Who We Are

Our experience enables us to offer effective outpatient, individualized, client care with an equine approach. We specialize in at-risk youth and adolescents struggling with trauma, adults with PTSD, trauma, grief and more. 

Dawn VanBuskirk holds a clinical license, and obtained a Masters in Social Work at the University of Southern MS in 2018. She has over 9 years in working with the child welfare system and excels as a trauma-informed provider.  

Elizabeth Becker holds a clinical  license and obtained her masters in social work in 2021. She has over 9 years in child welfare and excels with working with children.

Ashlie Frentz holds a licensed master degree and specializes in art therapy. She has over 11 years in the social work field and excels at helping individuals find peace and direction. 

Our Trauma-Focused Therapy is based off a specific approach known as Equine Facilitated Therapy for Complex Trauma (EFT-CT) that recognizes how trauma affects the individuals mental, behavioral, emotional and physical well-being. We achieve positive results by utilizing and allowing the individual to build a relationship with not only the therapist, but horses as well.  Our main focus is helping clients learn to self-regulate while enjoying the therapeutic aspect utilizing a horse.

We offer family sessions, couples therapy, and art therapy! Our facility is passionate about providing "out of the box" therapy that can be tailored to each individual!

We promise to be there for you every step of your journey. Our goals are to: 

Feeling Safe

Identify Triggers

Develop Healthy Coping Skills

Decrease Trauma Stress Symptoms

Practice Trauma Processing

Emotional Regulation

Goal setting

Gaining positive life skills

Lower anxiety

Reduce anger outburst

All of these are done on an individualized basis recognizing that trauma looks and feels different for everyone.