Rooted Oaks Ranch is a threshold — a place where individuals and families cross from the weight of what has been, into the possibility of what can be. A world where restoration is a right rather than a luxury, the land is healing, and no one walks the path of transformation alone.
Every journey to healing starts differently. Tell us where you are, and we'll help you find the right door in.
Adolescent girls navigating anxiety, identity, family stress, or patterns that aren't serving them — we meet them where they are.
Women ready to understand what's happening beneath the surface — and create sustainable change.
Families looking to understand patterns, improve communication, and move forward together with support and clarity.
Not every situation fits in a box. Reach out and let's see how we can help or guide you in any way.
56 acres of old-growth oak, open pasture, and quiet that invites you to breathe again.
As you walk past the fields, shaded by the oak canopy, you borrow calm from the horses. No words needed — they mirror you without judgment. Now, exhale.
We slow down, expose roots, and get back clarity and hope within your core for balance, attunement, and secure attachment.
Whether you're just beginning to understand what's happening beneath the surface, or ready for deeper work — each experience is part of a larger path forward.
A Full-Day Workshop in Communication & Voice
What does it mean to speak your truth clearly, kindly, and without apology? This workshop uses Clean Talk communication practice and equine-assisted groundwork to help participants find and use their voice, with themselves and with others.
Relational healing for women
A weekend retreat for adults who want to better understand their patterns of relating, how relational trauma has shaped those patterns, and how healing is possible.
A Burnout Recovery Workshop for Mothers
Your worth is not your output. You are allowed to be a person, not just a provider. Every element of this day is designed to help you feel restored.
A Full-Day Workshop on Rest, Space & Presence
What does it feel like to have nothing to do, nowhere to be, and nothing to perform? This workshop creates the conditions for genuine rest — not passive exhaustion, but active spaciousness. Participants learn what it feels like to be unplugged from demands and how to find that quality in everyday life.
A Full-Day Workshop on Trust, Help & Connection
When did you last let someone help you? This workshop centers on the hardest things for helpers, leaders, and caretakers to do: ask for support, trust others, and remember that enjoyment is not a luxury. The horses show us what it looks like to lean in.
A Full-Day Workshop on What's Stopping You
What is standing between you and what you want — how much of it is actually yours to move? This workshop combines somatic boundary practice with equine-assisted groundwork to help participants identify their blocks, understand where they came from, and begin to work through them.
A Full-Day Workshop in Breathwork, Movement & the Land
The body knows how to heal. This workshop uses breathwork, gentle movement, time in nature, and the grounding presence of the horses to help participants return to their own rhythm — slowing down enough to hear what the body has been trying to say.
Weekend Couples Retreat
This weekend is for couples looking for deeper connection and intimacy. This is an opportunity to step away from the daily pressures, slow down, and reconnect with one another.
Every person on our team brings deep expertise and a genuine belief that real healing is possible.
Steward of the Heartwood. Executive Director - LMFT-S, LPC-S, LCDC
Allie Haydon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor, Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor, and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor who has spent 15 years passionately dedicated to walking alongside teens.Allie Haydon is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor (LMFT-S), Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S), and Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) who has spent 15 years passionately dedicated to walking alongside teens, adults, and families through some of life's most challenging seasons. With deep specialization in grief, trauma, substance use, codependency, attachment, identity, self-esteem, and the beautiful, complex work of building healthy relationships, she brings both confidence and genuine warmth to every therapeutic space she holds.
She believes wholeheartedly that healing doesn't happen in isolation. Even when an individual shows up alone, the voices of their support system — their family, their loved ones, their community — arrive with them. That relational context is never ignored; it is woven into the work, honored as part of the story, and treated as a powerful force in the journey toward change.
Working collaboratively from a Solution Focused perspective, she partners with every client to uncover the strength and resilience that already lives within them. It is an honor and a privilege to witness the courage it takes to show up, and she never takes lightly the trust placed in her to hold space for someone's story and transformation.
Rooted in more than just her clinical expertise, she has ridden horses her entire life and currently competes in Three Day Eventing alongside her horse, Rhiannon. In her equine partners, she finds calm, grounding, and a depth of connection that mirrors the very things she helps her clients cultivate within themselves and in their relationships. That spirit of trust, partnership, and presence lives at the core of Rooted Oaks Ranch.
Program Director - RN, Certified Yoga Instructor
Emily is a Registered Nurse with more than 23 years of experience and a certified yoga instructor who has facilitated women's retreats and experiential healing work for years.Emily Berry has been a Registered Nurse for more than 23 years and brings a calm, grounded presence to Rooted Oaks Ranch. Alongside her nursing background, she is a certified yoga instructor and has spent the last several years helping facilitate women's retreats and experiential healing work. Emily's work is centered around connection — both to ourselves and to the world around us. She cares deeply about creating spaces where people can slow down, feel supported, and do honest work without pressure or performance. A few years ago, Emily spent nearly a month in the mountains of Costa Rica completing her yoga teacher training.
Tender of the Herd - Equine Specialist - RN, BSN
Amy has worked in equine-assisted psychotherapy for more than 25 years, combining national horse show competition experience with nursing and relational healing work.Amy Jacobs has worked in equine-assisted psychotherapy for more than 25 years. Before moving into therapeutic work, she spent years competing on the national horse show circuit, later combining that experience with her background in nursing and relational healing work. Over time, Amy developed her own approach to equine-assisted psychotherapy centered less on exercises and more on the real relationship between the client and the horse. She believes horses respond honestly to energy, presence, and authenticity — which is often where meaningful insight begins.
Equestrian Director
Laura brings more than 30 years in the equestrian world to Rooted Oaks Ranch, including training nationally ranked riders across Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation.Laura Mendoza brings more than 30 years of experience in the equestrian world to Rooted Oaks Ranch. Her background includes training nationally ranked riders and working with horses across Hunters, Jumpers, and Equitation. Laura is especially drawn to horses that others may have overlooked or struggled with. Much of her career has been built around helping horses regain trust, confidence, and steadiness through patience and consistency.
Horses bring calm and healing so growth can take root.
Lover of carrots and neck scratches
Meet Diamond! He is known for his goofy personality and regularly inspecting pockets for treats! He loves neck scratches, carrots, sunbathing in the pasture, and being the center of attention.Meet Diamond! He is known for his goofy personality and regularly inspecting pockets for treats! He loves neck scratches, carrots, sunbathing in the pasture, and being the center of attention. Diamond is very happy to be a part of the team and can’t wait to meet you! This sweet guy has had quite the career from being a show jumping star in Australia to successfully competing in the US, and then continues with his current owner in the amateur divisions until retiring in 2024.
Jack of all trades
Moose is a 14 year old quarter horse who has been a jack of all trades. He has done everything from trail riding to horse showing to being a babysitter for younger horses.Moose is a 14 year old quarter horse who has been a jack of all trades. He has done everything from trail riding to horse showing to being a babysitter for younger horses. After a number of issues with his feet made it hard for him to continue his heavier riding career, he found the perfect home with us as a therapy horse extraordinaire.
One eyed jumper
olly is a 12 year old Selle Francaise (french warmblood). She competed on the local jumper circuit until her teenage owner went off to college, and she found her next niche here with us.Holly is a 12 year old Selle Francaise (french warmblood). She competed on the local jumper circuit until her teenage owner went off to college, and she found her next niche here with us. Holly lost one of her eyes due to an illness a number of years ago, but she can still see your authentic self and help you see it, too.
We're located on 56 wooded acres north of Houston.
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