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The benefits that animal companionship provides for your emotional and mental wellbeing are enormous. Animal-assisted therapies are a type of psychotherapy that incorporates animals into peoples mental health treatment plans. People worldwide rely on animals like dogs, cats, and even horses to help them cope with acute and chronic mental health challenges.

Whether you are located in downtown Nashville, Demonbreun Hill, Downtown, Germantown, or even Glencliff, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

How Can Animal-Assisted Therapy Help?

Animal-assisted therapy can help you in various ways, but here are some of the most common benefits:

  • Companionship to reduce feelings of loneliness.
  • Feeling less stressed, agitated, or anxious.
  • Self-awareness as you see animals reflect your emotional state.
  • Learning to set new boundaries.
  • Overcoming fear.
  • Developing trust.

Animal-assisted therapy can also help with physical health, offering such benefits as reduced perception of pain and improved cardiovascular health.

Interested in learning more about how animals improve our lives? Read more from licensed therapist Dr. Beverly Pedroche about the 5 lessons learned from her dog.

Experience the Benefits of Animal Assisted Therapy

Deciding that you want to seek animal-assisted therapy is a gigantic step, and finding a quality therapist who specializes in animal-assisted therapy can prove to be challenging. Luckily, our team at Mental Health Match is here to help you find a qualified animal-assisted therapist in no time! Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

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Spend the necessary time exploring and nurturing parts of you in need of your presence, while collaborating on practical steps and direction in your life and relationships.

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My approach to treatment is down-to-earth, nonjudgmental, and compassionate; it is leveraged with a sense of practicality, insight, and directiveness.

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Create a safe space to explore the connection to yourself, those around you, and the world. You deserve healing, happiness, and joy.

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I approach therapy from a holistic and body based approach. I believe that each one of us has all things we need within, sometimes you just need some support to get there.

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Determine your values, related goals and changes you would like to make to live your life to the fullest. We will personalize the treatment approach based on your goals.

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I utilize cognitive-behavioral strategies integrated with acceptance and commitment therapy and exposure work. Treatment of OCD incorporates exposure and response prevention. I use limited virtual reality for some specific phobia exposure work.

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use a variety treatment approaches involving mindfulness, acceptance, compassion, body work and nutrition which can all be quite validating, liberating, and therapeutic because they address the whole person, not just the mind.


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use a variety treatment approaches involving mindfulness, acceptance, compassion, body work and nutrition which can all be quite validating, liberating, and therapeutic because they address the whole person, not just the mind.

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Outside of EMDR therapy I typically use in trauma treatment with my clients, my work is grounded in evidence-based practices of Western psychology, while being heavily influenced by practices that are more characteristic of Eastern philosophies.

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Ask for their life story from the past to the present situation and discuss their strengths, interests and their obstacles. To get to the bottom of what is causing their distress.

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I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) where I help people recognize their thought patterns and how thoughts affect the intensity of your feelings and behaviors. I use a holistic approach of the individual and how to deal with life’s challenges.

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