Noreen Esposito Ed.D., PMHNP

        Noreen Esposito is the coordinator for the KnowingHorse equine-assisted experiential learning & psychotherapy programs.  She is a board certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with a private practice in Chapel Hill, NC and is faculty at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill Schools of Nursing  where she teaches nurse practitioner students and other health professionals.  In addition to equine-assisted psychotherapy, her private practice incorporates mindfulness based behavior therapies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and various other psychotherapies.    She holds Advanced Certification in  EAGALA (Equine-Assisted Growth and Learning Association).  She frequently presents at national conferences,  is a  published researcher on patient-provider health encounters and an author of several book chapters   www.noreenesposito.net

Micky Purcell

        Folly Farm owner and a lifetime equine specialist, Micky Purcell is a licensed horse trainer with the British Horse Society, and a certified equine massage therapist.  Micky has more than 25 years of professional  experience working with horses around the world.  She spent several years as an equine specialist in Dubai, U.A.E.  She is EAGALA (Equine-Assisted Growth and Learning Association) certified.  As the owner of Folly Farm she is living her lifelong goal to own an equine facility that creates a wonderful environment in which horses and people peacefully coexist.  (for more information on Micky Purcell, see http://www.equinemassageandmanners.com ).   Folly Farm is the primary venue for KnowingHorse programs .