Certified Coaches
Find a Certified Freedom Way® Coach
Near You
If you’re looking for an equine-assisted coaching session—a personal experience with a horse and a skilled coach—you’re in the right place.The coaches listed below have completed The Freedom Way® Equine-Assisted Coach Training and are part of our professional community. Each coach runs their own practice, sets their own rates, and offers sessions independently.
To book a session, ask questions, or learn about availability, please contact the coach directly.
What You Can Expect in a Session
Equine-assisted coaching is a powerful, experiential approach to personal growth. Sessions typically take place on the ground (not riding) and may support:
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Life transitions and clarity
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Confidence and boundaries
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Stress, nervous system regulation, and resilience
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Leadership and communication
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Healing, self-trust, and deeper connection
Each coach brings their own specialties and style—while honoring the Freedom Way® commitment to ethics, presence, and respect for the horse as a sentient partner.
United States
Arizona
Karisa Kloscak
Cave Creek, AZ &
Fallbrook, CA
Karisa Kloscak is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her passion is supporting those who’ve experienced trauma and/or addiction with a motivation to heal and shift. Karisa takes a client centered approach and believes each of us has the ability to heal from within. Her blend of traditional and modern techniques through a somatic lens offers new hope for natural healing. She enjoys helping others become more connected to themselves through Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Coaching. Karisa enjoys riding and meditating in the barn (ideally on a horse)
whenever possible!
Deb Steinbrink
Level 1 Certified
Heartprints Equine
Assisted Coaching
(480) 409-4555
Cave Creek, AZ
Deb’s journey into equine assisted coaching began with the realization that time spent around horses significantly impacted personal growth. Her coaching style is warm, compassionate, and intuitive. Rooted in her unwavering faith in God’s grace and love, Deb creates a safe and supportive environment for her clients to explore their fears and challenges, while also encouraging them to be accountable for taking action and making positive changes in their lives. Through her guidance and the insight of her equine partners, Deb empowers her clients to unlock their innate wisdom and full potential to step boldly into their power.
Laurie
Roach
Phoenix, AZ
Laurie has a master's degree in Psychology. She has over 30 years of experience in horsemanship and over 20 years experience working with adults and children who have encountered trauma. She's combined her experience and knowledge of both things she loves into a empowering experience for her clients. Her sessions include equine assisted coaching, meditation and labyrinth walks, designed for both individuals and groups. Her equine coaching partners are all rescues who have healed from their experience and help others heal from their trauma.
Tami
Blake
Laveen, AZ
Tami works with people of all ages, and enjoys creating a safe, transformational space with the horses for those healing through trauma and PTSD. She also offers various workshops and 1:1 session for kids blending yoga and horses.
She's a certified Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master, Trauma Informed Coach, and Equine Assisted Coach.
Lanita
Ugstad
Phoenix, AZ
Lanita is a certified Advanced Yoga Teacher (RYT-300, ERYT200, RPYT, YACEP and Trauma Informed), Certified Trauma Informed Mindfulness Coach, Birth Educator / Labor Doula, Reiki Master and Equine Assisted Coach. She has a background working with trauma, substance abuse, youth education / crisis, grief, therapy modalities.
She is passionate about assisting her clients in healing what is blocking them from embodying their fullest potential, so they can live in their birthright to feel safe, joyous and abundant. Through years of working with horses, and experiencing first hand the benefits and healing that can happen while working with horses, she is overjoyed to incorporate her expertise in whole being healing, along with Equine Assisted Coaching to others.
Jess
Burgess
Level 1 Certified
Heartprints Equine Assisted Coaching
(480) 409-4555
Cave Creek, AZ
Jess's love of horses began at age eight and over a lifetime she has experienced firsthand the clarity, presence, and relational truth that horses naturally offer. With degrees in social work, Jess blends a deep understanding of human connection with a lifelong equine bond. She is the co-founder of Heartprints Equine Assisted Coaching.
Jess' desire is simple: to share the powerful connection with horses with others who are ready to grow, heal, and reconnect with themselves. She partners with her herd as sentient, responsive collaborators. Jess works with children, teens, and adults, supporting emotional awareness, relational insight, and meaningful shifts in how clients show up in their lives.
