PROGRAMS
The Selah Carefarm represents a distinctive and innovative approach to helping those who suffering from traumatic grief, diverging from the conventional Western medical practices that typically prioritize diagnoses and pharmacological treatment (Lacasse & Cacciatore, 2014; Thieleman, Cacciatore, & Frances, 2023). This alternative method is grounded in evidence-based practices that emphasize holistic coping and a sense of belonging and community through direct engagement with others and the natural world as sources of support (Gorman & Cacciatore, 2022; Cacciatore, Gorman, Thieleman, & Sullivan, 2024; Thielman, Cacciatore, & Gorman, 2021).
TRAUMATIC GRIEF PROGRAMS
Our Carefarm provides a distinctive, evidence-based therapeutic environment, fostering a safe and intentional grief community. Participants connect with rescued animals and nature in an ecotherapeutic setting. Below is a summary of our programs. To request participation, please click the Visit Us button under the summaries. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at info@missfoundation.org.
ROOTS 1 PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Group Retreat)
A group program for bereaved parents held Wednesday through Saturday. This small group program accommodates up to 8 participants and follows a structured schedule led by our specially trained CBC Carefarm grief counselors. The Roots Program is exclusively for bereaved parents.
Pricing: ($1500 + $75 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and a full program with group counseling. The program includes Yoga, guided Carefarm time with the animals, Group counseling, Creative expression and rituals, Sound Therapy. Individual counseling is not available during this program. *Visitors can request to arrive a day early, add an additional night, and schedule a two â hour individual counseling session before the program begins at a separate cost (hourly rate).
ROOTS FAMILY PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Group Retreat)
A group program for extended family members held Wednesday through Saturday. This program accommodates up to 8 participants and follows a structured schedule led by our specially trained CBC grief counselors. The Roots Family Program is designed for traumatically bereaved family members.
Pricing: ($1500 + $75 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and a full program with group counseling. The program includes Yoga, guided Carefarm time with the animals, Group counseling, Creative expression and rituals, Sound Therapy. Individual counseling is not available during this program. *Visitors can request to arrive a day early, add an additional night, and schedule a two â hour individual counseling session before the program begins at a separate cost (hourly rate).
ANIMA PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Respite Day Program)
Visitors can arrange a private 3-hour day visit to the Carefarm, accompanied by a staff member. The Anima Program features a remembrance ritual for your loved one and time with the Carefarm animals. Please note that grief counseling is not included in this program.
Pricing: (Varies in pricing as seen below). Day visit: 3 hours includes tour through the Carefarm and remembrance ritual. Counseling may be added at a separate cost.
Private day visit (1-2 visitors) = $400
Small group (3-5 visitors) = $600
Larger group (6+ visitors) â please inquire about rates.
TASOOM RESPITE PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Self-Care Program)
Tasoom is a Wednesday-to-Saturday program, primarily a self-directed personal self-care retreat. It includes daily two-hour blocks of Carefarm time with the animals, as well as yoga and sound therapy. Participants may also schedule a remembrance ritual with one of our Carefarm counselors. A two-hour grief counseling session with a Carefarm counselor is available at an additional cost.
Pricing: ($1400, plus $100 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and program with Yoga, Sound Therapy and Carefarm time with the animals. Counseling may be added at a separate cost. Tasoom is only available for returning guests. It is not designed for newly bereaved visitors.
BODHI PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Individual Grief Retreat)
This individual, private program allows you to choose the duration that best suits your needs (note: counseling is unavailable from Sunday to Tuesday). It is guided by a specially trained CBC Carefarm counselor, following a personalized schedule and process. This program is designed for anyone who has experienced the traumatic loss of a primary family member.
Pricing:Â For private, customized traumatic grief programs (BODHI), our CBC certified Carefarm counselors and specialized Carefarm staff members have a minimal hourly rate of $120/hour. Our rates for individual visits depend on our visitorâs annual household income. We will provide you an estimate for your visit once we have coordinated with you how you would like your program structured. The Selah Carefarm does not accept insurance or provide super-bills.
***Please note, costs may vary depending on special requests/needs. Additional fees may apply. For visits where lodging is not included, most room rates are $99 per night, plus a $60 cleaning fee.
PROGRAMS
The Selah Carefarm represents a distinctive and innovative approach to helping those who suffering from traumatic grief, diverging from the conventional Western medical practices that typically prioritize diagnoses and pharmacological treatment (Lacasse & Cacciatore, 2014; Thieleman, Cacciatore, & Frances, 2023). This alternative method is grounded in evidence-based practices that emphasize holistic coping and a sense of belonging and community through direct engagement with others and the natural world as sources of support (Gorman & Cacciatore, 2022; Cacciatore, Gorman, Thieleman, & Sullivan, 2024; Thielman, Cacciatore, & Gorman, 2021).
