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SCAM Alert! False Email Report
Published On: April 8, 2026
On April 7, 2026, dozens of OK Corral Series members reported receiving a fake email from Greg Kersten. The email asked for assistance in purchasing gift cards. Please note that this was a SCAM, and you should delete the message. We are adding additional [...]
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Equine-Assisted Author Strikes Again with The Empty Dark
Published On: March 31, 2026
She made it out alive. But is she out of the woods? Desperate for a change of pace, therapist Abby Maguire took a short assignment at an equine-assisted therapy ranch. After decades spent in the trenches of other people’s trauma, she wanted to find [...]
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O.K. Corral Series Turns 20!
Published On: December 26, 2025
This January marks the 20th anniversary of the OK Corral Series, a pioneering force in the world of equine-assisted work. The O.K. Corral Series was founded by the man who named the field of equine assisted psychotherapy (EAP), and founded Equine Services, Inc., and [...]
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OK Corral Trainer Moves Her Herd to VA!
Published On: November 6, 2025
Many OK Corral professionals have had incredible training experiences with Dr. Heide Burch, PhD. She consistently receives top ratings for her seminar facilitation, and her education and experience in equine-assisted psychotherapy is virtually unrivaled. Recently, Dr. Burch relocated from New York to Virginia, where [...]
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PUBLISHED STUDY: Effects of EMDR in Equine Therapy
Published On: July 25, 2025
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=paij Sarah Jenkins announces that her qualitative research has been published in People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice (2025):“A Qualitative Study Understanding the Effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing in Equine Therapy” Co-authored with Dr. Tara Rava Zolnikov The [...]
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Peer-Reviewed Brain Mapping Study Shows Positive Effects of Equine Assisted Therapy for PTSD
Published On: April 25, 2024
Read about a new study that supports the use of equine-assisted therapy with clients who suffer form PTSD. Researchers include Drs. Jane and Allan Hamilton - well-known researchers and practitioners in the equine-assisted modality.
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RESPECT, SUPPORT, TRUST: What Separates us From the Herd
Published On: November 3, 2023
The O.K. Corral Series is a people organization, and we never could even have been wished into existence without people. And not just a few. Fifteen years ago we had a vision for an equine-assisted organization that would share education, and specifically the philosophy [...]
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Greg Kersten Interview with Britain’s June Burgess – Watch Here
Published On: August 7, 2022
https://youtu.be/h625IfG9R3w
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Coronavirus and “Business as Usual” at the Corral
Published On: March 25, 2021
The O.K. Corral is dedicated to offering seminar participants flexibility in the face of the uncertainty that goes along with the Coronavirus. Our seminars will resume as planned starting at the end of April, barring any state or federal restrictions on the events. Our hosts [...]
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News: OK Corral Announces New Trainers for 2020!
Published On: January 1, 2020
In response to the increasing demand for O.K. Corral certification seminars both nation- and worldwide, we are happy to announce that we will have three new certification trainers joining the O.K. Corral team by the end of 2020! Over the past several months you [...]
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“Greg’s seminars are almost an untraining, they really open you up to live the experience the way your client would. You aren’t saddled with a 300 page manual of stirrup specifics, do not’s, and “you can only do this if you are a gold level instructor”. He didn’t teach us rules and regulations, he encouraged us to use our own beautiful brains, life experiences, and knowledge of horses and take what we learned and make it our own.”

Colleen C., Borrowed Freedom

“This has been the opportunity of a lifetime. This has helped me grow as an individual, already. I can’t wait to see where this is going to take my family, horses, and our farm! Thank you so much!”

Kelly G., Hartford, KY

“Greg has proven his determination, professionalism, and leadership abilities in the development of the field of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP). I am proud to have been involved in Greg’s vision from the early days of founding EAP.”

Lewis Feild, 3-Time All-Around Champion Cowboy & ProRodeo Hall of Famer

“Thanks for the wonderful time and experience at the Belton, TX event. It was informative, exhilarating-I still want to be in TX- and I’m so glad I didn’t pursue EAGALA. Your simplicity and directness as well as your amazing experience and “cowboyness” that always shines though, makes your program superior. It was so worth the time and money!!!”

Nancy B., Colorado Springs, CO

“This was a life-defining experience, personally and career-wise. Thank you, Greg, for being the frontrunner full of super stories and deep knowledge.”

Crossroads Corral Seminar Participant, Florida

“I am here to tell you that I could not have been more impressed than I was with the OK Corral Series you presented those 3 miserably hot days in Pierre, SD. I would not have believed it if I had not attended myself. Your insight about horse behavior was not new to me, but your perspectives about how observing human/horse interactions could be so therapeutic was indeed an epiphany. Not too many of those come along in a lifetime . . .plenty of hindsight but epiphanies are rare. Your perspectives of what people show you and tell you and have the potential to learn through human/horse interactions was so refreshing . . . an understatement at best.”

Peg M., Evansville, WY

“Thank you so much for sharing your expertise and talents. This training will make me a better therapist!”

Keanna J., Cary, NC

“I have always credited you as the creator and creative genius behind EAGALA and EAP. I have always said that to others as well as you that no one is as good as you at EAP. You are the founder.”

Lynn Thomas, Former Executive Director, EAGALA

“This training was like going to the source, my other training was just a want-a-be effort not the real deal.”

Paula B.

“I never thought I would be learning so much usable and actionable material from spending a day with horses.”

Mesfin, Corporate Workshop Participant

“I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the wonderful training you gave in Glendale last week. It was my first O.K. Corral Seminar, and I learned so much. Not only about EAP, but about myself, too.”

Hilary R., El Paso, TX

“Excellent metaphors to the corporate world! Fabulous learnings and references to team building that we can share in the workplace.”

Microsoft Licensing, Corporate Workshop Participant

“As an Equine Specialist, spending three days under the tutelage of Greg Kersten was exhilerating. Greg’s skills in EAP as a communicator, teacher and practitioner are adept, astute and comprehensive. His congenial accessibility allowed for humor and information to be free flowing and fortified the learning experience.”

Wayne B., Healing Through Horses

“I had a profoundly life changing experience in Reno last spring. Learned so much that makes such a difference in my life and horse business. Still incorporating all I learned. A must do for your Bucket List!”

Elizabeth A., Florida

SCAM Alert! False Email Report

Equine-Assisted Author Strikes Again with The Empty Dark

O.K. Corral Series Turns 20!

OK Corral Trainer Moves Her Herd to VA!

PUBLISHED STUDY: Effects of EMDR in Equine Therapy

Peer-Reviewed Brain Mapping Study Shows Positive Effects of Equine Assisted Therapy for PTSD

RESPECT, SUPPORT, TRUST: What Separates us From the Herd

Greg Kersten Interview with Britain’s June Burgess – Watch Here

Coronavirus and “Business as Usual” at the Corral

News: OK Corral Announces New Trainers for 2020!