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Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner

Online Certification  ·  11 Weeks  ·  Globally Recognised  ·  (CEQT)

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Executive Summary

Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner

Designed for today’s high-impact professionals, the Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner (CEQT) delivers a rigorous Advanced-level curriculum that equips participants with the knowledge, tools and frameworks needed to excel in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing.

This 11 Weeks programme is structured around recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards, ensuring every graduate applies internationally validated methods to real-world challenges.

GLI’s CEQT holders are recognised by leading organisations across Africa, the Gulf, Europe and the Americas as qualified, results-driven professionals. Whether you are advancing your current career or transitioning into new responsibilities, this certification provides the competitive edge you need in 2026 and beyond.

Programme Overview

Certification at a Glance

Certification
Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner
Acronym
CEQT
Category
Counselling & Coaching
Level
Advanced
Duration
11 Weeks
Delivery Mode
100% Online
Assessment
Online Examination
Certificate
Digital + Physical
CPD Eligibility
CPD Accredited
Alumni Benefits
GLI Network Access
Self-Paced
USD 399
Live Virtual
USD 599
Target Audience

Who Should Enrol?

  • Counsellors and Therapists
  • Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners
  • Social and Community Workers
  • Helping-Profession Practitioners
Programme Inclusions

Everything Included in Your Enrolment

  • All study materials and study guide
  • Access to GLI online learning portal
  • Online examination and assessment
  • Digital certificate and digital badge
  • Physical certificate (shipped to you)
  • CPD credits for professional bodies
  • GLI alumni network membership
  • Facilitator and tutor support
  • Resource downloads and reference library
  • Automatic enrolment confirmation
Certification Benefits

Why This Certification Matters for Your Career

Career Advancement
Accelerate your career towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles
Professional Recognition
Credential aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards
Leadership Capability
Develop the strategic and operational skills to lead complex counselling functions
Organisational Impact
Design and implement counselling systems that drive performance and measurable results
Compliance Readiness
Master the standards, compliance and ethical governance central to counselling
Global Employability
Qualify for counselling roles across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice worldwide
Competency Framework

Core Competencies You Will Develop

Counselling Theories, Models and Approaches
Assessment, Case Formulation and Treatment Planning
Therapeutic Skills, Alliance and Communication
Specialised Populations and Presenting Concerns
Coaching, Wellbeing and Positive Psychology
Professional Ethics and Governance
Course Curriculum

Programme Modules

Click any module to explore the detailed curriculum topics included in this certification.

