Animal-assisted Therapy
Animal Assisted Therapy, or AAT as referred to by professionals, is a type of therapy involving actions between people and trained animals as a form of treatment. This treatment consists of the relationship that people establish with animals and how animals strengthen an individual's life, either emotionally, mentally, socially, physically, and other ideas to improve one self. Dr. Sigmund Freud, believed in the benefits of animal therapy. It is imperative that patients undergoing psychoanalytic therapy have the option in partake in animal assisted therapy if it has the potential to increase their chance of healing.
Mental Health ( Physiological disorders) The effects of animal therapy on the body can be seen not only …show more content…
AAT has effects on enhancing empathy and improving learning. Through therapy the patients empathy toward other people correlates back to their empathy towards the animals. The taking-care of the animal that occurs within the meeting, parallel the patient's emotional needs being explored and met by the therapist in the session in appropriate ways, encourages the development of empathy toward others. Also, the patient witnesses the empathy shown to the animals by the therapist, providing the opportunity for modeling. After therapy patients are able to use the reactions and experiences with the animals as a basis for relationships with people. They have the understanding that they need to take in account other people's emotions and …show more content…
The stress associated with children's hospitalization may lead to negative physiological and psychological disorders. Although being in the hospital as an adult is difficult, being in a hospital as a child is a fear that one would not be able to describe. Child patients are often surrounded by strangers who are approaching them with needles, medication, and cold equipment all of which is unpleasant and terrifying in the eyes of a child. Programs like the AAT program help bring children back to reality and out of a nightmare that is a hospital room. This type of therapy acts as a way to motivate the children to help themselves recover. The animals help the children forget their discomfort or pain and participate in therapy, improve their moods which in turn will improve their interactions with family and staff. Another effect of animal assisted therapy in hospitals is the animals have a way to get the children to get up, move, walk around, leave their rooms and play. Animals also can be taught to reinforce rehabilitative behaviors in patients, such as throwing a ball or walking. Children will happily take a dog for a walk, or throw the animal a ball forgetting the pain for a little while and moving closer to going
Animal Assisted Therapy, or AAT as referred to by professionals, is a type of therapy involving actions between people and trained animals as a form of treatment. This treatment consists of the relationship that people establish with animals and how animals strengthen an individual's life, either emotionally, mentally, socially, physically, and other ideas to improve one self. Dr. Sigmund Freud, believed in the benefits of animal therapy. It is imperative that patients undergoing psychoanalytic therapy have the option in partake in animal assisted therapy if it has the potential to increase their chance of healing.
Mental Health ( Physiological disorders) The effects of animal therapy on the body can be seen not only …show more content…
AAT has effects on enhancing empathy and improving learning. Through therapy the patients empathy toward other people correlates back to their empathy towards the animals. The taking-care of the animal that occurs within the meeting, parallel the patient's emotional needs being explored and met by the therapist in the session in appropriate ways, encourages the development of empathy toward others. Also, the patient witnesses the empathy shown to the animals by the therapist, providing the opportunity for modeling. After therapy patients are able to use the reactions and experiences with the animals as a basis for relationships with people. They have the understanding that they need to take in account other people's emotions and …show more content…
The stress associated with children's hospitalization may lead to negative physiological and psychological disorders. Although being in the hospital as an adult is difficult, being in a hospital as a child is a fear that one would not be able to describe. Child patients are often surrounded by strangers who are approaching them with needles, medication, and cold equipment all of which is unpleasant and terrifying in the eyes of a child. Programs like the AAT program help bring children back to reality and out of a nightmare that is a hospital room. This type of therapy acts as a way to motivate the children to help themselves recover. The animals help the children forget their discomfort or pain and participate in therapy, improve their moods which in turn will improve their interactions with family and staff. Another effect of animal assisted therapy in hospitals is the animals have a way to get the children to get up, move, walk around, leave their rooms and play. Animals also can be taught to reinforce rehabilitative behaviors in patients, such as throwing a ball or walking. Children will happily take a dog for a walk, or throw the animal a ball forgetting the pain for a little while and moving closer to going