Christina Strayer Thornton – Animal-Assisted Interventions: Incorporating Animals In Therapeutic Goals & Treatment

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Christina Strayer Thornton – Animal-Assisted Interventions: Incorporating Animals In Therapeutic Goals & Treatment

Neuroscience of the human-animal emotional bond
Pairing AAT with other evidence-based therapies
Interventions and treatment goals for:

PTSD, anxiety and depression
Attachment disorders, trauma and conduct disorder

Telemental Health and ATT

Are you in need of an effective intervention to help build rapport with your clients who otherwise take many sessions to trust you and feel safe before disclosing? Animals can bridge the trust gap and accelerate the therapeutic alliance.
Join Christina Strayer, Ed.D, LPC, CCTP, AAT, DCC, and learn animal-assisted therapy activities and interventions that produce amazing results for your clients diagnosed with attachment disorders, trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, conduct disorder, ADHD and autism. You will receive specific examples of animal-assisted therapeutic goals and strategies to:

Build social interaction, feelings of safety, security and trust
Decrease hyperarousal, impulse control and dysregulation
Empower self-efficacy and quality of life
Promote motivation and goal setting
Increase positive communication skills and empathy

This seminar also includes the latest research outcomes, solid foundational knowledge about the human-animal emotional bond and up-to-date information about relevant laws. You will also discover very practical information and resources to help you implement your own animal-assisted interventions.

Describe the distinction between a therapy animal and a service animal.
Incorporate animal-assisted interventions in therapy to best match client’s needs.
Determine when AAT is best paired with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Design AAT interventions for clients diagnosed with attachment disorders, trauma, conduct disorder, PTSD, ADHD and autism.
List federal laws that impact animal assisted interventions.
Identify the assessment tools for measuring a therapy animal’s temperament, limitations and stress levels.
Incorporate your animal in distance telemental health and video-conferencing.

Brief Overview

Human-animal emotional bond
Therapy animal vs. service animal vs. emotional support animal
Animal-assisted therapy vs. animal-assisted activities
Handler vs. therapist

Mindfulness of Animals and How it Helps the Human Brain

The neuroscience of the human-animal bond
Why zebras don’t get ulcers
Animal-assisted interventions without an animal

The Legal Landscape

Four federal laws that impact animal-assisted interventions
Client rights and when not to involve an animal
Informed consent

Evidence-Based Interventions and Treatment Goals/Outcomes:

PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety and depression

Tapping technique via petting
Breathing techniques to relax and calm
Empower self-efficacy
Increase socialization
Increase motivation and goal setting
Mindfulness exercises with animals

Attachment Disorders and Conduct Disorder

Strategies to build trust and strengthen the therapeutic alliance
Structured play to share emotions/cognitions
Identifying with therapy animal’s narrative
Animal commands to develop norms of behaviors
Interventions that provide emotional support and enhance quality of life

Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD

Social skills via role play and conversing with the therapy animal
Animals as mirrors to internal states
Improve sensory sensitivity through AAT
Increase confidence in clients
Animals facilitating relaxation strategies
Impulse control via body cues/narratives

Pairing AAT with Other Evidence-Based Therapies

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
Gestalt Therapy

Components of Animal-Assisted Intervention

Protocol for introducing animal and client
Interaction techniques for client and animal
Closure, documentation and secure liability insurance

Become an Animal-Assisted Therapist

Animal qualifications/characteristics and choosing your therapy animal
Tools to assess therapy animal’s temperament, limitations and stress levels
K-9 training and AAT certification programs
Compassion fatigue: your therapy animal as a support system
Telemental health: Incorporate your animal in distance video-conferencing