I already knew about the power of animal assisted therapy as a friend of mine, Frances Weston, uses her Labrador Tilly very successfully in her counselling sessions. However, I hadn’t really thought about using an animal in speech and language therapy at all. I was working on a channel 4 programme called ‘Born Naughty’, when […]
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Life can sometimes bring us some unexpected and nasty surprises. You can’t forsee them. You don’t know when they’ll happen and you don’t know how to prevent them because they haven’t happened yet! These are the “life lessons” or events that often make us stop and think, look back and use hindsight. They can be
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What A Difference A Dog Makes; The ‘Tail’ of the K9 Project by Chris Kent (Review by Marie Yates of Canine Perspective CIC) If you love dogs and you know that they have the power to change lives, you need this book in your life. Chris Kent takes the power of the human-animal bond
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It’s a question I’ve been asked on and off throughout my life. It’s a social question. You know – like, “How’s the weather in your part of the world?” or “Have you seen the latest Marvel movie?”. How you relate to animals is something most people are curious about, whether that’s because they are cat
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Hi, my name is Alexander and I am a very keen birdwatcher. I started at the age of 5 and now after several years I have become an encyclopaedia of knowledge, ranging from characteristics of birds to their general colourations. For the past two years I have managed to rack up my bird count to
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It is with great pleasure, we can announce the summer dates for our next Animal Assisted Therapy in Counselling course! We’ve already had several enquiries and a few places have already gone! This is going to be a fabulous experience especially as we will be hosting the course at the beautiful Nature & Nurture CIC
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We’ve all grown up around the endless children’s stories, myths, legends and fables with animals as their heroes, villains, guides and companions. No matter the cultural background, animals abound. Children have an innate affinity for animals; perhaps down to Biophilia, an innate tendency or love of nature, as defined by E. O. Wilson (1984), suggesting this
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Yesterday on Facebook, I saw yet another video compilation of so-called “Guilty” dogs being “shamed” by their owners – The Many Faces of Guilty Dogs. These dogs had supposedly done something naughty, be it chewed a favourite shoe, chewed a table leg, “killed” a sofa cushion or “stolen” some treats. In all instances, the person
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PRESS RELEASE 11th September 2013 For Immediate Release Unique Wolverhampton Organisation Working With Animals To Help Vulnerable People A Wolverhampton organisation that works with animals to help vulnerable people in a remarkable way, is training other counsellors
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It’s been a very exciting day for us here at HumAnima CIC as we recently sent out a press release prepared by the lovely Dina Behrman of Dina Behrman Communications and a local radio station, 101.8 WCR FM responded asking if they could interview us! I say “us”, although Flossie was of course unable to answer
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