TRAUMATIC GRIEF PROGRAMS
Our Carefarm provides a distinctive, evidence-based therapeutic environment, fostering a safe and intentional grief community. Participants connect with rescued animals and nature in an ecotherapeutic setting. Below is a summary of our programs. To request participation, please click the Visit Us button under the summaries. Feel free to reach out to us with any questions at info@missfoundation.org.
ROOTS 1 PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Group Retreat)
A group program for bereaved parents held Wednesday through Saturday. This small group program accommodates up to 8 participants and follows a structured schedule led by our specially trained CBC Carefarm grief counselors. The Roots Program is exclusively for bereaved parents.
Pricing: ($1500 + $75 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and a full program with group counseling. The program includes Yoga, guided Carefarm time with the animals, Group counseling, Creative expression and rituals, Sound Therapy. Individual counseling is not available during this program. *Visitors can request to arrive a day early, add an additional night, and schedule a two â hour individual counseling session before the program begins at a separate cost (hourly rate).
ROOTS FAMILY PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Group Retreat)
A group program for extended family members held Wednesday through Saturday. This program accommodates up to 8 participants and follows a structured schedule led by our specially trained CBC grief counselors. The Roots Family Program is designed for traumatically bereaved family members.
Pricing: ($1500 + $75 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and a full program with group counseling. The program includes Yoga, guided Carefarm time with the animals, Group counseling, Creative expression and rituals, Sound Therapy. Individual counseling is not available during this program. *Visitors can request to arrive a day early, add an additional night, and schedule a two â hour individual counseling session before the program begins at a separate cost (hourly rate).
ANIMA PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Respite Day Program)
Visitors can arrange a private 3-hour day visit to the Carefarm, accompanied by a staff member. The Anima Program features a remembrance ritual for your loved one and time with the Carefarm animals. Please note that grief counseling is not included in this program.
Pricing: (Varies in pricing as seen below). Day visit: 3 hours includes tour through the Carefarm and remembrance ritual. Counseling may be added at a separate cost.
Private day visit (1-2 visitors) = $400
Small group (3-5 visitors) = $600
Larger group (6+ visitors) â please inquire about rates.
TASOOM RESPITE PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Self-Care Program)
Tasoom is a Wednesday-to-Saturday program, primarily a self-directed personal self-care retreat. It includes daily two-hour blocks of Carefarm time with the animals, as well as yoga and sound therapy. Participants may also schedule a remembrance ritual with one of our Carefarm counselors. A two-hour grief counseling session with a Carefarm counselor is available at an additional cost.
Pricing: ($1400, plus $100 cleaning fee). Includes lodging and program with Yoga, Sound Therapy and Carefarm time with the animals. Counseling may be added at a separate cost. Tasoom is only available for returning guests. It is not designed for newly bereaved visitors.
BODHI PROGRAM
(Selah Carefarm Individual Grief Retreat)
This individual, private program allows you to choose the duration that best suits your needs (note: counseling is unavailable from Sunday to Tuesday). It is guided by a specially trained CBC Carefarm counselor, following a personalized schedule and process. This program is designed for anyone who has experienced the traumatic loss of a primary family member.
Pricing:Â For private, customized traumatic grief programs (BODHI), our CBC certified Carefarm counselors and specialized Carefarm staff members have a minimal hourly rate of $120/hour. Our rates for individual visits depend on our visitorâs annual household income. We will provide you an estimate for your visit once we have coordinated with you how you would like your program structured. The Selah Carefarm does not accept insurance or provide super-bills.
***Please note, costs may vary depending on special requests/needs. Additional fees may apply. For visits where lodging is not included, most room rates are $99 per night, plus a $60 cleaning fee.
CAREFARMING
Located just 15 minutes from  beautiful Sedona, Arizona, a town named after bereaved mother, Sedona Schnebly, our carefarm is the first in the world for those enduring traumatic grief. It’s only  one of a handful of carefarms in the entire United States.  We do plenty of sweating, crying, and lifting here at Selah Carefarm. We also practice plenty of self-compassion, laughing, and putting things down in their places. This is a holy place and what happens here is ineffable. We use “carefarm” instead of “care farm” because we take ‘caring’ seriously, and none of our rescued farm animals are utilized for their products or for work. This is a sanctuary for them, and so we practice compassion and ahimsa through veganism and nonviolence toward all beings at the carefarm. The carefarming piece of the Cacciatore & Gorman (2016) model includes therapeutic agriculture and gardening, care for and connection to our 41 animals rescued from torture, abuse, and neglect, engagement with nature and ecotherapies, and green recreation.
