Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
This course teaches how to safely integrate trained therapy dogs into psychological practice. You will build essential skills in selecting and caring for dogs, monitoring their welfare, screening clients, designing targeted sessions for anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and social goals, managing ethical and legal risks, and using outcome measures to evaluate effectiveness. Ideal for therapists aiming to enhance interventions with evidence-informed animal-assisted therapy.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Master the integration of trained therapy dogs into clinical sessions, covering dog selection and care, stress signal recognition, welfare scheduling, client screening, consent processes, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social issues, risk management, ethics, and outcome evaluation techniques.
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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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