id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_6prntfd4nbbabckp4i4qhk2dam Jessica Owen Silent supporters : understanding clients' lived experiences of animal-assisted therapy in counselling 2016.0 90 .pdf application/pdf 24171 1530 54 no empirical research looking to understand clients' experiences of Animal-Assisted Therapy experience of clients who have engaged in animal-assisted therapy? clients perceive their relationship with the therapy animal to influence their experience of interacts with the therapy animal may reduce a client's initial feelings of anxiety, and help them Typically therapists who practice AAT use their own pets as therapy animals, The relationship between the therapy animal and both the therapist and the client is one For one participant, interacting with the therapy animal and therapist helped her gain to better understand clients' experiences of counselling with a therapy animal present. Participants in this study articulated how their relationship with the therapy animal For one participant, the experience of her relationship with the therapy animal tapped Therapist uses the client-therapy animal relationship, such as, "If this dog were your best understanding of how clients of animal-assisted therapy experience this process, which will help ./cache/work_6prntfd4nbbabckp4i4qhk2dam.pdf ./txt/work_6prntfd4nbbabckp4i4qhk2dam.txt