Business hours

Steady Strides is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.  We are closed Sunday and Monday.

Steady strides accepts the following Forms of Payment

- Medicaid (Health First Colorado)
       - Behavioral Health, Inc. (BHI)
       - Access Behavioral Care (ABC) - through Colorado Access
- Child Health Plan Plus HMO (CHP+) - through Colorado Access
- Victim Compensation (18th Judicial District)
- Second Wind Fund provider
- Private Payment (fee schedule available upon request)
- Other insurance (ie. Aetna, Cigna, United Healthcare) as an out-of-network provider
- FSA/HSA plans

About the Therapist

Temry Jenks, MSW, LCSW, SSW

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

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. Her beloved horse Rocky even traveled with her to and from college.  In 2000, Temry had the opportunity to 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, Gestalt therapy, mindfulness, client-centered therapy) and a positive therapeutic relationship is the best way to help clients reach their treatment goals.

Temry continues to combine her social work and equestrian backgrounds to provide meaningful, healing experiences for her clients through the unique horse-human relationship.