I engage in animal therapy constantly. Sounds a little cliche, but sometimes I don’t know what I’d do without my animals. My border collie, Jilly, who I lost a couple years back, was an actual therapy dog - she loved elderly folks so much.
Just to follow up: I did go, and my therapist is so sweet and helpful and made me feel really safe. She was very open about it, gave me a lot of information, and was very specific about what they’re doing to maintain a safe environment going forward.