Our Team
Our Team
Donna Lombardi
Donna Lombardi
Donna Lombardi
Our Team
Donna Lombardi
Our Team
Donna Lombardi is an AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Professional Horseman, with over 35 years of experience training, riding, and working with horses. Donna has managed barns with over 40 horses, and has devoted her life to nurturing and taking care of her horses.
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Her love and care for the horses has been the driving force of her success in the many competitions she has won, including winning Top Ten Riders 29 times as well as many other championships. Donnas has built a career teaching, training and coaching people on interaction with horses, and has developed high standards and a strong emphasis on natural horsemanship.
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Donna teaches with relaxed and professional atmosphere. Her students have been champions and top ten at the Quarter Horse Congress, qualified for the Congress youth team, youth world championship and multiple circuit championships.
As part of her ongoing learning, she has studied “The power of the herd” theory and “Touched By a Horse” Soulfulness Theory. Donna continues to study “Healing with Horses in Treatment of Trauma”, and has thousands of hours of experience working with kids and adults to develop their personal growth through their interaction with horses.
Donna Lombardi is an AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Professional Horseman, with over 35 years of experience training, riding, and working with horses. Donna has managed barns with over 40 horses, and has devoted her life to nurturing and taking care of her horses.
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Her love and care for the horses has been the driving force of her success in the many competitions she has won, including winning Top Ten Riders 29 times as well as many other championships. Donnas has built a career teaching, training and coaching people on interaction with horses, and has developed high standards and a strong emphasis on natural horsemanship.
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Donna teaches with relaxed and professional atmosphere. Her students have been champions and top ten at the Quarter Horse Congress, qualified for the Congress youth team, youth world championship and multiple circuit championships.
As part of her ongoing learning, she has studied “The power of the herd” theory and “Touched By a Horse” Soulfulness Theory. Donna continues to study “Healing with Horses in Treatment of Trauma”, and has thousands of hours of experience working with kids and adults to develop their personal growth through their interaction with horses.
Donna Lombardi is an AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Professional Horseman, with over 35 years of experience training, riding, and working with horses. Donna has managed barns with over 40 horses, and has devoted her life to nurturing and taking care of her horses.
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Her love and care for the horses has been the driving force of her success in the many competitions she has won, including winning Top Ten Riders 29 times as well as many other championships. Donnas has built a career teaching, training and coaching people on interaction with horses, and has developed high standards and a strong emphasis on natural horsemanship.
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Donna teaches with relaxed and professional atmosphere. Her students have been champions and top ten at the Quarter Horse Congress, qualified for the Congress youth team, youth world championship and multiple circuit championships.
As part of her ongoing learning, she has studied “The power of the herd” theory and “Touched By a Horse” Soulfulness Theory. Donna continues to study “Healing with Horses in Treatment of Trauma”, and has thousands of hours of experience working with kids and adults to develop their personal growth through their interaction with horses.
Donna Lombardi is an AQHA (American Quarter Horse Association) Professional Horseman, with over 35 years of experience training, riding, and working with horses. Donna has managed barns with over 40 horses, and has devoted her life to nurturing and taking care of her horses.
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Her love and care for the horses has been the driving force of her success in the many competitions she has won, including winning Top Ten Riders 29 times as well as many other championships. Donnas has built a career teaching, training and coaching people on interaction with horses, and has developed high standards and a strong emphasis on natural horsemanship.
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Donna teaches with relaxed and professional atmosphere. Her students have been champions and top ten at the Quarter Horse Congress, qualified for the Congress youth team, youth world championship and multiple circuit championships.
As part of her ongoing learning, she has studied “The power of the herd” theory and “Touched By a Horse” Soulfulness Theory. Donna continues to study “Healing with Horses in Treatment of Trauma”, and has thousands of hours of experience working with kids and adults to develop their personal growth through their interaction with horses.
