Pet Therapy : How dogs, cats and horses help improve human welfare?
We've all heard about the psychotherapy couch and the dynamic between a client and their human therapist. But perhaps less well known is the increasingly popular pet therapy. And no, this isn't therapy for your pet—it's a relatively new phenomenon of therapy for humans, which includes animals.
These animal-assisted interventions (AAIs) – including those involving a trained human professional – are proving beneficial for people of all ages, leading to significant reductions in physiological responses to stress – such as heart rate – and related emotions, such as: Worry