Healing Happens Here.
At Hope On The Hoof, we believe healing should never be out of reach, and we’re committed to making it accessible, transformative, and free from financial barriers so individuals can experience the healing therapies they deserve and live more balanced and empowered lives.
Our licensed mental health professionals provide equine-assisted therapy using the EAGALA Model—a proven, ground-based approach where clients work alongside horses to explore emotions, build trust, and grow through life’s challenges.
All sessions partner a licensed mental health professional with an Eagala-certified equine specialist. Individuals, couples, and families are offered a safe, supportive session that is client-directed, emphasizing authentic connection, emotional safety, and relationship-building.
Insurance Coverage Update
We proudly accept Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and Iowa Medicaid insurances—and we’re actively expanding coverage to make meaningful mental health care more accessible for all.
How We Serve
Our mission is rooted in resilience, community and the transformative power of the human-horse bond.
We provide healing and therapeutic support to individuals facing mental health challenges through equine-assisted psychotherapy. By utilizing horses as partners in therapy, we create a safe and transformative environment where clients can build emotional resilience, trust, and self-awareness. We serve children, teens, adults, families, veterans, and individuals impacted by trauma, anxiety, depression, and PTSD, fostering emotional healing and personal growth.
We envision a community where healing is accessible to all, and where financial barriers never stand in the way of emotional wellness.
At Hope On The Hoof, we believe that healing doesn’t always happen in an office. Sometimes, it begins in a pasture. Sometimes, it begins with a horse. Our vision is to become a leading provider of transformative mental health services, offering trauma-informed equine-assisted therapy that fosters resilience, connection, and lasting change.
Hope On The Hoof offers trauma-informed equine-assisted therapy programs for adults, youth and first responders.
Each program is designed to foster healing, connection, and emotional resilience through the power of the human-horse bond.
Our small group programs, The Healing Ground, Barnside Connections, and Home Front Healing; provide safe, experiential spaces for participants to explore and regulate emotions, and build trust in community. Whether you’re seeking personal growth, support through life transitions, or recovery from trauma, these programs offer a unique path forward.
Ways to Give
Open Gates 2026 Giving
Launches November 28, 2025
Your gift helps make trauma-informed equine therapy accessible to those who need it most.
Together, we can remove financial barriers and create space for lasting emotional wellness.
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