This Month at Excelsior
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 Excelsior's Canine Healers Program
If you've
visited our campus in recent months, you may have noticed dogs walking
our
halls. A little more than a
year
ago, Excelsior began a new therapy program, Canine Healers.
Canine Healers meets on Tuesday evenings for one-hour
meetings. These meetings are designed
to help the girls gain a better understanding of trauma including:
sexual
abuse, physical abuse and/or mental abuse, abandonment and self-harm.
With these issues in mind the group and therapist focus on helping girls
explore their trauma, develop healthy coping skills for healing and
begin
establishing the building blocks for healthy relationships.
Mandy Bell and Chaco, pictured above, are volunteers with
Excelsior's Canine Healers Program.
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