ABSTRACT
Since a therapy dog can have such an incredibly positive impact on an agency and treatment environment, it seems obvious that it would be a good idea to bring the dog into the actual treatment session. However, including a therapy dog in a treatment session simply because the client likes the dog lacks purposefulness and solution focus. This chapter gives clear guidelines for when including a therapy dog in a treatment session is most useful, how to write treatment plans that include a therapy dog as a purposeful intervention, and how to structure a treatment session once the dog is in the room.
