Creature comforts: how cats, dogs and horses help humans heal
Pets enhance our lives immeasurably and now we can add mental health to the list of blessings
24 April 2022 - 17:01
We’ve all heard of 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, that’s not therapy for your pet — it’s the relatively new phenomenon of therapy for humans which involves animals...
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