Caim Therapy

Exciting up coming event 🥰🦄🥰

How exciting is this 😍😍😍
Great to see my fantastic sponsored rider Nicole Sweney featured in the horse and pony magazine.
Make sure you pick up a copy and read about her inspirational story 😁🥳🥰🦄

Mothers day is fast approaching.
And I wanted to share that I do gift vouchers so if you know a fantastic mum who may need a little help with her riding mindset or any of my other services flick me a PM to organize a gift voucher.
Also in my normal spirit of giving I am doing a mother's day give away..
If you know a deserving mum or your that deserving mum who would like a free mindset session with me tag them or yourself and like the page and share the post.
I will draw the winner the evening before mothers day.
Open to fur mums as well 😉
Katrina

Well more exciting news I am pleased to welcome Anna Wilson to the Caim Therapy rider team as a sponsed rider.
I have done a little work with Anna already on mindset and I look forward to continuing working with a person so dedicated to improving.
Welcome Anna 🎊🦄👏🥰😁

What Anna has to say

I am a 22 year old rider from Hamilton who has a passion for dressage! Currently I have two horses on my team: Neversfelde Rupert who I compete at level 7 with, and AD Catch Phrase, my young horse. Having a good mindset and mental strategies is very important to be the best version of yourself, especially at a show! Working on your mental strength is just as important as your physical strength. I have some big goals for next season and beyond, so I am very excited and grateful to be joining Caim Therapy’s sponsored rider team!

Katrina specialises in helping riders to achieve their competition goals and overcome their mental blocks through a strengths based approach, and I am super excited to develop my competition and training strategies to be the best version of myself. Dressage is a challenging sport at the best of times, and being a dressage rider herself, Katrina understands this, and is able to combine her mindset coaching and therapy skills to achieve positive outcomes.

Personally, I am excited to develop strategies to improve my test riding and at home training, as well as working with my first young horse! Katrina has already had some great insights for me and strategies to work on, so I look forward to continuing to work with her and developing myself as a rider.

Therapy works best for people in different ways. It's really important as a therapist that I hold this in mind when I'm working with my clients.
Some need space 2 talk, vent and offload others need a sounding board for there troubles and things getting them stuck.
Others just need someone 2 or 4 legged to hold space for them and just be present in the moment so they can be authentically themselves.
Luckily my 4 legged co-workers are the very best at doing just that 🦄💙

How great do the new Caim therapy tops look 😍😍😍 thanks Kylie Marie from Gravity New Plymouth everyone loved them ❤️

Opps I did it again 🤣🤣
Introducing Hannah Wong the new member of the Caim Therapy sponsored rider team 💙 🦄💙🦄💙

My name is Hannah, I’m a dressage rider and I’ve been riding for as long as I can remember. Prior to becoming a mother I competed to Advanced/Level 6.

Since becoming a mum 5 years ago I’ve suffered from a lot of anxiety both in my general day to day life and with my riding. Working with Katrina has been pivotal for me learning ways to deal with my generalised anxiety and also ways and tools in how to cope with different things as they crop up unexpectedly. By learning these tools it has given me a huge amount of confidence in being able to step outside my comfort zone day to day and to be brave and start doing outings and competing again with my young horse. Being able to work through my fears and worries about the what ifs’ has been a life changer and it’s a great feeling being able to get back to enjoying the sport I love and my horse so much more again thanks to the work with Katrina I’ve been doing.

I look forward to the future having Katrina by my side through this journey.

My name is Katrina McGregor and this is abit about myself and what Caim therapy offers

Caim Therapy offers mindset coaching for riders alongside other therapy services. I works with riders using a strengths based approach to understand what is impacting performance, whether this is linked to lack of motivation, show anxiety, riding anxiety or just feeling stuck. I will help develop a plan to help riders work through concerns, working with them via online and in-person sessions.

Many riders have been benefiting from this work including Caim Therapy's fantastic sponsored riders scroll down to hear what they have to say.

I have years of experience competing in different sports starting young as a dancer. Then moving into competitive dog obedience wich came naturally with my love of animals. Later came my love of riding and dressage which was fostered with training under Bill Noble for more than 10 years on a variety of challenging horses.
I gained experience with starting young horses and training challenging/tricky horses in my early riding career but now due to injury focuses more on developing a happy horse and rider combination while out competing able-bodied and Para grade 5 GP dressage.

