home health. Over 4 years ago a fantastic opportunity to work in hippotherapy became available. Ever since then Nolina has
enthusiastically been providing occupational therapy through hippotherapy at Walker Therapy Services, LLC. Prior continuing
education experiences for Nolina include certification at The Tangram Behavioral Center in Texas, completion of Sensory
Integration theory and practice courses, completion of visual and visual motor courses, and completion of “Horse Talk”, the
hippotherapy course. Currently, Nolina is living in Cumming, GA with her husband and two children.
Meet our Therapists!
Nicole Walker is a graduate of Brenau University where she
received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in
occupational therapy. During her years of practice, she has
worked as an occupational therapist in the school system,
provided home health care for all populations and practiced in the
field of upper extremity rehabilitation. For four years, she worked
with Outdoor Sensory Adventures, Clay White LLC working with
children with Autism and other varying diagnoses in a sensory
integration based hiking program . Her intensive continuing
education background includes Sensory Integration theory and
practice, including studying at The Temple Grandin School in
Arizona, Neuro-Developmental Treatment, Hippotherapy and oral
motor/feeding and eating therapy, including the Beckman Oral
Motor Protocol. Walker currently lives with her husband and four
children in Gainesville, Georgia and is the owner of Walker
Therapy Services, LLC.
Nolina Varley received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of
Science in occupational therapy at Brenau University. She also is a
graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Education
in rehabilitation counseling. Nolina worked, for three years,
establishing behavior programs at Community Intervention and
Research Center, Inc. in Tallahassee, FL. After moving to Atlanta,
GA, she worked at Shepherd Center in the capacities of Life Skills
Trainer, Behavioral Specialist, and lastly as an Occupational
Therapist. Nolina has also been a private occupational therapy
contractor working with the Lumpkin County School System and in