Frequently Asked Questions

    • Individual therapy: Spot patterns, ease overwhelm, and learn practical, holistic skills for overcoming trauma, anxiety, depression, life changes, addiction, interpersonal conflicts, and challenges to self-worth. Sessions are collaborative, integrative, and tailored to you.

    • Couples therapy: Repair connection, improve communication, and stop repeating the same conflicts. We focus on practical, holistic, and embodied steps to rebuild trust and intimacy—no blame, just curiosity and a little humor.

    • Short-term intensives: COMING SOON— Want deeper shifts fast? We offer embodied intensives and retreats that compress months of traditional talk therapy into concentrated transformation, with appropriate integration support afterward.

    • Community, not just clinic: COMING SOON— We offer group somatic classes and skill-building workshops that reinforce therapy gains and reduce isolation — because healing often happens in community.

    • Equine Assisted Psychotherapy: COMING SOON— Horse-guided sessions that support therapy by fostering embodied, nonverbal connection with gentle herd dynamics. Horses mirror emotions and behavior, helping clients feel safe, notice bodily signals, practice regulation, set boundaries, and access deeper healing. These experiential sessions complement office therapy, turning insight into felt change through attunement and the horses’ innate wisdom.

    • Trauma-informed Yoga: COMING SOON— Nature-rooted and gently guided, trauma-informed yoga is designed for calming and restoring the nervous system . This slow, compassionate practice combines somatic awareness, breath-based regulation, and movement that honors choice and boundaries. Outdoors when possible — under trees, beside water, or on soft earth — so the landscape helps steady you. Poses are invitations; language is non-prescriptive and focused on inner sensations, not performance. Expect sensory grounding, slow embodied movement, micro-mobilities, and guided rest to tune the vagus nerve, reduce hyperarousal, and expand your window of tolerance. Open to all levels — no yoga experience needed. Bring curiosity, layers, and shoes that can get a little muddy.

  • Unbridled Roots Embodied Therapy doesn’t do “sit-and-sigh” talk therapy alone. We blend somatic wisdom, creative expression, and evidence-based psychotherapy into a single, embodied path to healing — and we do it with curiosity, courage, and a splash of joyful oddity.

    Why we’re different:

    • Body-first, brain-also: Traditional therapy often lives in the head. We start with the body — breath, movement, posture, and sensation — because trauma, stress, and stuck patterns live in the nervous system long before words show up. Shifting the body shifts the mind.

    • Experiential over explanatory: Insight is helpful, but not always sufficient. We use guided movement, sensory practices, hands-on (when requested and consented), and creative, embodied modalities so change is felt, integrated, and lasting — not just understood.

    • Nervous system coaching: Rather than only exploring stories of the past, we teach nervous system regulation tools you can use in real time. That means fewer overwhelm spirals, calmer relationships, and better sleep faster.

    • Personalized protocols, not one-size-fits-all: We blend somatic based therapies, polyvagal-informed psychotherapy, interpersonal neurobiology, horse-human connection, and mindfulness practices into a tailored plan. Your sessions are custom-crafted, immersive experiences, not scripted box-checking.

    • Relational safety as primary medicine: Our clinicians prioritize building secure, playful, trusting, and attuned therapeutic interactions. Research shows repair and connection are healing — we practice that in every session.

    • Trauma-informed and empowerment-centered: We hold strong boundaries around consent and pacing, helping you regain agency over your body, emotions, and choices.

    • Practical outcomes you can measure: We set clear goals and track progress in ways that matter to you — emotional regulation, relational confidence, reduced panic, better sleep, or reclaimed creativity.

    It’s not just what we do—it’s how we do it that sets us apart.

  • What to expect:

    • An initial embodied intake to get to know you, to map your nervous system, strengths, and goals

    • Sessions that mix talk, movement, breath, creative interventions, experiential practices and somatic resourcing

    • Homework that’s doable — not burdensome — with tools you can use in day-to-day life

    • A clinician who’s both technically skilled and delightfully human

    If you’re ready to move beyond sentences and into sustainable change, Unbridled Roots Embodied Therapy offers a brave, bodywise path to freedom — grounded in science, enriched by connection, and designed to get you back into your life with more ease, aliveness, and agency. Schedule a consult and see how embodiment changes the work.

  • Who benefits most:

    • People who feel “stuck” despite good talk therapy

    • People coping (or not coping) with chronic anxiety, panic, depression, interpersonal/relational conflict, mood instability, addiction and recovery, dissociation, or complex trauma

    • People who want practical tools to regulate emotions and the nervous system

    • Creatives, high-achievers, veterans, first responders, and caregivers who need a bodywise reset

    • Anyone craving therapy that’s brave, unique, playful, and deeply attuned

  • Nope! Come as you are — curious, nervous, excited, or unsure; no prior horse skills required. Expect clear, hands-on instruction, safety-focused coaching, and activities that focus on connection, self-awareness, and play. Equine sessions are outdoors, so dress accordingly. CLOSED TOE SHOES ARE REQUIRED for these sessions.

  • As of right now we work with ages 13 and up. Whether you’re a teen navigating this complex world, a young adult wrestling with life transitions, or anyone in adulthood seeking more grounded, embodied ways to heal from life’s experiences or the historical baggage you’re ready to set down—our services are here for you. We create a safe, immersive, connected, and trauma-informed space where curiosity meets courage.

  • You can reach us anytime via our contact form, email, or call/text.

    724.201.9541

    tarahwest@unbridledroots-et.com

    We aim to respond quickly—usually within one business day.

  • Getting started is simple. Reach out through our contact form or schedule a free consultation call—we’ll walk you through the next steps and answer any questions along the way.