Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
This course equips you to safely integrate trained therapy dogs into psychological practice. Gain essential skills in selecting and caring for dogs, monitoring welfare, screening clients, designing targeted sessions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social issues, managing ethics and risks, and tracking outcomes with simple measures for effective, evidence-based therapy.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
Master safe integration of trained dogs into clinical sessions, covering animal selection, care, stress signal reading, and welfare schedules. Learn client screening, consent processes, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social goals, risk management, ethics, and outcome evaluation to refine dog-assisted therapy.
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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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