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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/1627727842172-4KE624ANL2I3GC6R4P1R/unsplash-image-uNNCs5kL70Q.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/1627727912953-JHY0WEVO6QOQB805GD4R/unsplash-image-9FDKj-FrfA4.jpg Home https://www.habitatanimalassistedtherapy.com.au/theteam daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/6bd9d711-05c3-41ab-a8c6-31cb8df9a372/IMG_0879.JPG The Team - Elani Schmidt Clinical Psychologist and Animal Assisted Therapist Elani is a Clinical Psychologist and Animal Assisted Therapist, holding master's degrees in Clinical Psychology as well as Counselling and Psychotherapy. Since 2017, she has been practicing as an Animal Assisted Therapist, working with a variety of animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, and horses. She integrates Animal Assisted Therapy with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support her clients. Elani has a special interest in working with adolescents and providing trauma counseling. In addition to her individual therapy work, Elani also enjoys developing group programs and providing group therapy. Elani is the primary facilitator of the group programs offered at Habitat Animal Assisted Therapy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/685db098-52a7-462c-91bf-664f6fed38ee/Untitled+design.png The Team - Madalyn Simpson Group Facilitator and Administrative Assistant Maddy has her Undergraduate degree and Honours degree in Psychology. 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Therapy can be tailored to your personal needs including different treatment types and level of engagement with the therapy animals. We can also provide treatment for dog phobias in individual settings. At present we provide individual therapy to private clients, clients with a Mental Health Treatment Plan referral and NDIS plan-managed and self-managed clients. Please contact us for fees and availability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/abfea02b-b93f-4edb-92ca-b1ca302c0921/SB+-+Website+Image+%281%29.png Services https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/cc43e754-52d4-4a9e-81d5-9a526069fe17/BB+-+Website+Image+%283%29.png Services https://www.habitatanimalassistedtherapy.com.au/about daily 0.75 2024-07-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/610518475e8bb6510ff3d139/1649646419286-T9U28KZQWN8BGN30ZDBT/unsplash-image-MjXND8EDCMo.jpg About - What is Animal Assisted Therapy? Animal assisted therapy is the individualised, goal-directed and deliberate integration of an animal in a therapy setting, where therapy is being conducted by a health care or human-services professional. Animals are a useful addition in mental health therapy practices due to a wide variety of factors. However, their natural ability to calm people, their social mediation effect and ability to become instruments for psychological change appear to be the largest contributing factors. Animal assisted therapy is also commonly implemented into client treatment plans because it can challenge the barriers associated with therapy engagement. 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