Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
4.9/5
This course teaches you to safely integrate trained therapy dogs into psychological practice. You will develop skills in selecting and caring for dogs, monitoring their welfare, screening clients, designing structured sessions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social goals, managing ethics and risks, and using outcome measures to evaluate effectiveness.

4.9 in rating
flexible workload of 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Learn to integrate trained dogs safely into therapy sessions, covering dog selection, care, stress signal reading, welfare schedules, client screening, consent, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social issues, risk management, ethics, and outcome evaluation.
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Develop skills
- Design safe, evidence-based dog-assisted treatment plans for mental health.
- Screen and select suitable clients for brief, effective dog-assisted sessions.
- Read canine stress signals and protect therapy dog welfare in every session.
- Structure goal-focused sessions with dogs for anxiety, trauma, and social skills.
- Apply ethical, legal, and risk management standards in dog-assisted therapy.
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