Sarah Kiani, M.A.
Sarah Kiani is the founder, CEO, and a therapist of Hope Tree Counseling Services. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Iowa and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) in Minnesota. She is trained in facilitating Equine Assisted Mental Health (EAMH) from the University of Denver’s Institute for Human and Animal Connection.
Sarah works with those with ADHD, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and those experiencing difficulty with attachment, parenting, women's issues, and life changes. Sarah has extensive skills in working with young children using Child Centered Play Therapy (CCPT).
Sarah specializes in working with people experiencing trauma, grief, and loss. Sarah survived the loss of her child, Yasmine, in 2009. With the aid of therapy, the arts, nature, and horses Sarah has not only survived but has experienced post-traumatic growth. It was with a deep desire to honor her child’s memory that Sarah launched Hope Tree in 2015.
Sarah practices mindfulness, EMDR, person-centered, trauma-informed, narrative, psycho-drama, equine-assisted, nature-assisted, and child-centered play therapies with clients. Sarah believes that lasting positive growth can occur through professional counseling that incorporates creativity, nature, and animals in the healing journey.
Sarah is passionate about every human's ability to grow and heal. She is committed to offering the possibility of true healing to all who come to Hope Tree.
Sarah is also the founder of Innisfree Farm and the Enchanted Forest Children’s Theater.
Mariah Allard, MS, LPC
Mariah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Minnesota and Wisconsin. She has four years of experience providing psychotherapy services to children, adolescents, adults, and families. She is comprehensively trained in substance use work, as well as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).
Mariah has worked in areas of mood disorders, ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD and trauma, substance use disorders, life stress and transitions, and self-esteem-related issues. Mariah is passionate about exploring areas of the self including self-image, identity, and underlying beliefs and values to assist in navigating the full, complex, and wonderful experience of life.
Mariah’s therapeutic style is largely person-centered, strength-based, and humanistic in nature. She enjoys engaging with clients in a free-flowing, conversational, and informal manner, where she brings her genuine and occasionally goofy self into the therapy space. Mariah also practices supportive and attachment-based therapies, in which we explore relationships and foster warmth, openness, trust, and empowerment within the therapeutic relationship. Further, Mariah incorporates aspects of mindfulness, somatic, and nature-based strategies with clients.
Mariah’s hope is to help her clients feel more present and grounded in who they are, find purpose, healing, and strength on their life journey, and build a healthy sense of self along the way.