Wild Acres Wellness

What Wild Acres Wellness does

Wild Acres Wellness is a privately-held, owner-operated mental health and wellness practice headquartered on a 20-acre horse farm in Afton, Minnesota, with a secondary location in Woodbury, Minnesota. The practice was co-founded by Kathy Boisjoli and Dave Boisjoli (previously operating as "Wild Acres Counseling") and serves individuals seeking treatment for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, trauma, and related conditions, as well as clients pursuing spiritual or transpersonal growth.

The practice offers a hybrid portfolio of conventional and alternative therapeutic modalities. Core clinical offerings include Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) — leveraging ketamine as the only federally legal psychedelic medicine — alongside EMDR, traditional counseling, and trauma-focused equine-assisted psychotherapy (TF-EAP) delivered on-site with horses. A separate spiritual services line includes Life Between Lives hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression, Shamanic Practices, and Akashic Record Readings, and the practice packages 1-day and 3-day psychedelic equine therapy retreats. The team consists of approximately eight members, including a clinical director (MEd), a psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP-BC with KAT-C and PAT-C certifications), licensed counselors, a clinical intern, and the co-owners. Operations are supported by Theranest for client portal, scheduling, and intake.

Wild Acres generates revenue through direct billing of professional therapy services. The practice is in-network with 13+ major insurance carriers (Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, HealthPartners, United HealthCare, Medica, PreferredOne, UCare, MN Health Care Program, TriCare, UMR, FirstHealth, Hennepin Health), which is atypical for ketamine clinics that typically operate on a cash-pay basis. Distribution is exclusively direct-to-consumer and on-site at the two Minnesota farm locations; there is no digital product, mobile app, or remote service channel. Marketing is primarily organic, relying on website content, SEO, and community/provider referrals.

Name

Wild Acres Wellness

Legal name

Wild Acres Counseling

Website

https://wildacreswellness.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Wild Acres Wellness is a privately-held, owner-operated mental health and wellness practice in Minnesota that combines Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, equine-assisted therapy, and spiritual modalities on a 20-acre horse farm to serve adults with treatment-resistant mental health conditions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mental Health Therapy and Wellness Services

NAICS

Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (721214)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Holistic & Alternative Therapy Retreats (Naturopathy, Energy Work) (THAGAMAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wellness Retreat Centers (Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness) (THAGAMAB), Wellness Retreats & Immersions (Multi-day, Digital Detox, Mind-Body Programs) (THAJAHAB)

Keywords

• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
• Mental health counseling
• Equine-assisted therapy
• EMDR trauma therapy
• Holistic wellness services

Headquarters

HQ city

Afton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Therapy and Counseling Services: Revenue is generated through individual therapy sessions, including Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), traditional counseling, EMDR therapy, equine-assisted psychotherapy, and spiritual services. Insurance is accepted from multiple providers. KAP involves a series of sessions including intake, prep sessions, medicine sessions, and integration sessions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Wild Acres Wellness is a counseling and wellness center that provides Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), traditional counseling (including EMDR), Trauma-Focused Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, spiritual/transpersonal services (Life Between Lives, Past Life Regression, Shamanic Practices), and wellness retreats at its equine farm locations in Afton and Woodbury, Minnesota. Services are delivered on-site by a small clinical team and are billed through major insurance carriers and direct pay.

Product overview

Wild Acres Wellness is a counseling and therapy practice offering a range of mental health and wellness services centered around its horse farm in Afton, Minnesota. The core offerings include Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for treatment-resistant conditions, traditional counseling with modalities like EMDR, Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, and spiritual services including Life Between Lives, Past Life Regression, and Shamanic Practices. The practice also offers wellness retreats and maintains a client portal through Theranest for scheduling and session management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ketamine-Assisted Therapy (KAP) Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy using ketamine for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and related conditions, structured as a series of intake, prep, medicine, and integration sessions delivered on-site at the Afton farm.
• Counseling Services Therapy services addressing life challenges, trauma, abuse, and related concerns, delivered individually on-site by licensed clinicians and billed through major commercial insurance carriers.
• EMDR Therapy Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) protocol used to treat trauma and negative beliefs in PTSD, anxiety, depression, phobias, and other emotional conditions.
• Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy grounded in the neuroscience of human and horse brain development, designed to help clients develop healthier relationships and improved emotional regulation.
• Spiritual Services Category of transpersonal services including Life Between Lives hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression Therapy, Shamanic Practices, and Akashic Record Readings, targeted at clients seeking spiritual healing beyond conventional therapy.
• Life Between Lives Three-hour spiritual hypnotherapy session in which clients explore the soul's journey between incarnations, meet guides, and clarify life purpose.
• Past Life Regression Therapy Hypnotherapy technique guiding clients to access and re-experience past lives in order to surface hidden patterns, trauma, and soul gifts using quantum-level healing framing.
• Shamanic Practices Ancient healing traditions including journeying with drumming, spirit animal encounters, and the use of sage and tobacco for clearing negative energy.
• Wellness Retreats On-site wellness retreats including 1-day retreats and 3-day psychedelic equine therapy retreats hosted at the Wild Acres farm.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Journey Clinical: Telehealth platform connecting patients with KAP-trained clinicians and providing medical clearance and integration. Comparable as a KAP service provider, albeit with a remote-first model versus Wild Acres' on-farm in-person model.
• Innerwell: Virtual ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic offering intake, prep, medicine, and integration sessions. Directly comparable as a KAP provider emphasizing the same multi-session protocol.
• Field Trip Health (pre-shutdown clinics): Operated dedicated ketamine clinic locations offering KAP in designed healing environments. Conceptually comparable as a clinic-chain KAP operator, even though Field Trip exited U.S. clinics in 2023.
• Nue Life: Ketamine-assisted therapy platform combining psychedelic medicine with integrative mental health support. Comparable in offering KAP with a multi-session protocol (prep, medicine, integration) similar to Wild Acres' KAP process.
• Mindbloom: National ketamine-assisted therapy provider offering clinician-supervised KAP sessions. Directly comparable as a KAP-focused practice expanding access to psychedelic-assisted mental health treatment, though Mindbloom operates virtually/at-home rather than on a farm.

Broad incumbents

• Charlie Health: Larger virtual and in-person intensive outpatient program for mental health, including treatment-resistant depression and anxiety. Overlaps in target patient segments (treatment-resistant teens/adults) but operates at national scale versus Wild Acres' local model.

Emerging players

• Esketit (formerly My Ketamine Home): At-home ketamine therapy provider offering guided sessions. Comparable in the KAP category, with a different delivery modality (mobile/at-home vs. on-site farm).
• Eagle Hollow Equine Assisted Therapy: Smaller independent equine-assisted psychotherapy practice. Comparable in offering experiential equine therapy as a core modality, with similar target populations (trauma, anxiety, depression).

Others

• Therapy Animal-assisted Practitioners (e.g., Pet Partners network): Network and credentialing body for animal-assisted therapy providers. Comparable as the broader ecosystem of equine/animal-assisted therapy practices that Wild Acres' farm-based model exists within.

Regional players

• Desert Oasis Recovery / Integrative Mental Health Retreats: Residential wellness / mental health retreat operators outside the Midwest. Comparable as retreat-style mental health offerings that combine therapy with multi-day immersive stays, though typically drug-and-alcohol focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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