Omgg I completely missed this response, sorry for not getting back sooner!! These are some incredibly powerful words; Having created it, I also feel a pre / post loner dog split in my life, and I am honored and ecstatic to hear you've had a similar experience!
I hope the mania had a good / chill comedown <3 (if it has by now)
from my own experience, my therapist commended my self reflection and now I used art to work through self-destructive patterns and mental spirals, and how I identified those patterns to put into words. maybe that can help? as long as your therapist doesn't have an insanely inflated ego, the phrase "I found myself in a piece of art and healed myself through it" should be good news. therapists love when we do their jobs for them dfhjgbjdfg (or more like, they're there as professional guardrails / threads and we generally do our own healing anyways)
loving the rambly nature, cannot wait to hear more from you! (here or feel free to reach out on my socials as well if you like)