DARBY FURTH BONOMI, Ph.D.
Dr. Darby Bonomi brings psychological guidance, strategies, and perspective for top performance and full enjoyment of your competitive experience.
For over 30 years, Dr. Bonomi has facilitated positive transformations in her clients. A practicing psychologist and consultant, Darby has worked with people of all ages to achieve lasting change and establish foundations for mental wellness.
As a sport and performance psychologist, Darby combines her life-long experience in the equestrian world with her vast toolbox of psychological and coaching interventions. Riders of all levels and their families reclaim joy in the sport, leading the way to improved performance and better health. Darby is an expert at untangling the complicated situations that tend to arise when horses are added to families.
Darby has written for Practical Horseman, USHJA InStride, Riding Magazine, Eventing and Jumper Nation, Flying Changes, and Street to Stable and has given sport psychology clinics all over the country. Currently, she serves as a Barn Ambassador and Advisor to Giant Steps Therapeutic Equestrian Center and is a California licensed psychologist (PSY 12925).
A dynamic speaker and change maker, clients seek out Darby to help improve their lives, both in and out of the saddle. She is devoted to making the equestrian world—and the world at large—a kinder, gentler and more respectful place.
Darby currently shows in the amateur owner hunters and equitation with her horses Davinci, Kingston ASG and Little Wing, and has two college age daughters who came up the ranks. In addition, she has an adult son who is an athlete but steers clear of the barn. Married for 32 years, Darby and her family live in Marin County with two ragdoll cats and a corgi named Beezie.
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