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Clinician’s Guide to Treating Animal Companion Issues : Addressing Human-Animal Interaction

This first-of-its-kind book is a groundbreaking resource for mental health professionals who want the knowledge, skills and awareness to successfully work with pet-owning clients. It trains clinicians across multiple disciplines to feel more comfortable and confident addressing companion-related issues—both when those issues are the primary reason for seeking therapy or a critical component in better understanding client needs. It uses current human-animal interactions theories as a foundation to explore pet-related issues utilizing behavioral, cognitive behavioral, family systems, humanistic and contemporary psychodynamic therapeutic orientations. The book is divided into 28 chapters with total of 563 pages. It contains total of 18 tables and 11 figures. This is the first book to approach human-animal interactions (HAI) from multitheoretical perspective and is designed to provide practical guidelines for advisors working to minimize the suffering and optimize the growth of their clients. For clients with companion animals, the ability to appropriately recognize and incorporaterelevant HAI issues within therapy is crucial to successfully meeting these goals. The handbook addresses the many issues that arise during the lifespan of pet owners as well as issues pertinent to specific populations (homeless) ethnically diverse and another man. Key features of the book provides practical information for immediate use in practice, focuses on common issues relating to companion animals deprivation, attachment, behavior and more, also includes interactive reading, case studies and therapeutic exercises. Moreover, it contains multiple theoretical orientations (behavioral) cognitive, family systems humanistic and psychodynamic approaches.

guide ; human ; companion animals ; interactions

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