Mission

Natural Wisdom Counseling LLC is dedicated to supporting people of all ages (individuals, romantic relationships, families, groups, and organizations) in their path towards leading healthier, more resilient, and integrated lives. By offering counseling, psychoeducational programming, advocacy, coaching, training, and consulting, Natural Wisdom Counseling LLC empowers clients to develop self-esteem, self-worth, and self-efficacy--an embodied understanding of their ecological niche in our world.

vision

As clients have the opportunity to grow and heal, our communities will be healthier, more resilient, and more connected places to live. 

Values

Community Engagement and Collaboration
Continuous Learning and Growth
Social Justice, Solidarity, and Anti-Oppression
Client Empowerment

History/Herstory/ourstory

In 2015, Natural Wisdom Counseling was founded by Jessica Dallman in order to bridge nature, education, holistic health, trauma-informed care, intercultural healing, research, and social justice through counseling, coaching, consulting, and collaboration.

Through their life experiences, Jess developed a knack of observing gaps in how our education system, our legal system, our medical system, and our mental health system impact growth, development, and healing. By founding a private practice, Jess has been able to collaborate with non-profit organizations, schools, and organizations in order to interrupt destructive relational patterns and facilitate the co-creation of new, uplifting choices.

Initially, Natural Wisdom Counseling was a solo private practice in Colorado. In 2018 Jess moved to Wisconsin, developed the Wisconsin Hawthorn Project, and started training additional mental health supports. NWC now offers psychotherapy and supervision (by a Jess, a Licensed Professional Counselor), as well as coaching and facilitation by Therapeutic Equine Specialists (Elizabeth Seeliger and Angele Mlsna), and has recently developed an apprenticeship program and internship program. We get additional support from Jaymi Group - the barn manager at Snapdragon Farm and Stables, volunteers, and all the animals at the farm.