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Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy: Theory, Issues, and Practice (New Directions in the Human-Animal Bond)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Parish-Plass, Nancy. Num Pages: 523 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1125.
The integration of animals into the therapy setting by psychotherapists has been a growing trend. Psychological problems treated include emotional and behavioral problems, attachment issues, trauma, and developmental disorders. An influential 1970s survey suggests that over 20 percent of therapists in the psychotherapy division of the American Psychological Association incorporated animals into their treatment in some fashion. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the number is much higher today. Since Yeshiva University psychologist Boris Levinson popularized the involvement of animals in psychotherapy in the 1960s, Israel has come to be perhaps the most advanced country in the world in the area of ... Read more
The integration of animals into the therapy setting by psychotherapists has been a growing trend. Psychological problems treated include emotional and behavioral problems, attachment issues, trauma, and developmental disorders. An influential 1970s survey suggests that over 20 percent of therapists in the psychotherapy division of the American Psychological Association incorporated animals into their treatment in some fashion. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the number is much higher today. Since Yeshiva University psychologist Boris Levinson popularized the involvement of animals in psychotherapy in the 1960s, Israel has come to be perhaps the most advanced country in the world in the area of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
524
Place of Publication
West Lafayette, United States
ISBN
9781557536518
SKU
V9781557536518
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Nancy Parish-Plass studied psychology at Smith College and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, before working in early childhood education in kibbutz children's houses in Israel. Later she received extensive training in animal-assisted psychotherapy at the pioneering Oranim College and Machon Magid–Hebrew University School of Psychotherapy for experienced therapists in the field of mental health. Parish-Plass is the founding and ... Read more
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