I am the founder of a horse sanctuary, and equine counseling services business in search of a new home for both due to unexpectedly being displaced from where we were operating.

Historically, we have offered senior animal rescue, hospice care, and community outreach programs to help people and pets stay together. We previously offered Hippotherapy through Natural Horsemanship. In 2016, our focus shifted to outpatient mental health services.

I am a licensed professional counselor who has been practicing since 2016. The sanctuary is based upon a platform of acceptance, non-judgement, and presence where animals and people heal together.

The outside of the neglected animal often directly represents the inside of the client. They begin to heal together and as the animal heals, the client is able to see themselves in the transformation. These also happen to be attributes necessary for healing in client-centered therapy and how animals live their lives. Through these parallels, I’ve been able to grow the sanctuary (and add counseling services) through various programs in hopes that everyone, people and animals, know that they matter, they mean something, and they are noticed.

Both businesses recently and suddenly lost their home in the spring. The organization, myself, my family, my businesses, and my animals were all displaced. This also meant that we lost our safe space to offer therapy. I’ve seen so many lives changed and been witness to miracles. We are trying to rebuild after the aftermath. My only hope is that I can find a space to do this work again.