CAREFARM TRAINING FOR PROVIDERS
This one-week, on-site training program, led by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and David Decker, is an interdisciplinary course designed to foster spatial and community-based changes in how humans, animals, and nature interact. Applicable across various settings like schools, hospitals, and parks, the program is grounded in Dr. Cacciatore’s Regenerative Social Health Model. It emphasizes therapeutic aesthetics, animal interactions, community planning, and horticulture, promoting sustainability and ethical responsibilities. The course delves into restorative spaces, therapeutic communities, the significance of human-animal bonds, and the impact of nature on well-being, exercise, and nutrition. Aimed at enhancing life quality for all beings and the planet, it balances didactic lectures with hands-on learning at a carefarm, offered annually.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND CARE
The beautiful natural milieu of the carefarm is a wonderful place to begin a contemplative practice. Those who work here already have their own committed mindfulness, meditation, or contemplative prayer practices. Our team’s practices allow for the open, compassionate, and non-judging experiences of our clients. Those who want to learn meditation or mindfulness are able to receive instruction on contemplative practices, grounding, unconscious processes, bibliotherapy, rituals, yoga or mindful movement, and individual and group counseling for traumatic grief and the ATTEND Model (Cacciatore, 2011) of care.
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
Psychoeducation is an important part of what we do. And taking good care of the body is part of the process of traumatic grief because it’s such a physical experience too. When ready, clients of the carefarm will learn to eat clean and play dirty. We sweat, we move our bodies, and we work hard. Our counselors teach good sleep hygiene and stress resilience to help care for the body, mind, soul, and heart. When the body is healthy, coping with painful emotions is done with more ease. Compassion toward all, including the self, as well as the cultivation of self-awareness, integrating somatic health, exercise, sunshine, and the natural world, helps grievers feel more connected to self, to others, to all beings, and to the earth. We help our clients learn when they are ready.
CAREFARMING
Located just 15 minutes from  beautiful Sedona, Arizona, a town named after bereaved mother, Sedona Schnebly, our carefarm is the first in the world for those enduring traumatic grief. It’s only  one of a handful of carefarms in the entire United States.  We do plenty of sweating, crying, and lifting here at Selah Carefarm. We also practice plenty of self-compassion, laughing, and putting things down in their places. This is a holy place and what happens here is ineffable. We use “carefarm” instead of “care farm” because we take ‘caring’ seriously, and none of our rescued farm animals are utilized for their products or for work. This is a sanctuary for them, and so we practice compassion and ahimsa through veganism and nonviolence toward all beings at the carefarm. The carefarming piece of the Cacciatore & Gorman (2016) model includes therapeutic agriculture and gardening, care for and connection to our 41 animals rescued from torture, abuse, and neglect, engagement with nature and ecotherapies, and green recreation.
CAREFARM TRAINING FOR PROVIDERS
This one-week, on-site training program, led by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore and David Decker, is an interdisciplinary course designed to foster spatial and community-based changes in how humans, animals, and nature interact. Applicable across various settings like schools, hospitals, and parks, the program is grounded in Dr. Cacciatore’s Regenerative Social Health Model. It emphasizes therapeutic aesthetics, animal interactions, community planning, and horticulture, promoting sustainability and ethical responsibilities. The course delves into restorative spaces, therapeutic communities, the significance of human-animal bonds, and the impact of nature on well-being, exercise, and nutrition. Aimed at enhancing life quality for all beings and the planet, it balances didactic lectures with hands-on learning at a carefarm, offered annually.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICE AND CARE
The beautiful natural milieu of the carefarm is a wonderful place to begin a contemplative practice. Those who work here already have their own committed mindfulness, meditation, or contemplative prayer practices. Our team’s practices allow for the open, compassionate, and non-judging experiences of our clients. Those who want to learn meditation or mindfulness are able to receive instruction on contemplative practices, grounding, unconscious processes, bibliotherapy, rituals, yoga or mindful movement, and individual and group counseling for traumatic grief and the ATTEND Model (Cacciatore, 2011) of care.
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING
Psychoeducation is an important part of what we do. And taking good care of the body is part of the process of traumatic grief because it’s such a physical experience too. When ready, clients of the carefarm will learn to eat clean and play dirty. We sweat, we move our bodies, and we work hard. Our counselors teach good sleep hygiene and stress resilience to help care for the body, mind, soul, and heart. When the body is healthy, coping with painful emotions is done with more ease. Compassion toward all, including the self, as well as the cultivation of self-awareness, integrating somatic health, exercise, sunshine, and the natural world, helps grievers feel more connected to self, to others, to all beings, and to the earth. We help our clients learn when they are ready.