1
Foundations and Professional Context of Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner
  • Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner: industry context, trends and professional standards
  • The helping relationship and its purpose
  • History and scope of counselling and coaching
  • Professional roles, boundaries and settings
  • Ethical principles and codes of practice
  • The self of the practitioner
  • Cultural competence and diversity
  • Confidentiality, consent and safeguarding
  • The evidence base for talking therapies
  • Wellbeing and the biopsychosocial model
  • Career pathways and professional development
2
Outcomes and Review
  • Evaluating coaching outcomes
  • Goal setting and behavioural change in coaching
  • Ethics, supervision and reflective practice
  • Record keeping, notes and professional documentation
  • Remote and telephone practice
  • Endings, relapse and maintaining change
  • Practitioner wellbeing and vicarious trauma
  • Outcome monitoring in therapeutic work
  • Referral, multi-agency work and the client pathway
  • Contracting and the three-way agreement
  • The working alliance and coaching presence
  • The boundary between coaching and therapy
  • Questioning, listening and the coach’s restraint
  • Feedback, challenge and psychological safety in coaching
  • Mentoring, sponsorship and developmental relationships
3
Scope, Boundary and Referral
  • The boundary between coaching and therapy
  • Ethics, supervision and reflective practice
  • Contracting and the three-way agreement
  • Trauma-informed delivery and its limits
  • Working with ambivalence and motivation
  • Group facilitation and group process
  • Team coaching and the team as client
  • Cultural context and coaching across difference
  • Building and running a coaching practice
  • Clinical assessment and shared formulation
  • Therapeutic modalities and choosing an approach
  • Risk assessment and safeguarding in practice
4
The Therapeutic Alliance
  • The working alliance and coaching presence
  • Questioning, listening and the coach’s restraint
  • Feedback, challenge and psychological safety in coaching
5
Contracting and Confidentiality
  • Contracting and the three-way agreement
  • Ethics, supervision and reflective practice
  • The boundary between coaching and therapy
6
Listening, Reflection and Restraint
  • Questioning, listening and the coach’s restraint
  • The working alliance and coaching presence
  • Cultural context and coaching across difference
7
Ethics, Supervision and Safety
  • Ethics, supervision and reflective practice
  • The boundary between coaching and therapy
  • The working alliance and coaching presence
8
Ethics and Safeguarding
  • Ethical supply chains
  • Ethics, confidentiality and professional conduct in HR
  • Confidentiality and handling sensitive data
  • Conflicts of interest and integrity
  • Ethical use of AI and analytics in HR
  • HR competencies and professional standards (SHRM, CIPD)
  • Data ethics, privacy and responsible analytics
  • Professional ethics and codes of conduct in HR
  • Ethics and duty of care
  • Professional ethics and duty of care
  • Integrity in reporting and investigation
  • Professional roles and ethics
  • Culture, ethics and behaviour change
  • Professional ethics and integrity
  • Professional standards and self-regulation
9
Communication Skills
  • Presenting and influencing
  • Influencer and partnership communications
  • Event and sponsorship communications
  • Communications analytics
  • Communication and conflict patterns
  • Brand, reputation and communications
  • Assessment and feedback online
  • Cryptography and secure communications
  • Presenting learning proposals and impact
  • Professional portfolio and presentation
  • Peer review and feedback
  • Communication planning and management
  • Integrated marketing communications
  • Professional presentation and pitching
  • Media and public communication
10
Development and Learning
  • Analytical techniques and bias
  • Complaint data and learning
  • Training and capability building
  • Development banking and project finance
  • Message development and testing
  • Supplier development and innovation
  • Active and experiential learning
  • Learning objectives and outcomes
  • Active-learning methods
  • Continuing professional development
  • Measuring development impact
  • Managing resistance and capability building
  • Category management and strategy development
  • Supplier development and improvement
  • Real estate development and project appraisal
11
Groups and Facilitation
  • Innovation and fintech collaboration
  • Microfinance and group lending
  • Team leadership in technology
  • Preparing financial statements
  • Team leadership in L&D
  • Delivery and facilitation plan
  • Facilitation skills and presence
  • Virtual and hybrid facilitation
  • Facilitation, coaching and mentoring
  • Assets, liabilities and equity reporting
  • Aligning teams around strategy
  • Cross-functional and matrix teams
  • Leading remote and hybrid teams
  • Team diversity and inclusion
  • High-performance team rituals and cadence
12
Behaviour and Change
  • Motivation and engagement
  • Interpreting financial statements
  • Behaviour change and adoption of innovations
  • Foreign exchange and treasury operations
  • Technology governance and change control
  • Foreign exchange and hedging
  • Engagement and motivation
  • Change management and adoption
  • Engagement, motivation and energisers
  • Motivation and self-directed learning
  • Cost concepts, classification and behaviour
  • Variations, claims and delay: managing change on site
