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Faculty:: Christina Strayer Thornton
Duration:: 5 Hours 45 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Mar 16, 2017

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Brief Overview

Human-animal emotional bond
Therapy animal vs. service animal vs. emotional support animal
Animal-assisted therapy vs. animal-assisted activities
Handler vs. therapist

Mindfulness of Animals and How it Helps the Human Brain

The neuroscience of the human-animal bond
Why zebras don’t get ulcers
Animal-assisted interventions without an animal

The Legal Landscape

Four federal laws that impact animal-assisted interventions
Client rights and when not to involve an animal
Informed consent

Evidence-Based Interventions and Treatment Goals/Outcomes:

PTSD, Trauma, Anxiety and depression
- Tapping technique via petting
- Breathing techniques to relax and calm
- Empower self-efficacy
- Increase socialization
- Increase motivation and goal setting
- Mindfulness exercises with animals
Attachment Disorders and Conduct Disorder
- Strategies to build trust and strengthen the therapeutic alliance
- Structured play to share emotions/cognitions
- Identifying with therapy animal’s narrative
- Animal commands to develop norms of behaviors
- Interventions that provide emotional support and enhance quality of life
Autism Spectrum Disorder and ADHD
- Social skills via role play and conversing with the therapy animal
- Animals as mirrors to internal states
- Improve sensory sensitivity through AAT
- Increase confidence in clients
- Animals facilitating relaxation strategies
- Impulse control via body cues/narratives

Pairing AAT with Other Evidence-Based Therapies

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Solution Focused Therapy (SFT)
Gestalt Therapy

Components of Animal-Assisted Intervention

Protocol for introducing animal and client
Interaction techniques for client and animal
Closure, documentation and secure liability insurance

Become an Animal-Assisted Therapist

Animal qualifications/characteristics and choosing your therapy animal
Tools to assess therapy animal’s temperament, limitations and stress levels
K-9 training and AAT certification programs
Compassion fatigue: your therapy animal as a support system
Telemental health: Incorporate your animal in distance video-conferencing

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Christina Strayer Thornton, Ed.D, LPC, CCTP, AAT Related seminars and products: 1

Christina Strayer Thornton, Ed.D, LPC, CCTP, AAT, is a licensed practicing counselor with three therapy dogs of her own. Dr. Strayer Thornton and her canine co-therapists work with individuals with trauma, ADHD, autism, PTSD and many others. Her therapy animals are rescues who have experienced trauma and Dr. Strayer Thornton uses their stories to provide hope to clients. She is writing a treatment manual pairing Adlerian Techniques with AAT. Dr. Strayer Thornton obtained her Doctorate in Counselor Education and Supervision from Argosy University, Sarasota, FL. Her dissertation work was based on Animal-Assisted Therapy and the benefits to at risk youth. Dr. Strayer Thornton works as an adjunct professor at Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC.

Dr. Strayer Thornton obtained her Certified Counselor in Trauma Procedures (CCTP) from the International Association of Trauma and her Master’s degree in Counseling and Human Development with a concentration in School Counseling K-12 from Radford University, Radford, VA. While there, she presented research on the benefits of AAT for Exceptional Children for a graduate forum. Dr. Strayer Thornton has a background in special education and taught 6th-7th grade Special Education with the Carroll County Public School System, Carroll County, VA. Dr. Strayer Thornton worked with all types of populations in her work as an elementary school counselor for 12 years as well. While employed as a school counselor, she obtained her National Board Certified Teacher certification (NBCT) with a concentration in Early Childhood through Young Adulthood. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her co-therapists, cooking, kayaking and volunteering in her community.

Speaker Disclosure:

Financial: Christina Strayer maintains a private practice. She is an adjunct professor at Campbell University. She has an employment relationship with One-Eighty Counseling. Dr. Strayer receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Nonfinancial: Christina Strayer has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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