Animals With Heart Team
Angela Schmitt, MA Owner
Angela has more than 26 years of experience in diverse therapeutic and coaching settings, including dolphin-assisted therapy, equine-assisted therapy, wilderness experience, traditional counseling, and therapy in youth sober living homes and at-risk youth camps.
This year is Angela's 8th year in business providing equine-assisted and cane-assisted coaching to her multiple behavioral, recovery, and sex trafficked and domestic abuse survivors facilities contracts here in the Valley. Angela and her team transport their horses and dogs to the sites to provide services to their clients & patients. Angela also sets up programs outside of Arizona.
Angela in her private practice also works with teens, adults, couples, and families faced with various emotional and mental challenges that have them stuck and feeling unable to move forward in their lives. Angela is passionate about helping people to identify the "stuckness" and remove the blocks while supporting the client towards healing the wounds so that their new sense of self can emerge.
Angela’s primary focus is transformation and her passion is to assist others in their transformation journey. Through the horses' power and ability to hold heart space, while they gently provide a mirror to our blind spots, so we can see what needs repair and love. It is always done in a safe and sacred space. When a horse touches our heart we are never the same ... our heart wants to feel more of that!
Angela is certified in Gestalt Equine Psychotherapy and holds an MA in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology as well as a BA in Human Development and an AA in Early Childhood Development. Integrating her education and natural abilities coupled with her love of people and animals, Angela does profound work with her clients.
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Samantha Lloyd, MSW
Samantha recently finished her master's in social work at Arizona State University. An animal lover from birth, she aspires to work with and support people through challenges in life alongside the assistance of animals. In school, Samantha has learned about trauma, grief, cultural hardships, social policy, as well as foundations of clinical work. In her internship experience, she has been able to work with adults and adolescents with our animals to further her skills as a therapist.
Prior to starting her graduate education, Samantha received a bachelor's in broadcast journalism and a master's in science policy from ASU and has been working in marketing for the university for eight years. Having strong communication skills and policy knowledge has supported her future endeavors of working with, and being an advocate for a variety of people.
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Sandra Mitchell and Gentry
Sandra and her mini herd work with Angela in various settings. Sandra has a passion for being an act of service with her 4 -Mini horse herd.
Mandy Pluntke, ASS in Equine Science
Mandy has worked with Angela for the last 6 years bringing her goats and now her mini donkey Sancho to visit staff at our sites.
Marissa Kenny, MSW
Marissa has been working with Angela for the last year. Marissa takes Moon the therapy dog to various sites to facilitate groups and one-on-one interactions. Marissa is also on the equine team to assist in those services.
AndreaPiccirillo, MS, LASAC
Expressive Art Therapy and Reike
Hailey Rosner, CTRS
Hailey is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist with a passion for helping people through canine-assisted therapy.
Owen is a two-year-old certified therapy dog. He is mix between the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and a Poodle, and he’s 100% a good boy!
Our Partners
Janine Stanley, LPC
Janine will be working with Angela from Animals with Heart to offer a combined experience to connect parents with child(ren) in a group setting. Weekend experience will allow individuals to learn more about trust, confidence and emotional awareness which will have a powerful effect all while incorporating the horses with these exercises.
Inquiry by sending an EMAIL: info@fullofheartcc.com
Michelle Goss, Spirit Mountain Healing
My name is Michelle Goss, a horse-guided life coach with Spirit Mountain
Healing Services is a 501c3 nonprofit organization in Gilbert, Arizona. It has been my privilege to work with horses and people for over 35 plus years. Combining my extensive education with my life coaching skills, I help humans of all ages find answers and new ways to live life better. At Spirit Mountain Healing Services, I work with individuals and in partnership with organizations nationwide to broaden the healing impact of equine assisted learning. It is a specialized life coaching method where the intuitive nature of horses is utilized to reflect where growth and healing is needed.
My coaching skills come into play in building life skills in communication, self-awareness, confidence, personal growth/development, leadership skills, life-changing breakthroughs and more. My purpose is to share these unique and empowering horse guided life coaching experiences through Spirit Mountain Healing Services.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Equine Science, a Minor in Small Business, and a Master!s Degree in Counseling and Psychology in Equine Assisted Mental Health.