Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that includes animals as a form of treatment. AAT main goal is to improve the patients emotional‚ social‚ and cognitive functioning. AAT is especially helpful in reducing the symptoms of psychological disorder‚ but most of the effects only last for a short period of time. Animal Assisted Therapy is used for many purposes in many different places such as prisons‚ nursing home‚ and mental institutions. There are a lot of animal options depending on
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History of Animal-Assisted Therapy Animal-assisted therapy can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and when they used horse-assisted therapy to boost the morale of the incurably ill. After that‚ there is little documentation for the use and effectiveness of it until the 18th century in York Retreat‚ England. In York Retreat‚ there was a facility ran by Quakers where people with mental illnesses would roam freely on the ground around the animals. The Quakers began to notice the positive interactions
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Animal Assisted Therapy is a form of therapy that has been around for many years‚ yet in recent times it has become a highly recognizable and appreciated form of psychological treatment. As society progresses to a point of acceptance for mental illness and its need to be treated appropriately‚ different methods of therapeutic treatment are able to be tested in practical settings and evaluated under a modern lens in order to see their effectiveness and the role they should play in the treatment of
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Animal-assisted therapy is basically what it sounds like: patients seek comfort and psychological aid from endearing‚ devoted pets. Of course‚ there is more to it than that. Centuries of extensive studies and research have supported the positive effects of animal therapy. By lowering depression and anxiety levels‚ this form of treatment‚ or even simply owning a pet‚ can calm a patient in the uneasy hospital atmosphere‚ and reduce stress for those with mental disorders in their everyday lives (Rathsam
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Worthington (2014) state‚ “One of the most important things you can do for the couple entering your office is to tailor the treatment to their particular style‚ needs‚ and values” (Ripley‚ Worthington‚ 2014‚ p. 94). The writer agrees that personalizing therapy will support fulfilling sessions‚ as well as‚ effective treatment. The rational for this decision is based off of experience in a residential facility‚ which implements a program that all residents must follow. However‚ because each resident has individual
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Doctor of Physical Therapy program. While it is important to have a good education and clinical experience‚ I hold lessons in behavior and ethics to a higher standard due to the fact that patient care depends highly upon complete and proper care. If a therapist does not present the proper behavior or ethics when treating a patient‚ the patient’s life could be greatly affected despite the amount of knowledge the therapist has. Therefore‚ I personally have sought out physical therapy programs that hold
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Therapeutic Psychology PYC 4809 Assignment 2 208315 Section A Question 1: Reality Therapy. Introduction. William Glasser(1925) has developed this approach as he believed that looking into your past and dwelling on the past is not beneficial for the therapeutic environment. He believed that one should look at the present reality in order to achieve happiness or be content in life. He was also convinced that one should take responsibility for one’s actions
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Transilvania University of Brașov Faculty of Letters MA Study Programme Anglo – American Culture and Discourse Different feminist theories and the “new feminism ” wave MA student: Marc Adriana 2 nd year – R.F. 2014 – 2015 In the last decades of the 20th century‚ the Western world became more and more concerned with issues of ethnic‚ social‚ political and
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Equine-assisted therapy encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental health. A lack of high-quality studies‚ particularly assessing the efficacy of EAT for mental health treatment‚ has raised concerns that these therapies should not replace or divert resources from other evidence-based therapies. Terminology within the field is not standardized‚ and the lack of clear definitions and common terminology presents problems
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Thesis Statement: Equine Assisted Therapy can be beneficial to substance abuse clients with co-occurring disorders. Equine Assisted Therapy (EAP) is when horses is used as a tool for emotional growth and learning helping adults and children with mental health and behavioral problems‚ such as mood disorders‚ addictive behaviors and communication difficulties (Marshall-Lucette & Cantin‚ 2011). There is still limited information and literature not only in the United States but in the United Kingdom
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