods, I completed my AAT program at Chestnut Ridge. I am now board certified in CBT and a nationally recognized counselor. Specializing in anxiety and suicide reduction within the gender-expansive youth population I work with my clients individually, in the saddle or on the ground to show how horses can create a perfect environment for healing and growth. As an Access alum myself with auDHD, I’m extremely proud to be an example of queer disabled hope for my clientele.”

Keyshon Johnson
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Keyshon was connected with Access Eq through our veterans outreach efforts in 2019. Over the next few years, he participated in twice-weekly therapy to process his combat experience and gain physical strength throughout multiple revisionary surgeries on his stump. Now he volunteers in the barn and office, making return calls in the morning to other connected veterans in the morning and helping to tack horses for lessons in the afternoon. His compassion for other program members and love for the horses shine through in everything he does!

Liana Gatto, LPC, CRC, BCETS, CART
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Colette McPherson, MA, OTR/L
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Colette has been an occupational therapist with the Access family for over 15 years. She works with all age populations and serves as a guide and mentor to new hires when she’s not working one-on-one with clients or supervising community activities. She is also a regular contributor to our podcast, sharing personal accounts of therapy success and offering insight into her nearly 20 years of experience working with the disabled equestrian population.

Sara Alderman, BA, PTA
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Christina Rex, MSW
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Monica Easom, Ph.D, RBT, CP, BCRT, BCSA, SAP
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Ben Schuyler
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Padraic Martinucci, MS, OTD, OTR/L, HPCS
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Donna Rae Engle, Ph.D, LCSW, LISW-S, BCD, CEDS, FAGP
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Bernardo Marín
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Everybody around the barn knows Bernardo! One of our longest-working barn hands, Bernardo wears about a dozen hats around the community: he mucks, he does night checks, he preps arenas for lessons, he sets up on show days, he guides trails; he’s even been known to make an appearance on the show roster from time to time! Bernardo is also our chief groundskeeper for the IN-STRIDE club, always ensuring that every inch of our 42.6 acre show venue is dutifully cleaned and manicured for every guest that passes through. Be sure to drop by on summer weekends and pick up some produce from his beautiful home garden drive!

Elliot Metzger, MS, MSW, LPC/MHSP, MAC
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Tricia Letty, MS, PT
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Evelyn Barrentine, OTD, OTR/L, SMS
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Garret Hunt, MS, OTR, HPCS
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Miryam Aaronson, CCC-SLP, HPCS
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Faith Grillo
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Lauren Richter, PT
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Rowan John
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"I ride at Access because I have mental health problems. You might of seen me on Hidden Springs Hoarders. I ended up having to move because my house was condemned. I decided to totally restart in the US where I had dual citizenship already. Aftercare referred me to an amazing team here that got me into hippotherapy. The horses don’t judge me in therapy and volunteering to clean the barn motivates me to keep my house clean too. Since joining Access I don’t need city check-ins at my home anymore and it’s been clean for over a year. I love volunteering at Access Eq!”

Lia Chaikin, CSW, CAP, HHP
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Selma Bernardi, Ph.D, DPT, MSPT PCS
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Loren Falconer, SLP, PT, NDT, CSPS, CTRS
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Yas Hatahle
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Basil McCurry, LMHC, CSAC
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"My first time on a horse was as a 16 year old in residential drug rehab—the institutional method never worked for me but the horses sure did. When Lord Palmerston said "there is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man," he was definitely onto something. I work as a Certified Substance Abuse counselor, also specializing in therapy harm and underserved communities who chooses person- and equine-led alternatives over the psych industrial models."
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Angelina Tyler,
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Emily Shein
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Morgan Groth, CP, CTRI
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Natalie Sendak, DPT, MSPT, CHT
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Sam De Carolis, CTRI
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“Being a disabled rider is hard. I should know, I’ve been in my chair longer than most of my students have been alive! Sometimes other instructors just don’t get us. We can do some incredible stuff when a trainer really knows how to work with our disability instead of around it. If you’re a western rider who feels a little too much “woah” and not enough “go!” in you current program, I’ll be opening up to new adaptive lesson students in Spring 2026.” text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text

Helle Egeberg, MA, CPC, ATR-BC, CTRI
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Rachel Max, MA, SLP, HPCS, BCS-CL
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Jamie Stadter
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Regina Stuyvesant, Ph.D, CCC-SLP, CSPS, PECS
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Alfie Switt, MS, SLP, LSVT LOUD
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Marisela Figueroa, LMHC, NCC, CPT
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Sonya Veselko, CTRI
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Danny Whalen, OTR/L, CDRS, LVR
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Temperance Farrell, MA, M.Sc, LPC, NCC, IFS
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Zoey Selig
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Darcy Lowry, BSN, CTRI
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“What do I love about Access Eq? Here there’s a safe space for everyone who needs one. I don’t see myself as just an instructor. Because I’m disabled myself, I am proud to lead by example and show my students that I don’t just teach what I’ve been taught: I am guided by empathetic identification through my lived experience to truly understand their own. We will work together and not only find you the right adaptions to ride, but to get you truly thriving in your very best life, here and away from the barn.”

Christian Felice
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Sharon Dowe, Ph.D, CCC-LSLP, BCS-CL
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Sharon brings her robust 36 years of clinical and community experience to Access Eq in the form of her x program, serving the most underserved members of our IDD community

Ingrid Kustanowitz, PT, HHP, HPCS
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Tori Kustanowitz, Ph.D, LPC, CCTP-II, HPCS
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