Military veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder often look to non-traditional forms of therapy to cope with their condition. For a farm in Botetourt County--New Freedom Farm--horses are part of the therapy.

When Jason Hogancamp came back from the military, he was diagnosed with PTSD and could barely speak.

"Had a problem with depression, big time, you know, suicide attempts, I just, I thought there was, that was the end, I never knew life on the other side of the military, I just never thought that would happen for me," Hogancamp, Co-Director of New Freedom Farm, said.

But wild mustangs changed all of that for him.

"Like veterans that are coming back from employment, they are just tore up in a mess, they're over-reactive, they're not understood by other people . . . much like a new mustang, they're just very fragile at that point," he added.

The Veterans Administration says that 22 veterans and 1 active duty member commit suicide each day, but a farm like this helps to decrease that number.

"If you add in a wild mustang that has been ungentled, never ever touched, and the veteran needs to learn communication skills and patience," Lois Dawn Fritz, Founder and Co-Director of New Freedom Farm, said.

Skills Lois Dawn Fritz needed to learn herself after she served in the navy.

"I made the decision that the only thing that made me feel better was being around my horse, I decided that I was going to come to Southwest Virginia and open up a farm sanctuary for equines and my ultimate goal was to share it with veterans," Fritz said,

Fritz has gone beyond her goal and has opened up the farm to first responders.

Now having gone through most of his healing process, Hogencamp is committed to helping other veterans with Fritz at this farm.