Veronica Lac

Veronica is the Founder & Executive Director of The HERD Institute® and has 20 years of experience as a corporate trainer and mental health professional, as well as a certified therapeutic riding instructor, providing her with an integrated perspective to Equine Facilitated Work. Her academic background includes a Masters in Training and Performance Management, a Masters in Gestalt Psychotherapy, and a PhD in Psychology.

The HERD Institute® offers training and certifications in Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy & Learning. Veronica specializes in working with eating disorders, trauma, and attachment and has developed equine and canine assisted programs for at-risk adolescents in collaboration with residential treatment centers and eating disorder clinics. Veronica is committed to research in the field of equine facilitated psychotherapy and has multiple publications internationally in peer-reviewed journals and is the author of two best-selling books in the field of equine-facilitated work.