Grief is universal. Grief impacts our body, mind, soul, and spirit- and we must address it in all these areas as we process it.
Empowering individuals and families
to find hope, healing, and wholeness through therapeutic work with horses.
Take Heart is a ranch with a mission, serving our community since 2014.
We provide mental health counseling sessions serving individuals and families across Berks, Lancaster, and Lebanon counties in Pennsylvania.
Additionally, we offer equine-guided retreats for healing and self-discovery, and corporate workshops with topics such as leadership, communication skills, or self-care to groups of all kinds.
Our Wholeness Academy offers an alternative educational experience for students, and assists our local school districts in providing innovative student experiences in social emotional learning, for ages K-12.
For those horse lovers out there, we have a Connected Horsemanship program which educates and empowers equestrians throughout our region to build relationship with their horses, and teaches riding lesson students of all ages the foundations of horsemanship that are good for both horse and rider.
We also have an active Volunteer program where you can serve your community by helping care for horses or put on special events at the ranch. Join the barn family and connect with your community!
"Take Heart!" is a battle cry for holding onto hope when things seem most impossible. Our compassion for people and our counseling services are grounded in the hope found in Jesus Christ. We believe that no person is too far gone, and we will walk alongside you while your hope is restored.
Way more than petting horses, our therapy sessions are tailored to your personal goals and use evidence-based therapeutic techniques. Our trauma-informed therapists use innovative new research in the field to provide the highest quality of care to provide counseling that will change your life.
Horses are intuitive partners and teachers. Joining with them using attachment-based principles in equine therapy allows their true personalities, wisdom, and intuition to come through and respond honestly to clients for in the moment learning. We love our gentle and playful co-workers and work hard to ensure they love their job, too.
Work with our team of professional, trauma-informed clinicians to find hope and healing for whatever challenge you or your family are facing. Offering in-person equine or traditional office sessions, or virtual telehealth sessions.
Intensive retreats designed to refresh, restore, and empower you and your team to experience life-changing growth and healing. Provide a powerful experience for your team that they will never forget.
Empower your students to succeed in traditional classrooms with an alternative social emotional learning experience that increases attendance, engagement in academics, and positive social behaviors.
Discover a new perspective on riding and caring for horses based on developing a relationship with the horse. Bonus: learn skills at the barn that impact every area of your life.
Horses help in many ways, allowing us to offer a wide variety of programs for our community – something for everyone. Their unique talents shine as we pick horses for each service based on their personality, but some characteristics that are common to any horse in our herd, in any program:
We make it easy for you!
1. You can contact us directly. While we accept referrals from doctors, attorneys, psychiatrists, or other professionals – you do not need one to start. We make it easy: you can call or text us at 717-917-7137; you can email us at info@takeheartcounseling.com; or you can check out our contact page to send us a message or reach a specific staff member.
2. Once you’ve reached out, you will get a quick response from our friendly intake coordinator, Chris. She will listen to your questions and concerns, consider your scheduling availability, then pair you with the therapist on staff who will be the best fit for you or your family.
3. Chris will get you scheduled for your first appointment. We can usually get you scheduled within one week. Soon you will receive an email inviting you to our client portal, where you can quickly and easily fill out the intake paperwork. At this point you’ll have the chance to contact your therapist in advance if that would also be helpful.
We know how hard it can be to reach out for your first counseling appointment, so we another option for getting started in therapy:
If you prefer, you can request an appointment with one of our therapists directly from our client portal. They will receive the request, send you the intake paperwork, and get you connected.
Yes! We believe everyone can benefit from at least a few counseling sessions - and that horses make the therapeutic experience more motivating, insightful, effective, efficient, and yes, even fun.
Take Heart is conveniently located for clients in Berks, Lancaster, Chester, and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania. However, we have served clients visiting from across the country! Our clients are all ages, demographics, and have a variety of mental health concerns they want to work on and grow through. We'll walk with you and your family through real life challenges to rediscover hope, healing, and wholeness.
Additionally, we serve groups of leaders, pastors, teams, and co-workers with uniquely designed experiential workshops. We enjoy empowering other helping professionals to serve at their best and overcome burnout and compassion fatigue. Teachers, medical professionals, therapists - we're here for you, too!
Take Heart works to serve clients with compassion and competence. Our slogan "hope. healing. horses." is based on our passion for combining faith, professionalism, and the amazing power of the horse-human bond. We integrate professional Christian counseling with trauma-focused equine assisted psychotherapy to help clients find mental, emotional, and spiritual wholeness. It is our joy to see relationships restored and individuals find peace and strength.
Our team works with individuals, couples, families, and groups, on:
Clinical concerns including:
Life struggles:
It’s time to experience joy and peace again. It’s time to deepen the connection with your loved ones. It’s time to overcome fear and gain confidence for all that you are called to. It’s time to discover your voice and purpose, defining your identity and stepping forward in strength.
Grief is universal. Grief impacts our body, mind, soul, and spirit- and we must address it in all these areas as we process it.
A story about how slowing down, removing negative labels, learning attunement can take us from a place of fear to a place of friendship and growth.
Founder Meagan Good and Operations Manager Nicole Rabe reflect on the last 10 years of Take Heart- Where we have been and where we are going.
The healing journey of a therapy horse named Hank who was rescued and teaches us more about ourselves.
Wherever you are at on your journey, we are here for you. Our human and equine team will walk alongside you so you can find hope, healing, and wholeness in your life. You are worth it. Reach out to us today.
