Our Programs

Hippotherapy
Hippotherapy Program for Kids & Adults Hippotherapy is a physical, occupational or…
Equine Assisted Therapy
Equine Assisted Therapy (EAP) is a professional field in which horses are…
Silver Linings
Silver Linings We are excited to announce our SILVER LININGS collaboration with…
Veterans
Veterans Programs Kathy Hamm, the Executive Director of DCTC, is an Army…
Community Youth Program
COMING SOON!! We will be providing a new program to serve the…

Welcome to Dream Catcher Therapy Center

A 501(c)3 non-profit organization since 1999

Our Mission

Dream Catcher Center is the home to a therapeutic environment for empowering people with physical and mental health challenges through interaction with horses in a unique clinical setting. The mission of Dream Catcher Therapy Center is to foster an environment to effectively empower people with physical and mental health challenges through interaction with rescue horses in a unique, clinical setting. Dream Catcher provides comprehensive animal assisted services using the horse as a partner to address impairments, functional limitations, cognitive delays, mental health concerns and relationship building with our clients and their families.

Make A Donation

Help support our Mental Health Programs and our 4-Legged Therapists.

Support Our Veteran Programs

An average of 20 veterans die from suicide every day. We are here to help support our Veterans with Equine Assisted Mental Health Programs to address suicide prevention, PTSD, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. Help us help more of our Veterans in need.

UPDATES & ANNOUNCEMENTS!!!

Meet 'Hug A Mooch' and 'Ben'! These Miniature Hereford Show Steers will be living with us at the Ranch. These two brothers came to us from Texas and arrived last night. Bill & Ali Hamm made the trip to Texas to pick them up from two lovely families that wanted these Championship steers to live their lives out at our Rescue, instead of going to market.

Tiffany & Tyrel Lashmet, Ben's owners and Eric & Micah Black, Hug A Mooch's owners think the brothers will make a great addition as 4-Legged Therapists to our Mental Health programs and we agree! Miniature Hereford Steers are known to possess a gentle disposition making them easy to handle for people of all ages.

Eric & Micah Black have been generous supporters of our Rescue and Therapy Center for many years and have developed a strong bond with Director Kathy & Bill Hamm's daughter, Ali. In fact, Hug A Mooch's name was inspired by Ali. Ali once told Eric that you could either give someone a hug or a mooch or if you wanted you could give them a Hug a Mooch. The name stuck!

Give us a call @ (970) 323-5400 and make an appointment to come meet Ben & Hug A Mooch and of course visit our wonderful Rescue Horses -

We are thrilled to have been chosen as one of the top Mental Health Care Centers in the Valley! Thank you!

Please give us a call @ 970-323-5400 to learn more about our Equine Assisted Mental Health Programs. We have programs that address many areas. We also provide Tele Health sessions. We are set up to accept most insurance plans & Medicaid.

We are proud to announce that Dream Catcher Therapy Center is the recipient of a grant from the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation. We are so grateful!!!

The Rocky Mountain Health Foundation awards grants to Western Slope organizations offering programs and services that improve conditions for underserved, marginalized or vulnerable people and are aligned with one or more of these current priorities: Basic Needs, Access to and Affordability of Physical, Ora Visual, Social/Emotional, and Behavioral Health.

"Rocky Mountain Health Foundation is looking forward to working with Dream Catcher Therapy Center on our shared commitment towards creating healthy communities on the Western Slope. We are proud to support your mission," commented Michaelle Smith, Executive Director with RMHF.

"We rely on support from grants and are so grateful for the added funds to help us continue our mission here at Dream Catcher Therapy Center," stated Kathy Hamm, Executive Director for DCTC. "This helps us offer more services to those in need and we are so appreciative of the Rocky Mountain Health Foundation for their support for what we do here at the Ranch".

Schedule your ColoradoGives Donation TODAY!!

We count on your generous donations to support our important mission here at Dream Catcher Therapy Center!

Colorado Gives Donation

Please Make An Appointment to Visit The Ranch!

We love to have visitors at the Ranch! We are asking all of you to please make an appointment before coming for a visit.We are so busy all day long and we want to make sure we have time to spend with visitors and give tours of our facilities - so please give us a call at (970) 323-5400 to schedule an appointment.