  • Change talk and readiness
  • Habit change and behaviour design
  • Change control and configuration
13
Goals and Measurement
  • Managing schedule and budget performance
  • Agile metrics and velocity
  • Setting objectives and marketing KPIs
  • Funnel, pipeline and conversion metrics
  • Customer and brand health metrics
  • Brand health and measurement
  • Dashboards and performance reporting
  • Capacity and performance management
  • Setting objectives, indicators and targets
  • Yield, productivity and profitability metrics
  • Linking CX to business performance
  • Coaching for performance
  • Service quality and turnaround metrics
  • Credit risk measurement and mitigation
  • Sales performance and pipeline management
14
Leadership Context
  • Decision support and insight
  • Duty of care and risk management
  • Practice management systems
  • Writing advisory reports that drive decisions
  • Project management standards (PMI, PRINCE2)
  • Project roles and the project manager
  • Stakeholder and sponsor management
  • Building project management maturity
  • Lessons learned and knowledge management
  • Project management maturity assessment
  • Value and benefits management
  • Front-office and reception management
  • Relationship management and retention
  • Performance management in service
  • Handling escalations as a leader
15
Culture and Inclusion
  • Managing virtual and cross-cultural teams
  • Brand strategy, identity and equity
  • Ratio and trend analysis
  • Management accounts and dashboards
  • Budget vs actual and variance
  • Cost and profitability analysis
  • Service culture and brand promise
  • Building a customer-centric culture
  • Building a service culture
  • Building a culture of compliance
  • Financial inclusion and agency banking
  • HR's role in culture, values and employer brand
  • Culture change and behaviour embedding
  • Whistleblowing and speak-up culture
  • Safety culture and leadership
16
Client Relationships
  • Contract exit and renewal
  • Stakeholder mapping and engagement
  • Stakeholder mapping and partnering
  • Stakeholders and users of financial information
  • Stakeholders, agency and accountability
  • Trends: ESG, transparency and stakeholder capitalism
  • Fair treatment of stakeholders
  • Shareholder and stakeholder rights
  • Stakeholder and investor engagement
  • Employment relationship and the psychological contract
  • Contractor and visitor safety
  • Stakeholder mapping and collaboration
  • Managing difficult stakeholders
  • Stakeholder mapping in banking
  • Relationship management and cross-selling
17
Risk and Compliance
  • Corporate governance in banks
  • Regulatory duty and accountability
  • Risk, compliance and feasibility analysis
  • Enterprise risk management in banks
  • Liquidity risk and asset-liability management
  • Operational risk and resilience
  • Forecasting and planning
  • Model risk and provisioning (IFRS 9)
  • Regulatory compliance and central-bank rules
  • Regulatory reporting and audits
  • Interest-rate risk and gap analysis
  • Control environment and risk assessment
  • Governance and the three lines model
  • Fraud risk and controls
  • Audit risk and materiality
18
Evidence and Research
  • AI and predictive project analytics
  • Data quality and governance
  • Customer personas and insight
  • Marketing analytics and attribution
  • Web and campaign analytics
  • Customer data platforms and segmentation
  • Web, campaign and funnel analytics
  • Sales analytics and forecasting tools
  • Market research design and methods
  • Qualitative and quantitative research
  • Translating insight into strategy
  • KPIs and performance reporting
  • Data migration and cleansing
  • Data governance frameworks and roles
  • Data privacy law and compliance (GDPR)
19
Wellbeing and Resilience
  • Working with organisations on wellbeing
  • Wellbeing and resilience coaching
  • Managing growth, risk and resilience
  • Stress testing and scenario analysis
  • Wellbeing and holistic health strategy
  • Resilience, wellbeing and stress management
  • Wellbeing and personal-effectiveness learning
  • Workplace wellbeing strategy
  • Stress and psychosocial risk
  • Crisis, resilience and contingency planning
  • Organisational resilience and adaptive strategy
  • Business continuity and resilience
  • Data visualisation for finance
  • Coaching for resilience and wellbeing
  • Stress testing credit portfolios
20
Workplace Context
  • Strategic workforce planning and demand forecasting
  • Managing resistance and engagement
  • Communicating risk to the workforce
  • Worker engagement and empowerment
  • Motivation theories and engagement
  • Workforce and shift management in retail
  • Strengths, flow and engagement
  • Building trust and engagement
  • Stakeholder engagement strategy
  • Advocacy and policy engagement
  • Workforce management and scheduling
  • Customer and community engagement
  • Customer and employee satisfaction
  • Assurance engagements and standards
  • Measuring engagement and impact
21
Practice and Business
  • Brand safety and responsible marketing
  • Sustainability and responsible marketing
  • Marketing and sales KPIs and dashboards
  • Value-based and dynamic pricing
  • Market and customer analysis
  • Designing a marketing or sales strategy
  • Campaign or go-to-market plan
  • Marketing strategy and the mix
  • Pricing strategy
  • Digital marketing strategy
  • Content marketing and editorial
  • Market analysis and environmental scanning
  • Go-to-market and channel strategy
  • Marketing planning and budgeting
  • Marketing and sales: scope, roles and value
22
