id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_qkhd623bn5afxba544bycx2mdy Dana M. O'Callaghan An Exploratory Study of Animal-Assisted Interventions Utilized by Mental Health Professionals 2011.0 119 .pdf application/pdf 23717 2484 54 Exploratory Study of Animal Assisted Therapy Interventions Used by Mental Health Professionals indicated participants incorporated a variety of animal assisted techniques for various mental health professionals have integrated therapy animals into the therapeutic AAT within mental health settings indicates that animal assisted interventions may reviewed herein, mental health professionals appear to utilize animal assisted therapy professionals are incorporating therapy animals into therapeutic settings, and the results Center for Animal Assisted Therapy Mental Health Professional refers to a member of specific animal assisted therapy techniques mental health professionals utilize in the interventions do mental health professionals who practice animal assisted therapy indicated that the therapy animal is not present with every client; one (3.2%) participant Mental health professionals incorporate some animal assisted therapy Results for Technique 3, "encourage client to play with therapy animal," indicated therapy animal," indicated the most common therapeutic intention for this technique was animal assisted therapy techniques with specific therapeutic purposes. ./cache/work_qkhd623bn5afxba544bycx2mdy.pdf ./txt/work_qkhd623bn5afxba544bycx2mdy.txt