Shelley K. Green is active in clinical practice in the community. She serves as the codirector, with Douglas Flemons, Ph.D., LMFT, of Context Consultants, Inc., where she specializes in working with couples regarding issues of sexuality and intimacy. Green’s research and teaching interests are in the areas of sexuality, clinical supervision, and equine-assisted approaches to clinical work. She has published numerous articles and book chapters and is the coeditor with Flemons of Quickies: The Handbook of Brief Sex Therapy (W.W. Norton, 2018).

Green developed and directs the equine-assisted therapy program at NSU, teaching two graduate-level courses in equine-assisted family therapy each year since 2012. She cofounded a local nonprofit organization, Stable Place Equine Assisted Therapies.

Through collaboration with Stable Place, she and her colleagues offer training and education in the community, as well as clinical services for underserved and at-risk populations. In collaboration with Stable Place and the Florida International University BRIDGE Program, Green received funding from the Ware Foundation for a two-year clinical and research project evaluating the effects of the equine-facilitated therapy model for foster care youth.

Green also received funding from the Quell Foundation to examine the impact of the equine-facilitated approach for at-risk youth. The Quell Foundation also currently supports scholarships for family therapy master’s students, with half of the scholarships awarded to students enrolled in the Equine-Assisted Family Therapy courses Green developed.

Courses: Equine-Assisted Family Therapy, Systems, and Sexuality