If you would like to meet our horses, or a specific horse, please schedule an appointment - as well as those of you that would like to become volunteers. Give us a call and we will get you scheduled for an appointment - Thank You!!

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ALL Proceeds to DIRECTLY for horse care and our therapy programs here at the Ranch!!! Get a hand made plushie for $40 each!

A BIG THANK YOU TO Peggy Bausano & Anne Metzsch!!

Petco Foundation Invests in Dream Catcher Therapy Center’s Life-Changing Work Supporting Horse Care and Rescue!!

We are SO VERY grateful to the PETCO Foundations's Annual Helping Heroes campaign. With this investment, Dream Catcher Therapy will be able to provide funding for the care of the rescued horses in our area through our partnership with EOTTR.

We are so grateful to be a Grant Recipient from the Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust Fund.

"We are pleased to announce your grant award for horse care for rescued horses that serve in your mental health therapy programs at Dream Catcher Therapy Center," said Ginger Freeman, Fiduciary Adminstrator of Philanthropic Services for Mabel Y Hughes Charitable Trust.

Executive Director Kathy Hamm commented, "We really appreciate that this grant acknowledges an understanding that our horses truly are partners in our therapy programs here at the Ranch. We are able to accomplish so much with the help of our rescue horses."

Thank you Mabel Y. Hughes Charitable Trust Fund.

DONATION From Alpine Bank!!!

Thank you to Alpine Bank for supporting Equine Therapy!

These funds help to provide mental health therapy for community members. We simply could not do it without the support of local donors like Alpine Bank.

Thank you to The Virginia Hill Foundation for our grant to continue helping our communities.

Thank you to the Morgridge Family Foundation for our COVID-19 Relief Grant.

Thank you Next 50 Initiative for our grant for equine therapy.

El Pomar Karl E Eitel Fund Grant Recipient

We are full of gratitude to be a Grant Recipient of the El Pomar Karl E Eitel fund for our continued achievement of service to the youth of Colorado. "We want to provide support to organizations that are making a significant impact on issues that confront Colorado's young people," commented Matthew J Carpenter, the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer for El Pomar.

"We want to thank the Karl E Eitel Fund for understanding the importance of mental health therapy for our youth. We will be able to offer more programs for young people that do not have insurance coverage and are in need of the varied programs we can offer with equine therapy here at the Ranch. It is a great honor to receive this grant and will make a lasting difference for so many in our mental health programs." commented Kathy Hamm, Executive Director of Dream Catcher Therapy Center.

Thank you to the El Pomar Karl E Eitel Fund for helping us continue our important work.

John G. Duncan Charitable Trust Grant

We are honored to be a recipient of the John G. Duncan Charitable Trust Grant. Thank You!

"We are so grateful for this Grant," commented Kathy Hamm, Executive Director of Dream Catcher Therapy Center. "This funding helps cover clients who are un-insured or under-insured receive services with our equine mental health programs. This past year has been so hard for so many and this Grant will allow us to help more people in our community."

John G. Duncan Charitable Trust - Thank you for supporting our equine therapy programs.

KVNF Public Radio - Interview with Kathy Hamm

KVNF explores Equine-Assisted Therapy aka "Horse Therapy" at Dream Catcher Therapy Center in Olathe, CO. The therapy center houses over 50 rescued horses and works hand-in-hand with End of the Trail Rescue which rescues horses and cares for them until "the end of their lives." Equine therapy offers a different approach to trauma related therapy as well as physical and mental health treatment.

Therapy programs are offered to ages two and up. KVNF's Kori Stanton talks to Kathy Hamm, Founder of both Dream Catcher Therapy Center and End of the Trail Rescue about the importance of rescuing horses and their therapeutical abilities.

They also talk about animal cruelty and how the two organizations strive to protect animals from abuse. KVNF also speaks with head horse care-taker Steve Howarth, ranch volunteer Sandy, a DCTC therapist, Tamara Graham and Carol McBride one of the Board Members of End of the Trail Rescue.

Kathy Hamm
Radio Interview

How You Can Help

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Rebuilding Broken Dreams, and Fostering Trust and Love

All the horses at Dream Catcher Therapy Center are rescue horses that have been abused, abandoned, or neglected. They help nurse DCTC clients back to health, while at the same time, they are nursed back to heath as well. Kathy Hamm, Executive Director of DCTC, says that “they are the heart and soul of the facility.”

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