Meet Circe
Circe is my certified therapy dog, and—in her own way—a wounded healer herself. As a puppy, she came through a serious medical crisis, and something about that experience seems to have given her a quiet, intuitive sense for when someone is hurting.
She doesn't treat every client the same way. Circe reads each person and responds accordingly—settling calmly nearby for someone who needs space, or leaning in close for someone who needs contact. Clients often say they feel steadier and more at ease opening up when she's in the room.
Dog-assisted therapy is grounded in real benefits: interacting with a calm, trusted dog can lower stress and anxiety, and help people feel safer engaging with difficult material—especially in trauma or grief work.
From a Jungian perspective, Marie-Louise von Franz, one of Jung's closest colleagues, wrote, "the wounded healer is the archetype of the Self . . . and is at the bottom of all genuine healing procedures."
Circe embodies this simply and honestly. Her own history of struggle and recovery is part of what lets her sit so naturally with others in theirs. She offers what words alone can't—quiet companionship, steady attention, and the reminder that no one has to face hard things completely alone.