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Katelyn Catanzariti

Traumatised veterans, racehorses benefit from therapy

The use of horsemanship training to help veterans is explored in new documentary The Healing. (HANDOUT/SUPPLIED)

Learning to get a 600 kilogram horse to move on command may be the unlikely key to helping some war veterans struggling with mental health, substance abuse and homelessness.

The use of horsemanship training as an effective breakthrough for veterans and first responders suffering psychological trauma after a life of service is explored in new documentary The Healing by filmmaker Nick Barkla.

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