Billings, Montana · Family-owned since 2012

When Children Thrive,
Families Flourish

Wild Roots Therapy provides multidisciplinary, trauma-informed care for children and families across Montana, combining occupational therapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, counseling, and more under one roof.

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10+

Years serving families

Therapy specialties

Statewide reach

Certified OT · NMT Practitioner

A Wild Roots therapist working alongside a caregiver and children

Where families start

“I always refer to Erica as our family’s lifesaver. She helped us when we were desperate and didn’t know where else to turn.”
Pamela · Wild Roots parent

Parent Coaching

You don’t have to figure your kid out alone

If you’re exhausted, second-guessing yourself, or out of ideas — you’re not a bad parent. You’re a parent who hasn’t been handed the right tools yet. Parent coaching is the piece of our work that changes the most homes, because the person a child needs most is you.

Learn how your child’s nervous system drives the behavior you’re seeing
Understand your own nervous system, so you can respond instead of react
Walk away with co-regulation strategies you can use tonight, at home

Option one Parenting Course A structured group course in trauma-informed parenting, learned alongside other families. Option two 1:1 Coaching Personalized sessions built around your child, your challenges, your household.

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What We Offer

Everything under one roof

From birth through adolescence, our team meets children and families wherever they are — digging into the root causes of developmental challenges instead of just the symptoms.

Parent CoachingMost requested

Parenting a child with big behaviors can feel like too much. Our coaching helps you understand your own nervous system alongside your child’s, so the way you respond creates real change at home.

1:1 coaching & online course

Speech, OT & Physical Therapy

Our pediatric occupational, speech, and physical therapists work on sensory processing, motor skills, communication, feeding, and developmental delays — all with advanced training in trauma-informed care.

Ages birth–18 · In clinic

Counseling Services

Licensed counselors who take a collaborative, strengths-based approach, weaving together EMDR, SMART, cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, and mindfulness for children and families healing from trauma.

Kids, teens & parents

Safe & Sound Protocol

A five-day listening intervention developed by Dr. Stephen Porges that retrains the nervous system to feel safe and socially engaged — easing anxiety, sensory sensitivity, and trauma responses.

5 days · In clinic or remote

Aquatic Therapy

Occupational therapy in the water, building motor planning, body awareness, balance, regulation, and social skills in a sensory environment most kids find calming — and genuinely fun.

Current clients · Pool sessions

Dyslexia & Literacy Tutoring

The Orton-Gillingham method — structured, multisensory, and proven for dyslexia — builds phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and writing in a patient, individualized setting.

One-on-one with Angela

Remote Assessment & Consulting

Can’t make it to Billings? We offer trauma-informed OT assessments remotely for foster and adoptive families anywhere, and consult with schools, hospitals, and organizations statewide and beyond.

Anywhere · Virtual

"Our mission is to provide hope, inspiration, and education for families and systems across Montana."

Wild Roots Therapy: Our Mission

Trauma-Informed

We look beyond surface behaviors to understand the neurological and developmental roots. Erica Schuppe is one of only a handful of nationally certified Child Trauma Academy occupational therapists in the country.

Multidisciplinary

Speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and licensed counselors collaborate together, giving your child coordinated care in one place instead of across multiple disconnected providers.

Family-Centered

We don't just work with kids in isolation. We coach caregivers, provide home strategies, and partner with families so that the progress made in therapy continues outside our walls.

Wild Roots therapist working with a child

Our Approach

We look for the why behind the behavior

When a child struggles with focusing, melts down, can't hold a pencil, or refuses food, the usual advice rarely helps. That's because the behavior is never the whole story. There's always a deeper neurological or developmental reason underneath.

At Wild Roots, we use the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT), sensory-based evaluation, and decades of combined clinical experience to understand why your child is struggling, then build a plan that actually works.

Retained primitive reflexes affecting development
Trauma responses shaping behavior and regulation
Sensory processing differences impacting daily life
Developmental delays secondary to early-life stress
Communication and feeding challenges

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What Families Say

Real families. Real results.

We measure success by the moments that matter, a child sleeping through the night, a family sitting down to a meal together, a parent who finally feels understood.

★★★★★

"Erica is one of only a handful of Child Trauma Academy certified occupational therapists in the entire country. Her knowledge, compassion, and detailed treatment planning have been absolutely life-changing for our daughter."

Adoptive Family

Parent of a 6-year-old

★★★★★

"I always refer to Erica as our family's lifesaver. She helped us when we were desperate and didn't know where else to turn. I can't recommend Wild Roots enough."

Pamela

Wild Roots Parent

★★★★★

"Occupational therapy here has been a life-changer for my family! They don't just teach techniques, they explain why behaviors happen and why these approaches work. That understanding makes all the difference."

Wild Roots Parent

Mom of Two

★★★★★

"After completing the Safe & Sound Protocol, my son sleeps better, is generally calmer, and follows directions without the constant arguing. I can't believe the difference five hours made."

S.R.

Safe & Sound Protocol Client

★★★★★

"By far one of my favorite professionals. I wish I could clone Erica and take her everywhere. Her active, creative approach with my little guy has been exactly what he needed."

Stacy

Wild Roots Client

★★★★★

"Wild Roots gave us answers when no one else could. They understood the connection between our child's early trauma and her current behaviors, and for the first time, we had a real path forward."

S.P.

Foster & Adoptive Family

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Our People

A team that truly cares

Our therapists bring deep clinical expertise alongside genuine warmth. Many have personal connections to the families they serve, through foster care, adoption, or lived experience with the challenges they treat.