The Trinity Holistic Healing

Therapy Dog Services

Meet Selina Kyle, a trained service husky who joins sessions for grounding, grief work, and nervous-system regulation.

Some of the hardest work in therapy happens in the moments when words run out. Selina Kyle is a 7-year-old Siberian husky trained by her handler, Michael Hughes-Isbell, to be in the room for exactly those moments: a steady, warm, entirely non-judgmental presence you can put a hand on when a memory gets loud.

This isn't a novelty. Animal-assisted support has a real place in trauma work: contact with a calm animal slows the heart rate, gives the body something safe to orient toward, and makes it possible to stay with difficult material instead of shutting down. Selina is trained for PTSD grounding and emotional regulation, and she works alongside your clinician rather than in place of them.

How she works

A steady presence, on your terms

Selina joins in-person sessions as a support option. Nothing about her involvement is automatic. You decide whether she is in the room, whether she's near you or across it, and whether she stays for the whole hour or part of it. Some clients want her head on their knee the whole time; others want her simply nearby.

She is most often requested for grief processing, PTSD grounding, and nervous-system calming, and she works well with children and teens who find a room with an adult easier to enter when there's a dog in it.

Grief processing, something to hold on to while you say the hard thing
PTSD grounding, trained contact that brings you back into the present
Nervous-system calming, for anxiety, panic, and sensory overwhelm
Child, adolescent and teen sessions, a lower doorway into the room
Always optional, always your call, and she can step out at any point

Outdoor therapeutic space at The Trinity in Fort Worth, where therapy dog sessions with Selina Kyle are held

A husky in a service harness, trained for the practice

Her handler

Trained by Michael, at home in the practice

Selina has been trained by Michael Hughes-Isbell since she was a puppy, and the two of them work as a pair. Her handler reads her as closely as she reads the room. Scheduling for a session with Selina runs through Michael's calendar, so her availability is always his real availability rather than a guess.

She keeps her own small corner of the internet as @SKtheHusky, if you'd like to meet her before you meet her.

Ask about a session with Selina

Bringing her into your care

Adding Selina to a session you already have

If you're already working with a Trinity clinician, ask them directly and they'll coordinate with Michael. If you're new to the practice, start with a note to us and say that animal-assisted support is something you would like. We will match you with the right clinician and build Selina in from the beginning.

Full self-serve booking for therapy dog sessions, with the same deposit and card-on-file handling as the rest of the practice, is being built now.

Selina is a trained service animal working under her handler. She is not a substitute for medical or psychiatric care.

Start with a note to us

A calm dog resting against a person's leg during a quiet moment

Booking · price coming soon

Book time with Selina

Sessions with Selina are booked directly against Michael's own calendar, so the times below are the times he is actually free. She works as a pair with her handler, and her availability is his.

Length and price are still being set, so nothing is charged here. Choose a time that suits you, tell us how to reach you, and we'll come back with both before anything is booked.

Pick a time that suits you

These are the times Michael is genuinely free. Session length is shown as an hour only to lay the times out, the real length comes back with the price.

Checking his calendar…

No payment is taken and nothing is booked by sending this. We'll reply with a length and a price first.

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