Amazingly effective therapeutic animals

You may have heard of scouting dogs for deaf people, who can warn them when a phone rings, a doorbell or a smoke alarm, or pet dogs. alert people with epilepsy when they start their seizures, let them go to a safe place before they fall into emotional discomfort. And in fact, more and more psychologists use animals to treat diseases.

Therapeutic animal therapy

In recent decades, there have been countless stories about animals' miraculous abilities in helping to improve and even protect life for children and adults as they live. in disease and disability. Dogs, cats, rabbits and birds are often taken to schools, research institutes and hospitals and nursing homes for the elderly, where they help them relax and inspire residents. people, helping people temporarily forget their health problems or disorders.

But by using animals to balance health, it is possible to go further with more outstanding advantages. More and more psychotherapists are using animal therapies in various treatment cases, especially treating children with psychological and social disorders and even disorders. physically. Among the pioneers in psychotherapy is Aubrey H. Fine, a psychotherapist and professor at California Polytechnic University in Pomona (California, USA), which has successfully expanded in Using animal therapies in treating children's diseases, was elaborated in the book " Handbook on Animal Support Therapy " (Elsevier / Academic Press, 2010).

Therapeutic animals are a method to help people stay healthy and find comfort
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As TS. Aubrey H. Fine once described one of the first and most impressive cases he had ever experienced, which was the case of the 5-year-old Diane. She felt scared when she met a stranger. aside from relatives in her family, she refused to contact anyone else including teachers at the nursery. A trained dog named Puppy eventually broke his baby's autism. Little Diane began to stroke, laugh and chat with Puppy, when TS. Aubrey H. Fine signaled the dog to walk with two hind legs. Amazingly, Diane said, ' Puppy, come here. Good puppy, come here, Puppy '. It was from the success of the treatment of Diane who became a bridge to help Dr. Nguyen. Aubrey H. Fine embarked on helping children win psychological disorders.

New directions and fewer side effects in the future

Dr. Griffin acknowledged that in an interview there were difficulties in applying this scientific research in the use of therapeutic animals. About TS. Aubrey H. Fine, he stressed that, the challenges in therapeutic animal therapy have achieved some encouraging achievements, he said: ' The animals have been trained very well, they are very reliable, show obedience and show more 'human' nature. Psychotherapists know how to use animals as a kind of 'support' for effective treatment, combined with the best mental health. Animals have provided significant support in the research I am working on, acting as catalysts and not being neglected. And of course, therapeutic animal interventions must put safety first on patients who take part in the course of treatment '.