MARLEYS MISSION INC
PO BOX 505, SCRANTON, PA 18501 www.marleysmission.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MARLEY'S MISSION EMPLOYS A TEAM APPROACH TO HEALING CHILDREN WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA. ALL TREATMENT IS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE. THE TREATMENT TEAM CONSISTS OF A SPECIALLY TRAINED TRAUMA THERAPIST AND AN EQUINE SPECIALIST. THE TREATMENT TEAM HAS BEEN EDUCATED IN AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EQUINE-ASSISTED THERAPY MODEL (EAP) (ALSO KNOWN AS EQUINE-FACILITATED PSYCHOTHERAPY - EFP) DEVELOPED BY THE EQUINE ASSISTED GROWTH AND LEARNING ASSOCIATION (EAGALA). MOREOVER, MARLEY'S MISSION HAS DEVELOPED PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH FRIENDSHIP HOUSE, A LEADING PROVIDER OF TRAUMA THERAPY IN THE REGION. WITH THIS RELATIONSHIP, FRIENDSHIP HOUSE STAFF NOW HAS ACCESS TO SPECIALIZED TRAINING, HORSES, AND STABLES AT MARLEY'S MISSION AS WELL AS THE USE OF OUR EQUINE SPECIALISTS. THE MISSION IS PROUD OF THE DIVERSITY OF TREATMENT PROVIDED ON ITS CAMPUS. THERE ARE (3) SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF TRAUMA TREATED BY MARLEY'S MISSION: (1) TRAUMA FROM ABUSE OR NEGLECT; (2) TRAUMA AS A RESULT OF GRIEF OR LOSS

SINCE OPENING IN JULY 2010, THE MISSION HAS PROVIDED EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, FREE OF CHARGE, TO MORE THAN 950 CHILDREN FROM 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. TO MEET THAT NEED,THE MISSION UTILIZES 6 TRAUMA THERAPISTS AND 6 EQUESTRIAN SPECIALISTS AND 19 HORSES TO PROVIDE CARE TO CHILDREN. DURING THE YEAR, MISSION STAFF TRAVELED OVER 12,000 MILES TRANSPORTING CHILDREN TO AND FROM THERAPY SESSIONS AND PROVIDED MORE THAN 2,400 THERAPY HOURS, FREE OF CHARGE, FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

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