Training for Professionals
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy A Clinician’s Guide Linda Chassman Craddock and Ellen Kinney Winston Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Clinician’s Guide is an essential resource for clinical mental health professionals who are considering integrating animals into their work. This unique text provides in-depth information and examples of how to provide treatment with real clients, describing hundreds of interventions, while also addressing essential legal and ethical issues. Written with compassion and consideration for both animals and humans, Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy (AACP) explores working with varied and unique therapy animals, the application of training skills, and how animals can be powerfully incorporated into treatment with children, teenagers, adults, couples, and families. A thorough reference on integrating animals into professional practice, this book gives clinicians the tools to spark their creativity as they embark on the amazing journey of AACP. “
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy:
A Clinician’s Guide
Linda Chassman Craddock and Ellen Kinney Winston
Animal-Assisted Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Clinician’s Guide contains a wealth of information and discussion of issues that must be considered and that will be very useful to anyone setting up an AACP practice. The book covers information and discussion about legal and ethical issues; general principles and specifics of AACP work with various types of animals as well as with specific animals; logistics and challenges surrounding their care; and so much more. In addition to working with a variety of animals, the authors relate to working with different ages of clients and also with couples and families. — Nancy Parish-Plass, editor of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy: Theory, Issues, and Practice
AATPC provides training and Certification in Animal Assisted Therapy and Psychotherapy that meets the Competencies defined by the American Counseling Association (ACA).
Our training opportunities are designed for professionals and students in the Human Services fields including:
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Psychotherapists, counselors and psychiatrists in:
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Private practice
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Community mental health
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Residential treatment centers
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Other counseling centers
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Social workers
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Case managers
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Teachers, school psychologists and school counselors
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Healthcare workers
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Physicians
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Nurses
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Social workers
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Discharge planners
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Others in helping professions
Training Goal
To advance the field of Animal Assisted Psychotherapy by training qualified mental health professionals in the ethical and humane integration of animals into the therapeutic setting.
Training Opportunities
Receive a $200 Discount when you enroll in both the Online Certificate Program and 3-Day Intensive and pay for both in full!
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