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.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Dog-assisted Therapy Course shows you how to safely integrate a trained dog into clinical sessions, from selecting and caring for the animal to reading stress signals and planning welfare-friendly schedules. Learn screening and consent procedures, design structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social goals, manage risk and ethics, and use simple outcome measures to evaluate and refine your work.
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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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