Digital Delivery
  • Scaling technologies and business models
  • Digital and market transformation
  • Digital advisory, e-extension and mobile services
  • Digital and self-service transformation
  • Self-service and digital support
  • Customer service technology stack
  • Technology selection and integration
  • Emerging service technologies
  • Digital, mobile and internet banking
  • Digital disruption and the future of banking
  • Digital transformation in banking
  • Payment technology and switches
  • Cybersecurity and fraud technology
  • Digital credit and alternative data
  • Social and digital PR
23
Programme Delivery
  • Emergency preparedness and response planning
  • Policy, planning and objectives
  • Scenario planning and foresight
  • Negotiation strategy and planning
  • Emergency preparedness and planning
  • Programme governance
  • Programme cycle management in NGOs
  • Reporting automation
  • Event planning timelines, run sheets and production schedules
  • Event risk, safety and contingency planning
  • The vehicle sales process from enquiry to delivery
  • Banking products, services and delivery channels
  • Leading banking projects and change
  • Leading IT projects and change
  • Risk-based audit planning
24
Community and Family Context
  • Corporate social responsibility communications
  • Community and lifelong learning
  • Environmental, social and governance (ESG)
  • Corporate responsibility and community
  • Social media management: platforms, communities and algorithms
  • Measurement and analytics for media and social campaigns
  • Sustainability and social impact in projects
  • Corporate social responsibility and community impact
  • Group dynamics, facilitation and community mobilisation
  • Social media customer care
  • Social media and community management
  • Risk, protective and social factors
  • Recovery capital and community
  • Mentorship, networks and the community of practice
  • Community natural-resource governance
25
Health Context
  • Healthy work design
  • Absence and health management
  • Confidentiality and health data
  • Communicating financial results
  • Health records, data and confidentiality
  • Telehealth and digital care delivery
  • Public health programmes: prevention and outreach
  • Healthcare quality, safety and accreditation
  • Health financing: budgets, insurance and out-of-pocket realities
  • Procurement and stock management for health commodities
  • Health, safety and compliance in delivery
  • Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches
26
Standards and Quality
  • Measuring governance improvement
  • Product safety and standards
  • Data governance and quality
  • Sustainability standards (GRI, ISSB)
  • Continuous improvement cycles
  • Driving measurable safety improvement
  • Continuous environmental improvement
  • Management review and improvement
  • Integration with quality and environment
  • Certification and continual improvement
  • Design review and quality
  • Benchmarking against standards and best practice
  • Continuous improvement and lessons learned
  • Data quality, analysis and reporting
  • Sustainability certification and standards
27
Conflict and Resistance
  • Conflicts of interest and transparency
  • Commercial negotiation and value capture
  • Sponsorship and negotiation selling
  • Negotiation with clients and partners
  • Managing difficult customers
  • Negotiation with buyers, suppliers and financiers
  • Conflict resolution over land, water and resources
  • De-escalation and difficult customers
  • Handling difficult customers and disputes
  • Managing resistance and reskilling
  • Integrity, confidentiality and conflicts
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Conflicts of interest management
  • Conflict resolution and mediation
  • Managing resistance and building coalitions
28
Records and Reporting
  • Governance of ESG and reporting
  • Management and board reporting
  • Environmental monitoring and reporting
  • Incident reporting and record-keeping
  • Attachment and developmental theory
  • Sustainability reporting and disclosure
  • Risk registers and reporting
  • Vehicle documentation, compliance and consumer protection
  • Financial reporting frameworks (IFRS/GAAP)
  • Integrated and sustainability reporting
  • Reporting quality and governance
  • Professional writing and documentation
  • Board reporting and investor relations
  • Management reporting and decision support
  • Information lifecycle and records management
29
Coaching Practice
  • Coaching and reinforcement
  • Building a coaching culture
  • Measuring coaching and mentoring impact
  • Coaching models and frameworks (GROW)
  • Mentoring and sponsorship
  • Solvency, capital and prudential supervision
  • Measuring coaching outcomes
  • Coaching and developing team members
  • Sales enablement and coaching
  • Coaching and quality monitoring
  • Goal setting and action planning
30
Professional Leadership Practice
  • Crisis management and command
  • Key account management
  • Journey management and tracking
  • Property management and facility operations
  • Grant compliance and restricted funding management
  • NGO financial management and budget-versus-actual discipline
  • Procurement and asset management under donor rules
  • Reinsurance and capacity management
  • Disruption management: delays, claims and recovery
  • Energy efficiency and demand management
  • Range planning and category management
  • Vendor selection and management
  • Issue and problem management
  • Servant leadership and self-organising teams
  • Negotiation and conflict management
Learning Outcomes

