{"id":53259,"date":"2015-05-24T19:39:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=53259"},"modified":"2019-12-09T10:33:53","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:33:53","slug":"animal-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/animal-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppy love \u2013 Animal-assisted therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Animal-Assisted Therapy<\/strong> is a form of treatment that uses animals<\/a> as part of the healing process<\/strong>. The main goal of ATT<\/strong> is to better the patient\u2019s emotional, cognitive and motivational skills.<\/p>\n

The therapy uses various types of domesticated animals for the treatments such as dogs, reptiles, birds, farm animals and even dolphins.<\/p>\n

\"aa1\"<\/a>When researching this topic, you may also come upon the acronyms AAE and AAA. These mean Animal Assisted Education and Animal Assisted Activities, which are commonly offered by organizations or centers that offer AAT.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in Animal-Assisted Therapy<\/strong> as a form of treatment, you can get in touch with one of the following Barcelona-based organizations:<\/p>\n

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