Our Members
Amy Schilder
MS, LMHCA, Equine Specialist
Amy is deeply dedicated to the work of transforming lives. She is passionate about supporting your journey to coherence, empowerment, joy, hope and fulfillment. Her methods focus on a somatic experiencing, embodied, neuro-experiential lens. Her therapeutic approach is interactive and collaborative, utilizing the natural living world and your connection to it as a guide towards therapeutic wisdom.
Amy has 25 years in art and equine therapeutic, experiential educational programming and 18 years of equine-facilitated methods for growth, learning, and counseling. Amy earned her Masters of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a specialty in Children, Marriage, & Family Counseling from Walden University. She is certified by the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) and by the Certified Horsemanship Association (CHA).
“Through calming the nervous system, regulating emotions and energy, and ultimately on finding moments of joy, lightness and hope, I can help you move forward differently.”
Rachael Pearson
MS, LMHCA, Equine Specialist
Rachael primarily works from a relational psychodynamic perspective with a focus on interpersonal neurobiology and trauma-informed narrative and somatic therapy, as well as Equine Assisted Psychotherapy.
She works with individual clients covering a broad range of issues including anxiety, depression, religious trauma, and chronic illness. She is affirming of people from all traditions, faiths, and sexual orientations.
"Horses are keenly attuned, utterly congruent, and live in the here & now; they have a way of telling the truth that invites us to profound awareness and presence."
Catherine Stehr
MS, LMHCA, Equine Specialist
Catherine Stehr, MA, LMHC is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and a certified practitioner of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) with EAGALA. She specializes in individuals, couples and family therapy. Catherine has experience working with a wide variety of patients while her area of expertise are anxiety, depression, life transitions, grief and loss, family dynamics and self esteem. She is dedicated to supporting her clients on their healing journey using goal oriented, client focused practices. She works to identify and build on her patient’s strengths to attain their desired personal growth.
Catherine earned a dual Master of Arts in Applied Behavioral Science with a focus in Family Systems Counseling and Management Consulting from the Leadership Institute of Seattle and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Child and Family Studies from Washington State University.