Moxey Therapy Dog

06/10/2025

🌿 What Are the Most Effective Treatment Modalities? 🧠💛

As a therapist, I often get asked: “What’s the best approach for healing?” The truth is—healing isn’t one-size-fits-all. The most effective treatment plans often blend evidence-based therapies with holistic support, honoring the whole person—mind, body, and nervous system.

✨ Evidence-Based Approaches
✔️ EMDR – Powerful for trauma and PTSD, helping reprocess distressing memories
✔️ CBT – Helps shift unhelpful thought patterns and build coping strategies
✔️ DBT – Excellent for emotional regulation and relationship challenges
✔️ Medication Management – For stabilizing mood, anxiety, or other clinical symptoms

🌿 Holistic Therapies
✔️ Mindfulness & Breathwork – Grounding tools for presence and nervous system balance
✔️ Somatic Experiencing – Supports trauma release through the body
✔️ Nutrition & Sleep Hygiene – Essential foundations for mental health
✔️ Movement & Nature – Walking, yoga, time outdoors… all fuel emotional well-being

The most powerful healing happens when we treat the whole person, not just the symptoms.

💬 What healing approaches have worked best for you or someone you love?

06/01/2025

05/12/2025

Did You Know?
🐾 Veterinarians are facing a mental health crisis.
Join us for a FREE virtual screening of The Weight They Carry and a live panel discussion to learn how we can support those who care for our pets.
🔗 Register now:
June 19th https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gsd5eVjyQ6OClpM8sCCK7w
June 21st https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/bbmakF1fQD6umvSmaLWlrg

05/12/2025

Happy 15th Moxey!We celebrated with a couple pup cups, new squeeky ducky and chillaxin outside with the fam! 🎉🐾🎂🦆🎁🎊🎈

05/01/2025

📣May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I am here to honor the strength and courage it takes to seek support, speak your truth, and heal at your own pace.

Mental health isn’t a weakness—it’s a part of our overall well-being. Whether you're navigating anxiety,stress, trauma,depression, grief, or burnout, you deserve care that meets you with compassion and respect.

This month, let’s reduce stigma, center safety, and remind one another:
You are not alone. Your story matters. Healing is possible.

04/26/2025

Moxey will be 15 in a couple weeks. Stay tuned for her party highlights...In the meantime she is obsessed with the scent of our new visitors. Meet Henrietta Hen and Thomas Tom!

02/24/2025

02/01/2025

Happy Saturday morning to you all. Moxey is enjoying her sunrise walk

12/15/2024

Wishing you all a joyous Christmas holiday season from Moxey and I.
(fyi Mox is doing well for 14 years and still playful and funny. Just wish she could sleep through the night)

07/28/2024

There are many toxic household medications that could accidentally be ingested by your pet. Ibuprofen is the most common human medication ingested by pets and can cause stomach ulcers and kidney failure.

Follow these tips to keep your pets safe!

✅ Be sure to keep all medications both for humans and pets away from your animals (unless specifically instructed by a veterinarian to give them medication.

✅ Never leave pills OR pill bottles sitting on the counter or in a place where a pet can reach them (some dogs can easily chew through a pill bottle).

✅ If you accidentally drop a pill when taking it out of the bottle, quickly pick it up so you know your pet won't find and eat it.

✅ Never give a medication (human or prescribed to another animal in your household) to your pet without consulting a veterinarian first.

If you suspect your pet has consumed a human medication or a medication meant for another pet in your household, immediately contact Animal Emergency Hospital of Grand Rapids at 616-361-9911. You can also connect with the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435.

07/04/2024

🇺🇸🐾 Happy Independence Day! Wishing everyone a happy 4th of July from Moxey and her buddy Riot!