Animal-Assisted Therapy with Dogs

Katharina Blesch holds a degree in psychology and works with a focus on animal-assisted therapy at an acute clinic for psychosomatics and psychiatry. She studied psychology at the University of Heidelberg, as well as animal-assisted therapy at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, and has various additional qualifications in training and behavioral therapy for different animal species. She is active in animal welfare and is a part-time lecturer.

• Animal Assisted Therapy - Basics and my personal understanding of this discipline.- Animal Ethics in Animal Assisted Therapy.- Animal Assisted Therapy with Dogs from Animal Welfare - Limits and Opportunities.- The Dog Assisted Self-Assurance Training.- Preparing the Dogs for their Assignment.- Epilogue.