Welcome to Dream Catcher Therapy Center


We are glad that you are visiting with us. We are located in the beautiful and majestic Uncompahgre Valley surrounded by majestic mountains and plateaus. Please look at what we have to offer and don't hesitate to contact us if we can assist you in any way. Dream Catcher Therapy Center offers hope, acceptance, caring, and opportunities to heal, to improve, to learn, to love, to participate, and to understand themselves in a nurturing and non-threatening environment.

Call us at (970) 323-5400 or email Kathy.

Bill and Kathy Hamm

About our Center

In 1996, Bill and Kathy's daughter, Ali, was born with Down Syndrome. They realized that with some help, their beautiful child could develop to her full potential. A lifelong horsewoman, Kathy began to explore the idea of a Hippotherapy program and traveled to different centers around Colorado to learn all she could. Believing that Hippotherapy would benefit others besides Ali, the Hamm's bought 36 acres west of Olathe, Colorado. Dream Catcher Therapy Center, or DCTC, was founded there in 1999 starting with two personal horses and an arena.

In the decade since, DCTC has grown into a full-time operation with licensed therapists, counselors, over 20 well-mannered horses, and has hosted over 1200 disabled children and adults. DCTC continues to be a training center for the AHA and is approved as a Special Olympic equestrian center.

 

Our Mission

Dream Catcher Therapy Center is a program for children and adults who have physical and mental health challenges. We seek to enhance their physical and psychological development through interaction with horses in a unique, clinical setting.

End of the Trail Mission

The End of the Trail Mission offers horses a second chance to be cared, nutured, and valued; To provide shelter and humane treatment for horses that have been abused, neglected or unwanted; To educate the community with reference to animal abuse as well as how and where to report such abuses.

Our Vision

Dream Catcher is the site of choice in Southwestern Colorado for promoting year-round Hippotherapy, Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP), and Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) with expertise that is respected by therapists, clients and equine professionals.