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

4.9 in the evaluation
from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course teaches safe integration of trained dogs into clinical sessions, covering animal selection and care, stress signal reading, welfare-friendly scheduling, screening and consent procedures, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social goals, risk and ethics management, and simple outcome measures for evaluation and refinement.
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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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