Apprenticeship Program Selection Process
Applicants are required to send in an electronic copy of their application to booking@theeponacenter.com.
Additionally, there is an $80 application processing fee. To pay online by credit card click here. Be sure to select the Apprenticeship Application Fee category.
For check payments, make the check out to EponaQuest, LLC and mail it to HC1, Box 922, Sonoita, AZ 85637.
Listed below are the items that comprise the Apprenticeship application. Please provide the information in a Microsoft Word document that is a maximum of four (4) pages using text only — no photos or graphics.
- Date application and include name, address, phone number, and email address
- Education
- List schools, programs, trainings, certifications, etc. that have supported your growth and development
- Include the name of teaching/training institution, year/time attended, and a one to two sentence description of the program, its purpose and value to you.
- Professional Experience in one or more of the following fields:
- Riding Instructor/Trainer, Educator,
- 5 or more years of horse experience,
- Licensed Mental Health Worker,
- Coach,
- Shamanic Training,
- Alternative Human Health Care,
- Animal Health Care,
- Unique Experience, Skills, Connections
- Other
- Describe your initial experience with Epona. Indicate nature of experience (workshop, private sessions, or an intensive), the name(s) of facilitator(s) and workshop(s), and dates. Indicate which of the Epona concepts or activities were difficult to integrate when you returned home? For example, the concept of emotion as information, authentic community building skills, or the false-self/authentic-self metaphor. Which of the concepts were most useful?
- Horse Experience (you do not have to be an advanced rider to do this work, but some experience with horses is essential).
- Describe your attraction to the field of Equine Facilitated Experiential Learning. Why are you attracted to the Epona Apprenticeship Program?
- Given the requirements and energetic demands of the Apprenticeship Program, describe how you will integrate it with your personal and work life during the year of training.
- Describe your goals in this field (e.g., running your own EFP center, adding EFP to your counseling practice, creating a more holistic, emotionally supportive rider instruction program, etc.)
- Indicate the state of your mental and physical health.
- Knowing yourself as you do, if you were to run into a problem during the apprenticeship year, what might it be? How do you imagine the program could help you acknowledge and address that issue?
- If so advised by an Epona instructor, are you willing to seek outside help in an area where there seems to be a deficiency.
- Indicate your capacity to send and receive emails with Microsoft Word attachments via computer on a routine basis. If you do not currently have this capacity, indicate whether or not you are willing and able to acquire the necessary setup and knowledge. (This electronic exchange among Epona personnel and apprentices is integral to providing professional, personal, and logistical support.)
Applicants will receive email notification as to whether or not they passed the paper-screening phase. Phone interviews for those passing will be scheduled by Carol Roush or Mary-Louise Gould. The application process will continue until the program is full and a waiting list is established.
Find out more about the program:
- Overview
- Prerequisites
- The Selection Process
- Personal Commitment
- Equine Components
- Mental Health Components
For more information contact booking@theeponacenter.com or 520-455-5908.