Since 1994, Debranne has been the lead instructor for equine sports massage, body work and anatomy courses in the USA, Canada, UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. She holds the Equinology® Master Equine Body Worker Certification, a certification which takes participants over 2000 hours of coursework to complete. She is the author and facilitator of the unique Equinology® Equine Body Worker Certification Course (equine sports massage, body work stretching and specialized techniques), which is the signature course for Equinology and the professional massage qualification that is embedded into WUC’s Equine Sports Therapy and optionally included in Veterinary Physiotherapy.
Debranne has worked closely with WUC since the inception of the first Equine Sports Therapy awards in 2008.
In recognition of her services to the University College and the equine sector, it gives Writtle University College much pleasure to award Debranne Patillo an honorary degree.