BUSINESS HOURS

Steady Strides is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm.  We are closed on weekends.

STEADY STRIDES ACCEPTS THE FOLLOWING FORMS OF PAYMENT

  • Medicaid (Health First Colorado) - through Colorado Access - ONLY if Medicaid is the primary insurance and there is no other insurance coverage

  • Child Health Plan Plus HMO (CHP+) - through Colorado Access

  • Aetna insurance

  • Victim Compensation (18th Judicial District)

  • Second Wind Fund

  • Private Payment (fee schedule available upon request)

  • FSA/HSA plans

  • Please note:

    • Medicaid is only accepted if it is the primary and sole insurance coverage. We are unable to accept clients who have another primary insurance and Medicaid as secondary coverage.

ABOUT THE THERAPIST

Temry Jenks, MSW, LCSW, SSW

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Temry is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience in treating children, adolescents, and young adults. She holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Central Florida (2005), a certification in Child and Adolescent Services, and a special services license in school social work from the Colorado Dept. of Education. She has provided care to children, adolescents, and families in a variety of settings including residential treatment, therapeutic foster care, the school system, intensive in-home crisis intervention, and outpatient clinics.  She also spent 10 years as a school social worker for the Cherry Creek School District helping children with social/emotional disabilities, mental illness, autism, behavioral challenges, and other special needs develop the skills they needed to be successful in their learning environment.  Combining her love for horses with her therapeutic training and experience, Temry founded Steady Strides Equine Assisted Therapy in 2016 and stepped into full time equine-assisted therapy practice. 

Temry has a passionate love for horses that reaches farther back than she can remember. She grew up in Central Oregon and was riding in the saddle with her dad before she could walk. From trail riding and pack trips in the mountains to moving cattle to competing in the dressage and hunter/jumper ring, Temry has never been without horses. In 2000, Temry had the opportunity to help create an equine program at an adolescent residential treatment facility in Montana. It was then that she first realized the incredible power of the horse-human partnership to help clients achieve personal change. She believes that experiential therapy (using a trauma-informed approach and incorporating a variety of techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, client-centered therapy, ACT, and IFS) in the context of a positive therapeutic relationship is the best way to help clients reach their treatment goals.