Red Horse provides personal and professional development, mental health services, and community support. We facilitate collaborative learning experiences and incorporate nature, horses, dogs, art, and experiential learning in the process. We serve youth and adults, individuals and groups, in-person and virtually. Participants engage with us through individual sessions, educational workshops, team retreats, or custom-tailored programs.
Mission
Inspired by the wisdom and healing power of horses, Red Horse facilitates a process of individual and collective transformation. Through an inclusive and empowering mindset, Red Horse contributes to a new paradigm for the next generation with equity, freedom, and peace.
Values
Our values are beliefs to guide us and the source of inspiration in our work of nurturing ongoing transformation toward our best selves.
INCLUSIVENESS
SAFETY
CHOICE
COLLABORATION
TRUST
EMPOWERING MINDSET
Inspired by the principles of
Trauma-informed Care
Equity
We believe in being open, inviting, and inclusive to all as a way of life. We accept that the human experience comes with bias and inequities, and we are always striving to do better by working on ourselves. We are committed to contributing equitable, and affordable access to personal & professional development, mental health & community wellness programs.
Click the image above to view or download a PDF of our introductory brochure, which describes our services and the groups of people we are most likely to help.
Our Team
Fred Bueltmann
Executive Director & Facilitator
Ulla Frederiksen MA., LLP Board Member & Facilitator
Jenny Atlee
Board Member & Facilitator
Tom Loudon Board Member - Development Team
Abena O. Apea
Board Member - Giving Team Co-chair
Ruth (Teji) Dilley
Mental Health and Wellness Team
Ruth (Teji) is a social worker, yoga therapist, and massage therapist. Ruth has provided massage therapy, group yoga, and private yoga therapy sessions for more than twenty years. She has facilitated workshops on holistic health, meditation, and co-directed a yoga school.
An animal lover her whole life, and with horses in her life for forty years, she knows the value of companion animals, and how horses can contribute to our mental health and well-being. As a result, she studied how to incorporate horses and other animals in therapy and was certified in equine-assisted psychotherapy in 2013.
Currently, Ruth offers massage therapy, yoga therapy, and client-centered, trauma-informed psychotherapy for kids, adolescents, and adults at her office on the farm at Red Horse Center. Ruth accepts most forms of insurance.
Our Herd
Juniper
Sydney
Maya
Gus
Clara
Freya
Freya was living without a herd or support and needed a new home. She came to us as “Roja,” a mare who had been traded down the auction line, bred for a foal and abruptly separated from them. She had poignant reasons to not trust humans and had developed her own methods to keep them at a distance. She helped us learn so much about how trauma-informed principles can impact the sense of acceptance, trust, and safety. Freya is a horse so smart, that she was able to ask for a name change, which we believe to be symbolic of her readiness to move her story forward, in a life where she is safe, heard and valued. Freya is a curious, communicative horse, who loves to connect to humans and let them know it’s going to be okay. Being part of her journey towards trust has been a privilege.
Prince
Our Herd
is currently made up of eight horses. They are big and little, young and old, and different breeds and colors, each with unique backgrounds and distinct personalities. We work together with them to keep a balanced herd, who feel supported through their work, and can intuitively offer different choices and experiences depending on what our clients need. They are definitely specialists in their fields, connecting to, inspiring and supporting people for many years. If you’d like to see more pictures of our herd and site, check out our gallery by hitting the button below.
Land Acknowledgement
HORSES, EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING & ARENAS for CHANGE
COLLABORATIVE NETWORK | Our collection of partner organizations working together for horses and humans.
RED HORSE CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP (RHCCL)
RHCCL advocates, teaches and mentors humans and horses; together or separate, through a considerate leadership model for the betterment of the world. RHCCL conducts equine-assisted workshops for team/organizational development, teaches our Horse and Human Collaboration skillsets either to work with horses, or to draw leadership lessons from the experience.
RED HORSE RANCH
Our twenty acre horse farm in Fennville, Michigan, home of Red Horse Center for Collaborative Leadership & The Sundance Center. Red Horse Ranch also facilitates space rental for groups looking for a peaceful and grounded space for people to come together.
THE SUNDANCE CENTER
offers client centered, solution-oriented & trauma-informed, equine assisted therapy for Highly Sensitive People. It is owned and operated by Ulla Frederiksen MA, LLP, who offers individual therapy, as well as groups and workshops such as AHA! | Art & Horse Assisted Healing and Empowerment and Herd Mediations.
TREEHOUSE PRODUCTIONS
produces content and provides multi-media services such as writing, music, speaking and podcasting. It operates from Red Horse Ranch and is a frequent collaborator on various education series and branding and marketing efforts. Treehouse production projects include This Craft Nation & Michigan’s Great Beer State Podcast, The Strapping Owls and Great Lakes Brass.