At Mountain Ridge Mental Health, our focus is on providing effective mental health treatment for those in need. Although we provide service for a wide range of issues, one of the things we specialize in Trauma Informed Care and connection with ourselves and those we are in relationships with. We provide effective interventions for trauma and other mental health related diagnosis from grief and loss, abuse or neglect, second hand trauma experiences, anxiety, depression, social anxieties, attachment disorders, and eating disorders to name a few.
Animal Assisted Psychotherapy is one of the primary tools we use to help people work through complex emotional and mental health issues. Animal Assisted care has been shown to be effective in treating a wide variety issues including anxiety, trauma, depression, attachment disorders, emotional dysregulation, social concerns, and many more. Animal Assisted Therapy is an invaluable tool in teaching social skills, coping skills, anger management, motivation, emotional regulation, and problem solving skills. Combining Animal Assisted Therapy with other proven interventions from research based, psychotherapy models such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma-Focused CBT, EMDR, DBT and others creates an environment for deeper healing with various positive results for various mental health related struggles. We believe there is something powerful that happens to us when we get reconnected with ourselves and the world around us and that Creation can come along with us to aid in our healing and reconnection.
Services
Animal Assisted Counseling Sessions
Most counseling sessions are 50-60 minutes long and are provided in person.
Sessions cost: $70 per session
Accepting Clients now~!
At this time we are not offering billing through insurances in order to keep the cost of mental health services affordable to all but are happy to provide receipts on request if you choose to send them to your insurance provider as a claim for a rebate. Our goal is to provide service to anyone in need regardless of his/her ability to pay. Please reach out if you are in need.
Testimonials
When it felt like nothing else worked and I felt at a loss, spending time with animals was the change I needed and got me to a much healthier place in my mind
Joan
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
Winston S. Churchill
Mountain Ridge Mental Health, PLLC 