After a career as a vet nurse and zoo keeper, I retrained as a social worker and then continued my academic study gaining post graduate qualifications in the feild of mental health including but not limited to In
Interpersonal psychotherapy, ethics and welfare of animal assisted therapy and animals in social work which both inform my work in the field of mindset coaching.
I also gained post graduate qualifications in Maternal Mental Health and Infant Mental Health wich informs my work in the peri and post natal spaces along with Attachment Theory ACT, CBT, DBT REBT, and other theory of practice wich inform my adult and youth therapy work.

I have experience working in the primary and secondary feild of mental health and I bring this wealth of knowledge along with my academic and life experience when working with my clients.

Congratulations to Vanessa Veart-Smith. Vanessa was almost one of the lucky Christmas give away winner and as luck would have it due to one of the other winners deciding not to to ahead and use there sessions in the spirit of giving they have gone to Vanessa 😊🎉🦄 I look forward 2 working with you in the future.

How exciting is this 😁😁😁🥳🎉🦄😁😁

Oro Equestrian Premier League Waikato Dressage Championships.
Friday night we have the informative session with Katrina from Caim Therapy on 'Rider Anxiety and the Spooky Horse' from 6.30pm - this will be very interesting so please come along after your first day of competition.
We will be hosting a BBQ prior from 5.30pm so dinners covered too!!
Just another reason to come to the Oro Equestrian Premier League Waikato Dressage Championships!
Also Katrina is after a demo rider for this talk, expressions of interest can go directly to her via the Caim Therapy page

Hi all, so I'll be doing a talk at the Waikato Champs show and I'd love some feedback about what people would be interested in hearing about if they where attending ?
I have some ideas already and will have some demo riders and as anyone who works with me already we will be making it fun and all having a good laugh but would love 2 hear people's thoughts 😊🥳🎉🦄.
Talk will be an hour long

Well what a busy weekend I was down at Taranaki Dressage Taranaki champ show in 2 compasitys one as a rider competing and also as a sponsor.
Check out the fantastic Caim Therapy Rugs wich I sponsored for the bronze champion levels 1-4 and para and also the prize goodie bags. Also many vouchers where won and I look forward to hearing from winner to book in mindset sessions.
I really love the sport of dressage and intend 2 keep giving back and encouraging riders that no matter what life throws at you. if you passionate the sky is the limit.
Thanks 2 It's a Stitch Up for making the fantastic prizes that where tote bags and saddle blanket bags the winners loved them 🥰

Hi all, just 2 let everyone know I will be back on deck after my Xmas/ new year leave 😊 its been exciting time for myself with the lead up 2 my first para GP show and also so well enjoyed rest time with my family. I hope everyone had a great festive season.
Katrina

And out 5th winner is Maree Lynch. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas day and I look forward 2 working with you 🎅🎄🎅🎄🎅🎄
Katrina

And our 4th winner is Georgia Watson. Congratulations and I hope you and your family had a lovely Christmas day and I look forward 2 working with you
Katrina 🎅🦄🥰🎄🎄🎅

Our 3rd lucky winner is Alicia Cameron and I suspect I recognize the mountain in the background of this photo 🎅🎄🦄🥰
I'm looking forward 2 working with you and Merry Christmas Alicia 🎅

Our second lucky winner is Michelle Zee and I look forward 2 working with her in the future
MERRY CHRISTMAS
katrina

Ashleigh Webster congratulations for being the first person picked for some sessions.
Anyone who knows me knows I have a big soft spot for a Jiant barbie horse 😊🦄🥰.
I look forward to working with you in the future
Katrina 🎅🎄🎅

Morning all and a very Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄. Santa has been very busy and stopped in 2 help me look over all the entries for our give away. And wow what an overwhelming response.
What I did note is there are some clear theam for riders out there so in the new year I will try and write up some helpful tips around those topics and issues I saw coming up in many messages.
Now due to the overwhelming response I have not been able 2 pic just one person to gift sessions 2.... so during today I will be posting several lucky people who have won sessions with myself.
Soooo keep your eyes on my page and see if a pic of you and your pony come up 🎅🥰🎄🦄🎄🎅

Xmas Giveaway
Well we are heading closer and closer 2 Christmas and in the spirit of giving. I am offering the opertunity for a rider with mindset coaching/ therapy sessions with me to the value of $320. As most of us have some down time now until after the new year, what a great time to refocus things. Please PM me with a pic of yourself and your horse and tell me what you would like to work on if your the lucky winner.....and how are you showing the Christmas spirit this year.
I will be announcing the winner on 24th December Christmas eve

