PAM SALEM BIO | Equine Assisted Careers

Owner and Creator of EquineAssistedCareers.com

Pam Salem is a lifelong horsewoman, educator, and respected leader in the equine-assisted learning field, bringing decades of hands-on experience as a breeder, competitor, and facilitator. A founding member of the Equine Experiential Education Association (E3A) and former Regional Vice President of the Tennessee Horse Council for over 15 years, she has played a meaningful role in shaping and advancing the industry.

Since 2000, Pam has co-facilitated equine-assisted programs alongside licensed therapists, combining her background in education and business with a deep understanding of the horse-human connection to support personal growth and healing. She also developed and leads an equine interaction program at a residential recovery center in East Tennessee, where more than 14,000 individuals have participated in transformative experiential learning since 2010.

Grounded in the belief that “horses being horses help humans be better humans,” Pam’s work reflects a lifelong commitment to fostering authentic connection, self-awareness, and lasting change through the presence of horses.

Meet Pam Salem

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Pam Salem, B.S. Education, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Horse Breeder 20 years
State Horse Council Regional VP for 19 counties 15+ years
Equine Assisted Training Specialist by Tim Manson, Certified Training and Development Specialist
Innovative Horizons E.A.G.L.E Professional Development TIM BIO LINK
Founder – Horizon Farm EAGL Center, HorseTeachingandHealing.com, and Equine Assisted Careers.com
Co-Founder – E3A, the Equine Experiential Education Association
EAGALA Certified Oct 1999 the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association
Co-Founder – Equine Interaction Experience at English Mountain Recovery Center (2010 to present)
https://englishmountain.com/equine-interaction-recovery-interview-pam-salem/
Co-Founder – Salem Hospitality, Inc. Hospitality Furnishings and Supplies (1972 to present)

A PARTIAL LIST OF PAM'S EQUINE ASSISTED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:

1998 Studied with Dr. Joanne Moses at Tucson Animal Assisted Psychotherapy Associates (TAAPA)
Met and visited with Wyatt Webb at the Miraval Equine Experience, author of It’s Not About the Horse.
October 1999 EAGALA Training with Greg Kersten and Lynn Thomas at Virginia Intermont College.
October 2000 Hosted a Chris Irwin demonstration, a workshop with Dr. Joanne Moses the founder of TAAPA the Tucson Animal Assisted Psychotherapy Associates, and an EAGALA Training with Greg Kersten and Linda Myers in Knoxville, TN, and began to work as the EAGALA Horse Specialist with a PhD psychotherapist providing equine assisted psychotherapy.
October 2003 EPONA Three Day Workshop for Educators, Counselors & Riding Instructors with Linda Kohanov, author of The Tao of Equus and Riding Between the Worlds, and Kathleen Ingram therapist of Sacred Place of Possibility.
June 2004 EAPD with CHRIS IRWIN, author of Horses Don’t Lie.
2006 OK CORRAL SERIES Blue Seminar [business] with GREG KERSTEN

Pam with Chris Irwin

June 2007 certification by Innovative Horizons as an EQUINE ASSISTED TRAINING SPECIALIST.
December 2007 EAGALA Level I at MARK LYTLE’s to maintain EAGALA certification.
April 2008 hosted OK CORRAL SERIES White Seminar [mounted].
July 2008 Founding Member of E3A, the EQUINE EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.
May 2013 Healing with Horse Symposium, Denver, Colorado
June 2014 Trauma & Equine Assisted Practices Conference, North Carolina NATURAL LIFEMANSHIP Theoretical Base: Dr. Bruce Perry’s NeuroSequential Model - Trauma Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF EAP)
June 2015 Equine Assisted Trauma Focused Conference
November 2015 EAGALA Part 2 Training with Lynn Thomas & Mark Lytle
March 2016 EAGALA Conference Lexington, KY
March 2018 EAGALA Conference Murfreesboro, TN
March 2020 EAGALA Conference Lexington, KY
2020 Virtual Conferences with The Herd Institute and Natural Lifemanship
2023 EAGALA Five Day Fundamentals – Recertification
2023 PATH EAL FUNDAMENTALS PILOT PROGRAM, Certified
2023 OK CORRAL SERIES Red Certification Seminar, Greg Kersten (co-founder of EAGALA)

HANDS-ON CAREER EXPERIENCE:

Since arriving in 1998 and watching the equine assisted field develop, I have benefited from working consistently in it, first with a PhD psychologist psychotherapist for 7 years and then for 16 years in a program created with an accredited activity therapist at a residential recovery center where I do two sessions, once a week. So that is now 2 x 52= 104 x 15 yrs = 1,560 sessions, with an average of 6 per one session and 12 per the other that is an average of 18 people per week. 52 weeks x 15 years = 780 weeks x 18 people average = 14,040 humans. I respect scientific rigor and its discipline…just don’t get lost in it. Get lost in the company of horses, and you will learn what you can help others benefit from experiencing. Pam Salem resides in Seymour, Tennessee.

“You don’t ‘find’ yourself, what are you, under a tree? You create yourself.”

- Victoria Principle -

You can reach Pam by email or phone (865) 705 7157.

She is available to provide career consulting, collaboration and encouragement.