Less Clinical Counseling – Human Experiences
Therapy for those who want to feel understood—not analyzed.
A space where you can show up as you are and work through what matters most.
Therapy doesn't have to feel like sitting across from someone with a clipboard while every thought, feeling, or behavior gets analyzed.
At Scarlett Tree Ranch, counseling is relational, flexible, and human. There's room to talk, laugh, be uncomfortable, figure things out, change directions, sit outside, spend time with animals—or simply have a place where you don't have to have everything figured out.
Individual • Family • Equine & Animal-Assisted Therapy
You don't have to perform therapy here.
I believe the relationship we build matters as much as the techniques I know.
My work is grounded in a person-centered, relational approach. That means I don't come into a session with a predetermined lesson, worksheet, or intervention that you need to complete.
Sometimes we'll look at patterns, learn something new, practice a skill, or try a different way of approaching something that's keeping you stuck. Other times, you may need to talk, vent, laugh, grieve, tell the long version of the story, or have another person sit with you while you make sense of something difficult.
Therapy should be responsive to the person sitting in front of me—not the other way around.
WAYS WE CAN WORK TOGETHER
For teens and adults looking for a place to work through anxiety, trauma, relationships, identity, life changes, grief, or simply feeling stuck.
Therapy may happen in the office, through telehealth, outside, or around the ranch.
Relationships are complicated. Family therapy provides space to slow things down, understand patterns, communicate differently, and work through what isn't working.
Equine & Animal-Assisted Therapy
Sometimes sitting in an office isn't where people do their best work.
Therapy at the ranch can include time outside and opportunities to spend time with horses, dogs, goats, and the environment around us—with no riding experience required.
A DIFFERENT WAY OF BEING WITH HORSES
The horses don't have a lesson planned for you.
Neither do I.
The horses at Scarlett Tree Ranch aren't props, tools, or characters we've assigned to represent something in your life. They're individuals with their own histories, relationships, preferences, boundaries, fears, personalities, and ways of communicating.
We spend time in their world.
We might notice how horses communicate long before things become loud. How they respond to pressure. How they seek connection and safety. How fear moves through a herd. How they set boundaries, repair relationships, rest, play, regulate, and return to the present moment.
I may share what I know about horses, tell stories about the herd, point out something happening between them, or simply give you space to notice what catches your attention.
And somewhere in that experience, people often begin noticing other things too—the environment, relationships, their own bodies, their reactions, and themselves.
We don't decide ahead of time what the horse is supposed to teach you or what you're supposed to learn.
We create space for curiosity, connection, and experience—and see what unfolds.
[Learn More About Therapy With the Herd →]
LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC TYPE OF THERAPY?
Sometimes a doctor, school, previous therapist, or other provider recommends a particular type of therapy—such as CBT, parts work, or another specific approach.
I draw from a variety of established therapeutic approaches, including CBT, IFS-informed parts work, attachment and family systems perspectives, mindfulness, nervous-system regulation, and experiential approaches.
That doesn't mean every session becomes an intervention, worksheet, or homework assignment.
We'll talk about what was recommended, what you're actually struggling with, and what may be useful for you. Sometimes a specific intervention makes sense. Sometimes we need to understand a pattern, learn a new skill, or try something between sessions. And sometimes you simply need a place to talk honestly with another human being who's paying attention.
The approach should support the person—not become the whole point of therapy
MEET JESSICA
Hi, I'm Jessica Lee, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the owner of Scarlett Tree Ranch.
I've spent years studying theories, completing clinical training, and learning different ways of helping people—and all of that knowledge matters. But I've also learned that people don't necessarily need therapy to feel clinical in order for meaningful work to happen.
I tend to be conversational, curious, genuine, and sometimes direct. I'll probably remember the small thing you told me three weeks ago, ask questions when I don't understand, laugh with you when something is funny, and make room for the parts of life that don't fit neatly into a treatment manual.
Most importantly, you don't have to show up here already knowing what you're supposed to talk about.
