Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
Learn to safely integrate therapy dogs into psychological practice. Build skills in dog selection, welfare, client screening, session design, ethics, and outcome tracking to deliver effective, evidence-informed dog-assisted therapy that helps clients with anxiety, trauma, mood issues, and social goals while ensuring animal welfare and ethical standards.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course teaches how to safely bring trained dogs into therapy sessions, covering dog selection and care, spotting stress signs, welfare schedules, client screening, consent, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social issues, risk management, ethics, and simple ways to measure and improve outcomes.
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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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