Hello mates! Reef the Fox right here along with your weekly “Reef’s Report.”
Immediately, I’m reporting from a spot of actual satisfaction. I, Reef the fox, am right here to inform you about one thing massive. Pawsitive Beginnings has formally partnered with Christina’s Braveness, an unimaginable group in Monroe County that helps survivors of sexual violence. Their work is rooted in trauma-informed advocacy, forensic companies and neighborhood training.
These are the people who present up when others don’t, and so they ensure survivors are heard, believed and empowered. Sound acquainted? Yeah, our missions had been destined to align.
Starting June 1, the therapist at Christina’s Braveness will probably be utilizing our Human-Animal Alliance Therapeutic Den, the quiet, protected house the place people can exhale, reconnect and really feel one thing good once more. And Nicole Navarro (my human) can even be heading all the way down to Key West on a month-to-month foundation to satisfy survivors proper the place they’re. That’s what therapeutic appears like: flexibility, neighborhood and connection.
“This collaboration brings the highly effective advantages of animal-assisted remedy to our shoppers, providing consolation, connection and emotional therapeutic in a protected and nurturing atmosphere,” mentioned Anne Elliott, psychological well being counselor at Christina’s Braveness. “Starting in June, we’ll work carefully with Pawsitive Beginnings founder Nicole Navarro and her foxes on a month-to-month foundation, creating significant alternatives for survivors to expertise therapeutic interactions that assist their restoration journeys.”
Right here’s what I do know: when somebody who’s been by means of hell walks into an area and locks eyes with a creature who’s additionally lived by means of trauma, they each get it. No phrases wanted. That’s the sort of unstated fact that makes this partnership so highly effective.
At Pawsitive Beginnings, we’ve all the time mentioned therapeutic can come from essentially the most unlikely of locations — foxes. Now we’re proud to say it’s additionally bought extra backup, from a number of the most compassionate and devoted people we’ve ever met.
So yeah, perhaps I’m not being snarky in the present day. Perhaps I’m simply … happy with us, Christina’s Braveness and survivors who present up even when it’s onerous. That is greater than remedy. It’s transformational, and we’re honored to be a part of it.
That’s all for this week. Till subsequent time, Reef, over and out!