UBU Therapy Farms is an inclusive care farm that was specially designed to meet the needs of individuals with a variety of disabilities. The farm has fully wheelchair accessible pathways, trails, barns and stables. We strive to create a safe, supportive, and inclusive space that promotes wellness for all people and diminishes barriers created by mental health stigmas.
While our setting is anything but conventional, the first of its kind in Nebraska, our programs and services are grounded in evidence and expertise. Therapists at UBU provide supervised programs of farm related activities that include animal care and cultivating plants.
Our hope is that each person who steps foot on our farm will feel welcomed and comforted by our passion to support them, and will learn how to “grow from within” to become the best version of themselves.
Animal Assisted Therapy can be unforgettable, positive and life changing experience presented in a thoughtfully created and fully accessible setting. Animal Assisted Therapies, coupled with other therapeutic models such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or Dialectical Behavioral Therapy can help clients build greater resilience, confidence, and independence. Clients will practice mindfulness, learn distress tolerance, improve interpersonal relationships and emotion regulation alongside our animal friends and growing gardens.
With these skills, clients will be more able to cope with whatever life challenges lay ahead. As a part of reaching therapy goals, clients will have an opportunity to engage in farming or horticultural activities including agricultural work, tending animals, garden work, and more. It is an incredibly rewarding way to reconnect with the earth, animals, nature and themselves.