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How Equine Therapy is Helping People Find Sobriety in Middle Tennessee

JourneyPure at The River Executive Director Jamie Bercich feeds baby goat Bonnie held by equine facilitator Jon Levi.

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

When Bridgette Beard first picked up a horse’s reins, she wasn’t looking for peace: she was trying to survive addiction. Equine therapy was the last thing on her mind. Beard, the director of nursing and a psychiatrist nurse practitioner at JourneyPure at The River, used equine therapy in Tennessee to overcome a debilitating addiction. An … Continued

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