Parish-Plass, Nancy

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 (AAP) at the pioneering Oranim College and in advanced stdies in psychotherapy at the Machon Magid Hebrew University School of Psychotherapy for experienced therapists in the field of mental health. Parish-Plass is the founding and current chairperson of the Israeli Association of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy, and she is spearheading t...