Spirit of Hope and Healing, LLC
Consulting & Counseling | Equine-Assisted Work | Death, Grief, & Loss
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Spirit of Hope and Healing, LLC helps equine-assisted and grief-focused nonprofits start strong, scale responsibly, and survive long-term using real-world, founder-tested strategies.
Guidance shaped by 30+ years of nonprofit leadership, equine ethics, and trauma-informed practice — not theory, not templates.
Accolades
Karen Malone, Mane Support Volunteer
"Anyone who knows Kimberly knows that it’s not just a job or a career; it’s a passion and a calling that has driven her to undertake the many challenges to bring the programs, the counseling, and the equine counseling to life for everyone from children to seniors to better understand and handle grief and trauma.
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I cannot think of another person who has more experience and a deeper understanding of grief and trauma from her own experiences and from the many years of working in the field. The bigger question, based on her many years of experience and the ongoing pursuit of healing she has pursued, is why you wouldn't consider her for your thanatology consultant?
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Kimberly’s dedication to this calling and this work is unmatched. To watch children at bereavement camps literally emerge with tools to help them cope and go from uncertainty to hope in just a couple of days is humbling to observe and be a part of that process. She has worked with interns from various colleges to guide them and set expectations for what they will be doing going out into the world."
Patricia S. Green, CMSW Retired Hospice Social Worker
"Kim is a warm, compassionate, and authentic person able to develop and nurture strong, therapeutic relationships with children and adults. She is a seasoned professional serving in classrooms, direct practice, group settings, and camp activities and as a lecturer, educator, and trainer. She responds to community crisis situations, offering immediate and ongoing support and clinical interventions. She is creative in her approach to care provision, as evidenced by her founding of Mane Support and Spirit of Hope Ranch, LLC. She is respected by fellow professionals for her scope of practice and expertise."
Yvette Reeder, Trauma-Informed Specialist Roane County Schools
"Kim has a wealth of knowledge, personally and professionally, in regard to grief and loss. Kim has a way of making one feel seen and heard as she works with adults and students in our school district. Her presentations have been beneficial to all who have participated.
We were able to offer a couple of professional development sessions for our teachers and assistants in the schools related to grief and loss. The feedback from those participants was overwhelmingly positive. Many of them stated it was the best professional development they had attended in a long time.
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Kim has designed a wonderful grief and loss curriculum to use with students. She and her team have been able to facilitate grief and loss groups over the past three years in one of our schools, through grant funding we received."