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Pine Pastures LLC

WELCOME

Pine Pastures LLC is an equine-assisted wellness center in Enterprise, Alabama. We are dedicated to helping veterans, first responders, and their families build resilience, strengthen relationships, and heal from the stress of service. Guided by licensed mental health professionals, clients work with therapy horses to support nervous-system regulation, trauma recovery, and family cohesion. 

 

Discover how the healing power of horses and nature can help your family reconnect and move forward with purpose.

TUCKED AWAY IN NATURE

Located just 20 minutes from Fort Rucker, Pine Pastures is nestled within the quiet landscape of a retired pine farm. Our peaceful setting offers a private retreat close to home, allowing clients to step away from operational stress and the pressures of daily life. Perfect for individual and family equine-assisted counseling, outdoor wellness, and hands-on, nature-based learning for children and young adults.

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OUR STORY

Pine Pastures was founded in 2025 by Marine Corps veteran Devon Sachey, guided by a simple yet powerful belief: true healing for veterans occurs when we care for the entire family. Devon recognized that the demands of service often extend beyond the individual, shaping family dynamics and emotional well-being in lasting ways.

 

So she envisioned a place where service members, veterans, and first responders could find strength not only in overcoming hardship, but in nurturing the relationships that sustain them. Her mission is to help these families invest in growth, prioritize mental health, and create lasting change that extends beyond today.

WHAT IS
EQUINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY?

Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) is an experiential, ground-based approach to therapy that uses structured interaction with horses to support emotional regulation and trauma processing.

 

Horses are highly sensitive to human physiological states. They respond in real time to changes in arousal, tension, and emotion.​​ This makes them powerful therapeutic partners who not only mirror’ energy but relational patterns. Their responses can reveal communication styles, emotional triggers, and dynamics clients may not notice in themselves that affect interpersonal relationships.​

 

In EAP, participants engage with a horse or herd of horses from the ground. All sessions are held under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional and a Certified Equine Specialist. This ground-based clinical therapy allows horses the freedom to engage or disengage as they respond honestly to clients tone, body language and behavior. 

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Throughout the session, a therapist or counselor observes the horse–client interactions and aids in connecting their experience to thoughts, feelings, and the horse's behavior. Over time, this process helps “rewire” the brain—replacing negative patterns shaped by trauma or stress with positive, embodied experiences of safety, connection, and emotional regulation.

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OUR APPROACH

​The Individual

Our therapeutic approach is grounded in the belief that individual well-being is the foundation of strong families. Especially within military and first responder households shaped by high operational stress. Through nature-based counseling and wellness services,  we create a supportive environment that fosters personal growth. The natural environment enhances our therapeutic approach by providing a discrete space for stillness, emotional processing, and trauma recovery.​ As individuals begin to regulate and build self-awareness, they are better equipped to navigate the challenges of service life, to strengthen relationships, and focus on long-term wellness.​

The Family

We approach family therapy as a relational process, recognizing that military and first responder families function as interconnected systems shaped by the demands of service. Each member’s experiences, stress responses, and coping strategies influence the family as a whole. Through shared therapeutic experiences, our work supports families by creating opportunities for collaboration and emotional attunement. Together we help families navigate operational stress, reintegration challenges, and cumulative strain—supporting a shift from cycles of stress and disconnection toward resilience, stability, and connection.

Wellness

We recognizing that true well-being emerges when mind, body, and environment are in balance. So our philosophy focuses on cultivating wellness through prevention, education, and embodied experience before challenges become crises. We provide a restorative setting where individuals and families can step out of high-demand environments and engage in counseling, somatic movement, and nature-based experiences. Through horticulture therapy and outdoor yoga, we aim to cultivate mindfulness, responsibility, and nervous system regulation, helping clients build practical tools for long-term wellness that translate into daily life.

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