Animal Assisted Psychotherapy

Desi will be offering Animal Assisted Therapy with her golden retriever named Winston.  Animal Assisted Therapy is a treatment modality that enhances the therapeutic environment.  Winston will assist clients during sessions by increasing comfort, providing compassion, creating parallels to everyday life, fostering connection, and enhancing mindfulness. 

Meet Winston

Winston Frederick Carroll is a certified good boy.  He was born in August of 2021 and shortly after, started his training to become a therapy dog.  He earned his Canine Good Citizen title and became part of Professional Therapy Dogs of Colorado in the fall of 2022.  Winston enhances therapy sessions by increasing comfort, offering compassion, increasing emotion regulation through play and distraction, fostering connection, and creating parallels to everyday life.  In his free time, Winston enjoys playing with his littermate, retrieving toys, going swimming, sleeping, and being with his mom.