The Gifts We Receive from Animals: Stories to Warm the Heart

ISBN-13: 9781032068374 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 124 str.

Lori R. Kogan

Opis

The Gifts We Receive from Animals is a book guaranteed to brighten a reader’s day. Professionals engaged in therapy work as well as those who have companion animals at home will enjoy learning about the many ways in which animals impact people’s lives.

Spis treści

Part 1. Large Animals  1. Freedom  2. A Children's Riding Lesson: How Therapautric Riding Helped a Boy to Find His Voice  3. The Sundance Center  4. My Mare, My Meditation Teacher  5. Savannah and the Cowgirl Ms. B  6. The Farm Was My Sun  7. When the Cutre Factor Becomes Something More: How a Mini Donkey Taught Me the Power of the Human-Animal Bond  8. Meet Roger, the Blind Sheep Helping Children Heal  Part 2. Small Animals   9. Guinea Pigs Are Great!  10. The Bunnies Are In  11. Wait—My Therapy Animal Is a…Rat?  12. A Crystallized Connection  13.  Sullivan Anne: From Abandoned Rabbit to Beloved Campus Pet Therapy Animal  14. Can I take Chophie Home? The Simple Joys of Having Animal Co-Therapists  15. The Rabbit Who Knew No Rules  16. Who Are You?  Part 3. Crisis  17. Boston in Coal City  18. HOPE AACR Responds to Devastating Mudslide  19. Providing Comfort to Flood Victims of Rural West Virginia  20. Magical Moments with Maggie  21. Can Dogs Sense Stress?  22. Challenging the Assumption of Who Needs Help  23. The Washington Navy Yard  24. The Dog That Brought Hope and Brightness to a Challenging Christmas Season  25. Sometimes Silver Linings Have Tails: Sandy Hook  Part 4: Unique Settings 26. Assessment and Therapeutic Advancement Through Human-Animal Interactions 27. Charley the Bulldog and Her Visits with Incarcerated Youth  28. Jude and Letty  29. The Life of a Strong and Caring Therapy Dog in the Canadian Prairies  30. Animal Therapy in a Hospice Setting  31. In Sickness and in Health: What Dogs Teach Us About Life and Death  32. "Steven" and Shannon  33. Comfort During Crisis  34. Regaining Memories with the Help of Jaime  Part 5. Children, Young Adults and College Students 35. The Gift of Comfort 36. Beignet and the Class of 2021  37. Teletherapy Dogs  38. The Power of Prince William  39. Mickey Mouse and Lyn  40. Compassion Through Canines: A Boy and a Dog  41. I Can Listen Like Indy  42. Aksel to the Rescue  43. Gentle Giant and an Anxious Teen  44. Therapy Dogs Help Adoption Succeed  45. Leo Awakens to the World  Part 6. Adults 46. Jaeger's Gifts  47. The Whirlwind That Chamged My Life...  48. My Therapy Dogs Saved My Life  49. Miss Emmie: A Big 'Braveheart' in a Tiny Package  50. Being and Becoming: The Transformative Power and Resilience of Person-Canine Bonds  51. Pinella's Purpose  52. A Golden Tail of Inter-Generational Bonds  53. You Are Here  54. Humanimal Connection in the Counseling Room: Where Lester the Dachshund Partner Weaves an Interspecies Bond

O autorze

Lori R. Kogan, PhD, is a professor of clinical sciences at Colorado State University. She has published numerous journal articles and edited several books related to human-animal interactions.