Despite the popularity of therapy dogs working to support human well-being, little research has examined the impact of these ...

Hospitals can feel overwhelming when you’re going through cancer treatment, which is why many now bring in therapy animals to ...

As National Llama Day arrives on December 9, 2025, it’s the perfect moment to recognize an unexpected yet rapidly growing force in the world of emotional healing: llamas. With their calm demeanor, ...

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a clinical modality in which qualified healthcare providers, acting within their professional scope of practice, leverage the principles of the human-animal bond to ...

Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners—a Bellevue, Wash.-based national therapy animal organization focusing on improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond—traces her ...

Jigsaw is a licensed therapy animal for Intermountain Therapy Animals. Universe Live reporter Emmeline Blythe met Jigsaw at ...

Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is ...

Behavioral health in veterinary medicine is often treated as an afterthought, something to address only when a problem arises ...

Regular visits by a therapy dog can aid the healing of people hospitalized for treatment of mental disorders, a new study says. Therapy dogs eased the loneliness and isolation of patients in a ...

Margaret Gitter returns to her alma mater, Benedictine University in Lisle, six times a year with some visitors from her backyard barn. Finn, a pony with an Appaloosa-like coat, and Ned, a steady ...

The University of New England has campuses in Biddeford, shown here, and Portland, as well as overseas in Tangier, Morocco. COURTESY / UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND The University of New England is ...

Behavioral therapy is a broad term that refers to several therapeutic techniques to treat mental health disorders. This form of therapy suggests that all behaviors occur due to learning them from ...