• Bassim Mohammad Ali Al-Masri

This article aims to examine the healing power of human-horse relationships in the horse whisperer, Nicholas Evans, 1997, by employing Ecofeminism theory and Horse-Assisted Therapy (HAT). This study attempts to answer the following question: what is the nature of the human-horse relationship in the selected texts? In addition, this article discusses The Horse Whisperer from a psychological perspective in general and the method of horse-assisted therapy in particular. It examines how female characters such as Grace Maclean, Annie Graves, and Brynn Seymour relied on horses in their healing journeys. Their physical injuries and psychological wounds, whether originated in childhood or occurred after tragic accidents, caused the female characters to experience negative emotions strongly associated with fear, shame, stress, anxiety, and depression. To get out of their misery and paralyzing conditions, female characters found a great deal of help in boosting and enhancing their closeness and interactions with horses.

psychology, horse-assisted therapy (HAT), ecofeminism, The Horse Whisperer

"“AN ANALYTICAL STUDY: EMPLOYING ECOFEMINIST IN NICHOLAS EVANS’ NOVEL THE HORSE WHISPERER FROM HORSE-ASSISTED THERAPY PERSPECTIVE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no.f138-f154, September-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409547.pdf

"“AN ANALYTICAL STUDY: EMPLOYING ECOFEMINIST IN NICHOLAS EVANS’ NOVEL THE HORSE WHISPERER FROM HORSE-ASSISTED THERAPY PERSPECTIVE”", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 9, page no. ppf138-f154, September-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2409547.pdf