Grounded, compassionate, and client-centered, she creates a safe space where people can slow down, feel seen, and deepen their understanding of themselves through the wisdom of the horse-human relationship.
Denise
Cortez
Phoenix, AZ
Denise guides her clients to experience a deep level of communication with horses that opens one to new possibilities and healing. Her goal is to help people reconnect to their true self through the energy and insight of the horses. She is a passionate, loving and strong woman, full of humor and ready to help others embrace these qualities withing themselves. Denise brings a varied background of experience as an Army veteran, 4th Degree Black Belt Tae Kwan Do Instructor, mother of 5, Reiki master and equine assisted coach to support and guide her clients.
Josh
Liber
Scottsdale, AZ
Back 2 Life Assisted Equine Coaching is one of the few treatments in the valley that encompasses healing through activities with horses to promote physical, cognitive, and emotional healing and recovery. Through activities such as grooming, feeding, and leading a horse is a form of therapy that can be used to counsel individuals of all ages, including families and groups.
Melissa
Mullin
Phoenix, AZ
Melissa's journey with The Freedom Way® began when she lost her husband to cancer. She attributes being able to live each day from the therapy be received from the coaches and horses that showed her she had more to give in this life. She loves being able to tell her story and helping others to know there is life after the death of a loved one. Her life drastically changed in a just a few months, but her joy for living life now can be seen in her ever ready smile and genuine love for helping people heal with horses.
Amanda Holmes
Phoenix, AZ
Amanda is a Navy veteran who completed 4 years of active duty., where she was deployed twice to the Persian Gulf aboard an aircraft carrier. From the time she was a child she excelled in the equine field from showing horses to working at a dude ranch and places in-between. She is certified in Reiki Level 2 as well as being an equine assisted coach, as well as working as a licensed A&P aircraft mechanic. Amanda's variety of life experiences and calming yet energizing presence makes it so effortless to relax and fall into the natural rhythms of yourself.
California
Karisa Kloscak
Fallbrook, CA &
Cave Creek, AZ
Karisa Kloscak is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Scottsdale, Arizona. Her passion is supporting those who’ve experienced trauma and/or addiction with a motivation to heal and shift. Karisa takes a client centered approach and believes each of us has the ability to heal from within. Her blend of traditional and modern techniques through a somatic lens offers new hope for natural healing. She enjoys helping others become more connected to themselves through Equine Assisted Psychotherapy and Coaching. Karisa enjoys riding and meditating in the barn (ideally on a horse)
whenever possible!
Florida
Linda
Ritter
Tampa, FL
Linda has over 30 years’ experience in business management and has maintained a lifelong love of horses from a distance. Having reached a major crossroads in her life, she dove right into The Freedom Way’s coaching program and has not looked back. Working with horses has been profoundly healing and has empowered her to make choices and changes in her life that would not otherwise have been possible. She combines her coaching and business experience with her skills as a Reiki Master and a 500 level Meditation and Yoga Instructor to empower others to create the life of their dreams.
Texas
Mary-Katherine McNatt
Flower Mound, TX
Mary-Katherine McNatt is a certified equine-assisted coach with a Doctor of Public Health in Social and Behavioral Sciences. A former emergency responder in a Bioterrorism Unit, she brings crisis leadership, resilience, and a deep understanding of trauma to her coaching practice.
Raised in a military family and shaped by years of horsemanship, Mary-Katherine specializes in working with Veterans with PTSD, children with learning differences, survivors of domestic violence, and those rebuilding self-worth.
Blending public health, lived experience, and the power of horses, Mary-Katherine creates a safe, empowering space for clients to grow, heal, and rediscover their strength.
James
McNatt
Flower Mound, TX
James is a certified equine-assisted coach who brings extensive corporate leadership experience as a CPA and CFO to his work with executives. He blends decades of financial and organizational expertise with a deep passion for the healing wisdom of horses, creating a powerful bridge between boardroom strategy and authentic leadership.
Through equine-assisted coaching, James helps leaders cultivate self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and resilience while reconnecting with their core values. His compassionate, supportive approach fosters clarity, strengthens communication, and opens the door to meaningful growth—both personally and professionally.