Lexie the Therapy Dog

Lexie, Certified Therapy Dog

Official Certifications:  Therapy Dog with the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, American Kennel Club Good Citizen certification, and American Kennel Club’s Advanced Canine Good Citizen 

Galvin Growth Group is proud to have Lexie, a Certified Therapy Dog as part of the G3 team.  Lexie is a 29-pound F1 Mini Bernedoodle and was born in the Spring of 2021  She is hypoallergenic.  As a Certified Therapy Dog, she enjoys working at G3 seeing clients and also volunteers in the community as a School Therapy Dog and at various events throughout the community as well.  

Lexie has been professionally trained and certified as a Therapy Dog and employs specific Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) techniques as she works with clients of all ages.  All of the Psychologists who work with Lexie have been trained and received certification in Animal Assisted Therapy and they employ specific techniques in therapeutic process that provide maximum benefit to the client.  The research behind Animal Assisted Therapy is very strong and has shown to improve therapeutic benefits to clients including, but not limited to, increased relaxation and calmness, improved ability to take in information shared in the session, and more openness as clients participate in therapy.  

Working with Lexie is an option available to clients who would like to experience it.  If you would like to work with Lexie and try Animal Assisted Therapy, please let our Client Services Coordinator know during the intake process so that you can be paired with one of our Psychologists who are trained and certified in AAT.