Robin Gwin, BSW, LSW is a Licensed Social Worker. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Social Work from The Ohio State University in 2016. Throughout her college years, Robin served weekly as a volunteer for Youth for Christ at an inner-city youth center, where she mentored and worked with underprivileged and at-risk teenagers. Robin interned at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, working both in the Office of Offender Reentry and at various correctional institutions across Ohio.

Upon graduation, she became a case manager at Alvis, a halfway house for incarcerated women who were undergoing substance abuse treatment. Robin believes that all of these experiences helped shaped the direction of her career path, as she discovered her heart’s main desire: to help people heal. It wasn’t until Robin was introduced to the Natural Lifemanship model of equine assisted therapy that she knew this was what she wanted to pursue. Robin is captivated by the powerful connection that horses can offer to us, which led her to start her own equine assisted counseling business, Majestic Gifts. Robin has been offering services at Benson Oaks Farm to children and adults since 2019. She is also the lead director and facilitator of the programming for Jack’s Legacy, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to helping individuals who are journeying through addiction.

Robin has experience in working with individuals who seek to improve their overall mental health and well-being, including those with substance abuse, anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and ADHD. In the context of developing a relationship with the horse, participants may benefit from a wide variety of skills, including but not limited to: increase in self-awareness, problem solving, self-regulation, emotional intelligence, identifying relationship patterns, better communication skills, and practicing new forms of healthy behavior.