Time for a post... I've had a little bit of down time as I was away competing my lovely horse and talk about super happy with him... we came away with Reserve Champion much to my surprise.
Like many of my clients I can have wobbly moments at shows and leading up to shows... and show day anxiety... wich as I tell my clients it is all normal within reason....
Things to look at is it impacting your performance do you know what triggers you and what you need in place to work threw it.
Myself lack of sleep is not my friend ( and I have a todler lol) also high winds....
I have found what I need though wich is to never rush getting ready.. doing my pre show bootcamps and touching base threwout a show with the people who's options I value and know will be positive thinkers.
I avoid negativity as much as posable.
Have you thought about what triggers you ? And dose your show anxiety or daily anxiety affect and impact your riding ?
And what would help you ?
All questions that are important to reflect on.
Now that I've done my chat and catchup I must also say I'm a super proud sponsor as as all buy one of my sponsored riders where competing over the weekend and all of them achieving great things and moving forward with there riding partnerships in a more relaxed way 🥰🦄🥰 well done all off you ❤️💓🥰

Now to introduce my second new sponsored ride Holly Webb.
I'm very excited to be working with Holly going forward. I came across Holly as a rider when I found out she had a pony I started who is very special to me Buggs. And learnt how much that pony had helped her as a rider.
I have stayed in contact and have been enjoyed her progress onto the lovely Pete and just new Holly would be a great match for the Caim Therapy sponsored riders team.

What Holly has to say ......

Hi, my name is Holly Webb, I am a 15-year-old dressage rider. I have been riding for ten years, and have started riding competitive dressage in the past 4-5 years. I have competed on my previous pony to level 2, and now I am currently competing with my hack, Mia Picasso at level 2. I have one yearling at home who is being a great paddock mate while he grows and learns ground manners.
This season, I aim to get as much mileage in level 2 with Mia Picasso getting used to large championship-based environments/competitions. Next season I aim to continue up the levels into level 3 and see how far I can produce Mia Picasso to in the future.
I am super excited and grateful to be welcomed onto Caim Therapy as a new sponsored rider. Katrina is a mindset coach who helps riders look at their views and habits, helping riders progress and achieve their goals.
I am excited to see the progress and learning that I will gain with Katrina, finding my habits in competition and learning how to overcome them to further my riding skills, tactics/methods.

The wait is over.......
Introducing Megan Nancarrow one of my two new sponsored riders joining the Caim Therapy team 😀.
I'm so excited to continue working with Megan who is a very talented rider and I have found her to be dedicated to doing the work needed to achieve her goals in shifting her mindset when needed. As well as just being a truly kind and lovely person.

What Megan has to say .....

Hi all my name is Megan and I'm super excited to continue my work with Katrina at Caim Therapy as her new sponsored rider.
Abit about me
I’ve been riding for 22 years, but for the first 10 years, I was not a competitive rider. Coming into competitive riding as a young adult and being a self-confessed perfectionist, I have struggled in silence for a very long time with my competition riding anxiety. I have 4 horses at home: My first ever pony, Joe Bloggs (32yo), my semi-retired ‘happy hacker’, Angus (15yo), my main competition horse, Jax (9yo) and my youngster, Bella (3yo). Jax is a very hot warmblood mare who is so talented but also challenging at times. We are currently competing Medium level from our home base in South Auckland.

I've been working with Katrina for some time now, and I found her at just the right time! I’d been struggling with anxiety in riding and everyday life for some time and it got to the point where I was falling out of love with the sport I’ve done since I was 10 years old. Through working with her, I’ve been unpacking this, piece by piece, and am gradually falling back in love with riding again and becoming the person I want to be for my horses. I am so excited to see further improvement as we continue to work together.

Super excited to have my new updated logo ☺️.
Love working with locals 2 creat something that represents me and Caim Therapy so well
Kylie Marie thanks so much for the fab work

What Caim Therapy's sponsored rider Nicole Sweney has to say.....

"I've been working with Katrina for close to a year now and it's been fascinating getting insights into how my mind works, and how everything is related - my personal life isn't so separate from my riding after all! I’m very excited to have a small team of dressage horses, and working with Katrina has given me lots of new tools to deal with things as they crop up (as they always do with horses!). I’ve had a few major challenges in the last few years, having been diagnosed with a neurological condition, and then having my top horse go out with injury for 7 months. It’s a real thrill to have both of us right again and be able to compete at Level 8 together. This is a new level for both of us, so it’s a fantastic learning opportunity and I’m just so grateful to be able to do it. I’m really looking forward to continuing to work with Katrina to maximise my performance and ensure that I’m doing the best I can for my horses, as well as ensuring that I continue to enjoy the sport and the animals that I love so much."