What You Will Achieve

  • Establish a comprehensive understanding of Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner principles aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards
  • Apply evidence-based methods to improve counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing
  • Master counselling theories, models and approaches and assessment, case formulation and treatment planning
  • Apply therapeutic skills, alliance and communication and specialised populations and presenting concerns in real-world settings
  • Lead risk management, quality and compliance relevant to your field
  • Design stakeholder engagement and professional communication strategies
  • Use data-driven decision-making and performance-measurement tools effectively
  • Apply internationally recognised best practice to advance your career in counselling
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions

What is the CEQT certification?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

Who should enrol in the CEQT?

This certification is ideal for Counsellors and Therapists, Coaches and Wellbeing Practitioners, Social and Community Workers and Helping-Profession Practitioners, and other professionals seeking to formalise their expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing with a globally recognised credential.

How long does the CEQT certification take to complete?

The programme is structured over 11 Weeks and offers flexible learning modes. Self-paced learners can progress at their own schedule, while live virtual participants follow a structured cohort schedule with facilitator-led sessions.

Is the CEQT internationally recognised?

Yes. GLI certifications are recognised across 100+ countries and are aligned with recognised counselling, coaching and ethical practice standards. Graduates receive a digital certificate, a physical certificate and CPD credits recognised by employers worldwide.

What is the cost of the CEQT certification?

The Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner is offered in two formats: Self-Paced at USD 399 and Live Virtual at USD 599. Corporate group rates are available for organisations enrolling 5 or more participants. Contact GLI for a bespoke corporate training quotation.

What does the CEQT certification include?

Enrolment includes all study materials and study guides, access to GLI's online learning portal, online examination, digital certificate and badge, physical certificate (posted), CPD credits, GLI alumni network membership, and ongoing facilitator support.

What is the assessment format for the CEQT?

The Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner is assessed through an online examination consisting of multiple-choice questions, case study analysis, and practical application assignments. The assessment is designed to evaluate real-world competency, not just theoretical recall.

What CPD credits do I earn from the CEQT?

The Certified Equine and Animal-Assisted Therapy Practitioner carries Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits, which can be applied towards professional body requirements including recognised international professional associations.

Can I study the CEQT while working full-time?

Absolutely. The self-paced option is designed for busy working professionals and allows you to study when and where it suits you. Live virtual sessions are typically scheduled in the evenings or on weekends to accommodate professional commitments.

What career outcomes can I expect from the CEQT?

Graduates progress towards senior counselling, clinical and practice-leadership roles. The CEQT strengthens your expertise in counselling, coaching and psychological wellbeing and positions you for advancement across clinics, NGOs, schools, community organisations and private practice.

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