The Center for Social and Psychological Rehabilitation in Boyarka, Ukraine, brought in an eight-year-old dog to work with traumatized kids. Verywell Mind editor-in-chief Amy Morin weighs in on the benefits of pet therapy.
Even the sound of a window closing or a jet overhead may cause a child to drop to the floor and ask for the nearest bomb shelter location.
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Verywell Mind editor-in-chief and licensed psychotherapist Amy Morin stressed the benefits that dog therapy can have in terms of releasing stress and anxiety. She said of others under severe stress,"Once they get a little bit of a break from the extreme stress or the horrible anxiety that they're under, they might be able to see themselves as a hero that emerges from the story rather than a horrible victim."
"So often for kids, it's an easy way for them to figure out, ‘OK, how do I need to regulate my emotions right now?’ And that's a skill that we want them to have when they're not working with the dogs, too."As long as the kids are physically safe, said Morin, this kind of pet therapy can"certainly help" in serious circumstances such as war.
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