I look forward to continue working alongside Nicole as her sponsor into the future 😊🥰

Well it's been a while since I did and update. I've been very busy with work and getting back into riding. My lovely new horse and I have competed at a couple of shows now and gotten a couple of ribbons.
There has been challenges as with all things in life but we have keeped pushing forward and will continue to do so.
Later today I'll be doing an update on my fabulous sponsored rider Nicole and also announcing a new sponsored rider who is joining my wonderful team of riders.
Love doing the work I do and being able to be envolved in the sport I love.
Feeling greatful to be so privileged to work alongside such talented and kind people.
What are you greatful for ?

Being grounded and holding space can really help with connection.
My new boy Leo and I where getting abit sticky with our connection so back to groundwork we went and focused on being grounded and in the moment with each other and our connection has improved already 💗 this can be a good thing to reflect on in both our personal relationships and animal relationships and dose this need work ?
Along with my therapy work I also am privileged to walk alongside very talented horse people on ther journey as a mindset coach. And like all of my clients I am also a work in progress 🦄💗
When did u last ground yourself and reconnect with someone ?

Do you find yourself tired with no motivation at the end of your day ? Dose this stop you doing fun after work things?
I often talk to clients about self care and nourishing oneself. This is in multiple ways, one must nourish ones emotional self but also not forget one's physical self.
How many of you are guilty of skipping breakfast or just grabbing a caffinated drink and getting going for the day? I know I have been guilty of it. Next is who these days has time for morning tea? Some younger people may not even know that concept lol. Then comes lunch ..... what time do u have lunch? Mid day? 1pm? 2pm ? When u get 5mins if u get 5mins? Is it little wonder that our tanks are empty at the end of our day we are dealing with life stresses. Work stress, family stress, children stress, Co worker stress, that stress of other drivers on the road, just all the stress 😩.... and we don't fule our body's well.... then if we are lucky we may have a balanced dinner but how often do we not do that because we are to tired?
So I challenge you for the next 4 weeks get up and have breakfast and have an apple instead of your coffee... then have a snack for morning tea.... take your lunch break and eat some carbs and protein... then have a snack for afternoon tea... and see if you then have more energy for your after work day... and eat a balanced dinner PS no caffeine after 3pm people it will help with your self being nice deep restorative sleep.
I hope you accept the challenge as we must nourish ourselves it's part of self care 😊

Time for a big old shout out.
So those of us in the therapy space know self work is super important.
So thought I do mindset coaching alongside my other therapy work it dosnt mean like all people I don't have set backs. So after a couple years out of the saddle I relised I wasn't as confident as I once was.
So finding support was on my list of things to do. This is where the shout out comes.
I have been lucky enough to have ground support from Kylie at arbutus.lane.equine she has been my eyes on the ground helping me find my vibe with my lovely new horse.
No matter your situation it's important to acknowledge that everyone needs help at times and that is OK. It dosnt make you weak it shows self awareness and a desire to grow and develop.
So anyone who maybe looking for fab eyes on the ground or need a tune up in the saddle contact Kylie for some lessons she is based in Taranaki but also dose clinics in Australia as well.
And where me and my new horse have a long way to go we have made leaps and bounds with out connection together and finding a mutual understanding wich in turn has left me feeling more comftable and confident as a rider coming back into the sport 🥰🦄
Arbutus Lane Equine Services

Link to Kylies Instagram
https://instagram.com/arbutus.lane.equine?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Some days it can all feel abit upside down or back the front.... and this can be overwhelming
It's important on these days to take a step back and think .... " is this really such a big deal" .... "is this a 10, the mountain exploding size stress you maybe feeling it is as it happens" or is this more " I a 1, dropped my ice cream sized stress and yes its frustrating but its not a natural disaster" sometimes putting things on a scale can help us really evaluate how much value we should give a situation and then in tern how much of ourselves and our time and worry is fair to give it... so on these days is the world really upside down ....?? Or is it more like a horse having a roll just a moment in time when things have tiped up and they will come right again if you just breath. 🙂 what is your scale you would use when evaluating what is your 10 and what is your 0 ?