Animal Assisted Therapy and Pet Facilitated Therapy
Print this entryAnimals used for therapy is certainly not a new idea. For years, it was thought that animals offered therapeutic, emotional, psychological, and physical benefits to a patient. Today, we know that these animals are useful in all these ways and many more. Animal-assisted therapy is a program wherein the presence of an animal is part of the whole process of treatment. An individual trained in health care will often oversee the whole process. Emotional Benefits Studies have shown…