Tel: 917-725-0884
Teaching and Lectures
​Below is a partial list of the professional talks, training and lectures that I have provided in recent years:
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May 2023 - "Introduction to Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy" two-part workshop with New Jersey Institute for Psychoanalysis
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October 2022 - "Dreaming with your hands" - Introduction to Jungian Sand Play at New Jersey Clinical Society
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September 2022 - Lecture to parents about "Benefits of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Riding"
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September 2021 - Interview for a teen-led podcast "The Truth of Maturing Minds and Mental Health" click here
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February 2021 "Seeing eye-to-eye - Mindful riding" click here
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May-July 2020 - "Management in the time of Corona": a series of talks to private and publicly-traded corporations with the purpose of increasing awareness of the psychological aspects related to managing company employees during the Covid-19 period. Zoom (In Hebrew & English)
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April 2020 - "What is anxiety and how to deal with it in the shadow of Coronavirus?" Zoom presentation to an organization. Englewood NJ
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March 2020 - "Dealing with your child's anxiety during the pandemic": Zoom presentation to the Israeli community addressing the immediate needs of children and providing coping skills. Englewood, NJ (In Hebrew)
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March 2020 - "Visibility of Counter-transference": A case presentation and workshop on affects of negative counter-transference in psychoanalytic treatment and its connection to professional burn out. Presented at New Jersey Psychoanalytic Institute, NJI
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February 2020 - "Dreaming with your hands": two full days (14 hours in total) Jungian sand therapy training as part of the post-grad program "New Wave" for mental health professionals at Interdisciplinary College (IDC) in Israel (in Hebrew).
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May-Sep 2019 - "Introductions to Jungian sand therapy": 12 hours training for mental health professionals. Englewood, NJ
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July 2018 "We never gotten to Italy..." case presentation at the CEU cultural competency program at New Jersey Psychoanalytic Institute, NJI. Teaneck, NJ.
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April -July 2018 - "Introductions to Jungian sand therapy": 12 hours training for mental health professionals. Englewood, NJ
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January 2018 - "Have you played in the sand lately?": CEU lecture for mental health professionals interested in learning about Jungian sand play techniques applied with adults and children, NY Clinical Society of Social Work, Sparkill, NY
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March 2017 - "Have you played in the sand lately?": CEU training for mental health professionals on use of sand therapy with adult patients at NJI
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March 2017 - "Ethics and Laws for Mental health professionals": A lecture provided via Zoom as part of the curriculum at the program for "Parental' coaching training", Englewood NJ
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August 2016 - "Relocation to the US: the cultural Iceberg": presentation to the community of parents who recently relocated from Israel to Bergen County, NJ. (In Hebrew)
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July 2015 - "Integrated approach for Trauma treatment": A lecture provided to graduate program for nurse practitioners at Fairleigh Dickerson University, Morristown, NJ
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April 2014 - "Sympathy vs Empathy": A presentation at the community center for parents on a critical difference between the two concepts. Fair Lawn, NJ (in Russian)
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March 2014 - "From the mud to Kings and back": A case presentation for CEUs cultural competency at New Jersey Psychoanalytic Institute, NJI. Teaneck, NJ.
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August 2014 - "Returning to the US post war in Israel": A presentation to parents of the Israeli community who traveled to Israel; during the summer of 2014 and experienced frequent bombing. Bergenfield, NJ (in Hebrew)
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May 2013 - "Integrated approach for Trauma treatment with a focus on Domestic Violence": A lecture provided at the Newark community mental health center in Irvington, NJ.
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April 2013 - “Dealing With Your Child’s Nightmares”: A talk provided to parents of grades 1-4 at the private school in Englewood, NJ
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April 2013 - “How to respond to difficult questions asked by kids?”: A talk provided to parents of grades 1-4 at the private school in Englewood, NJ
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January 2013 - "Dealing with losses": A presentation to parents at the Cliffside Park Public School system (grades 1k-12), Cliffside Park, NJ
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March 2012 - "Cultural Engagement in Psychotherapy": A CEU cultural competency lecture to increase awareness of engagement stage at New Jersey Psychoanalytic Institute, NJI. Teaneck, NJ.
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October 2012 - “How to approach your child’s worries?”: A talk provided to parents of grades 1-4 at the private school in Englewood, NJ
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March 2011 - "Trauma Treatment": A presentation to mental health professions at the local community treatment center Jewish Family Service (JFS). Teaneck. NJ.