Silverman, Marian

Marian Silverman is a Licensed Family Therapist and Educational Psychologist whose life's work has been in the field of Education, Counseling and School Psychology. After retirement, she adopted the puppy she had longed for all her life. Marian and Holly Go Lightly, a Golden Retriever and registered therapy dog were the first human-canine team at the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital of UCLA's Medical Center. As a consultant to the People-Animal Connection Program(PAC), Marian trained volunteers using Animal-Assisted Therapy techniques appropriate for a psychiatric population. Holly was the 'demo' do...