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There are so many forms of therapy out there, art therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and so on and so forth, therapy with pets, colors or other means, the truth is that as long as it somehow helps us heal trauma, relax, feel better and be getting better overall it all makes sense. Of course there are special courses and training programs for each possibility, but the truth is sometimes something can be therapeutic without those so called official mean. I personaly have been doing therapy for the last two years on a constant basis, I would say its probably mostly cognitive behavioral therapy, also combine with a bit of couching when I feel like I need more support in that direction. On average its been every two weeks, sometimes more often, sometimes less, but still good and meaningful in order to help me take responsability for myself and my own life, learning (still, probably its gonna be a forever process) to let go of what I cannot control, what is literaly out of my control and also be ok with it. Still, this year, I reconsidered getting a dog. I had a dog before for like two years the longest, but I was verry troubled at that time by my own challenges that I have been going through. This year has also been challenging, but overall, even though its been really really hard to be patient with her as she grew up, I am very very grateful for getting Maya, my dog, this year. Hopefully we will be together for a long and beautiful time. I really love and appreciate her and I know she does too. She is a wonderful loving dog, I adoted her when she was just four months old, and we have been together ever since for the last four months as well. Its simply amazing!

Although so far she doesnt have any special preparation or trainings to be an official therapy dog, she is for me. I have been going though some really though times lately, this year its been very challenging so far, hopefully the second half of the year will be better, merrier, but she has been such a tremendous help. She used to do as a puppy, technically she still is a puppy but she is getting more serious as she grows, a lot of fun things and made me laugh a lot. She is just so kind and caring, she always feels me and what I am going through, when I am happy or excited she gets energised and happy too, when I am sad or crying she comes and sits next to me patiently, trying to understand whats going on and support me in the ways she knows best. Eventhough I wanted to give her up so many times because I was overwhelmed by the logistics of having a puppy, now that things are so much better from this point of view I am glad that I kept her from now on it should get much easier. O course she still needs to be trained and to learn a lot of things in order to properly behave, but the most fascinating thing is how far she hass been teaching me so far, not to take things so seriosly, to laugh more, to play more and to just enjoy life more. Our walks together are so much more fun that just walking alone so I am deeply greatful for her and all the amazing things she has already thought me so far. She is such a kind soul and caring of her and taking care of her is just a dream came true. I always wanted a dog, for 30 years of my life basicaly, now I just turned 31 last month and I am super grateful for getting her and for our amazing journey together. She is trully a theraby dog by soul and maybe someday she will also became one officially, but in any case, for now she is my therapy dog, and for that I deeply love her.