MHS 6444: Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling: Theory and Practice
Course Description for Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling: Theory and Practice
MHS6444:
Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling: Theory and Practice
3
Prerequisite: HSC 6601
Description: This is an advanced practice course on the incorporation of animals into the mental health counseling process. . A history of Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling, ethics and standards of practice currently available and evidence based counseling theories of practice that can be incorporated into the AAT-C setting are addressed. This course meets the recommendation for supervised experience identified by the American Counseling Association Standards of Practice (2016).