Welcome to Pawsitive Counseling Center and the Paws for Healing Program founded by Dr. Mary Rottier, LPC, RPT/S. Paws for Healing is a therapeutic program that incorporates the use of trained therapy dogs into play therapy sessions. Explore this site to find out more about our counseling strategies, techniques, and how these special dogs are incorporated into our practice.
This site also offers professionals and families many resources including training opportunities about the emerging field of Canine-Assisted Play Therapy. Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. Our goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating.
While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
This site also offers professionals and families many resources including training opportunities about the emerging field of Canine-Assisted Play Therapy. Today you are one step closer to a new you where you feel empowered and on a positive path to growth and well-being. Our goal is to help you uncover your true potential and lead a life that is worth celebrating.
While we can't change difficult situations of the past, we can work together to better understand and resolve challenges in your life. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will unearth long-standing behavior patterns or negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.
Services
We work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support, play therapy with preschoolers, and beyond.
In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, we offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of our clients individual needs to help attain the personal growth they're striving for.
In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, we offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of our clients individual needs to help attain the personal growth they're striving for.
Play therapy is a powerful tool for addressing cognitive, behavioral, and emotional changes.
Licensed professionals therapeutically use play to help clients better process their experiences and develop more effective strategies for managing their worlds.
Behavioral issues caused by bulling, grief and loss, divorce and abandonment, physical and sexual abuse, and crisis and trauma.
Mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD), academic and social impairment, physical and learning disabilities and conduct disorders.
Licensed professionals therapeutically use play to help clients better process their experiences and develop more effective strategies for managing their worlds.
Behavioral issues caused by bulling, grief and loss, divorce and abandonment, physical and sexual abuse, and crisis and trauma.
Mental health disorders such as anxiety, depression, attention deficit/hyperactivity (ADHD), academic and social impairment, physical and learning disabilities and conduct disorders.
Paws for Healing is a therapeutic program that uses trained canines in play therapy sessions.
Appropriately-trained therapists and canines engage with children and families primarily through non-directive play therapy, with the goals of improving children's emotional and developmental health.
Canine-Assisted Play Therapy is defined as the incorporation of an animal into a play therapy session to increase the amount of opportunities for tracking behavior and reflecting feelings.
The animal serves the role of co-therapist in the session by engaging the therapeutic powers of play.
Appropriately-trained therapists and canines engage with children and families primarily through non-directive play therapy, with the goals of improving children's emotional and developmental health.
Canine-Assisted Play Therapy is defined as the incorporation of an animal into a play therapy session to increase the amount of opportunities for tracking behavior and reflecting feelings.
The animal serves the role of co-therapist in the session by engaging the therapeutic powers of play.
An eight year old child presented with his mom in my office due to parental divorce.
The child (we'll call him Stevie) was an extremely anxious and depressed child who clearly exhibited developmental delays.
His mother reported that he is in special education classes and has learning disabilities.
He has speech problems and has always been made fun of in school.
He is a well behaved child who always tries to "see the bright side of things."
However, when I first began to see Stevie, it was clear he was depressed and hurt by his father's absence in his life.
The child (we'll call him Stevie) was an extremely anxious and depressed child who clearly exhibited developmental delays.
His mother reported that he is in special education classes and has learning disabilities.
He has speech problems and has always been made fun of in school.
He is a well behaved child who always tries to "see the bright side of things."
However, when I first began to see Stevie, it was clear he was depressed and hurt by his father's absence in his life.
The purpose of this study was to present a model for combining animal-assisted therapy and play therapy as well as providing data on its effect on a child's response to play therapy.
In canvassing the literature it was apparent that few studies exist on using AAT in psychotherapy with children and no studies exist on its integration into non-directive play therapy.
This study provided the first empirical investigation into the combination of these interventions.
Inclusion criteria included meeting the eligibility requirements for AAPT (Appendix C), being between 6 to 8 years of age, having a diagnosable anxiety disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the absence of any psychotic symptoms, the absence of psychotropic medications, and no history of prior psychiatric treatment.
In canvassing the literature it was apparent that few studies exist on using AAT in psychotherapy with children and no studies exist on its integration into non-directive play therapy.
This study provided the first empirical investigation into the combination of these interventions.
Inclusion criteria included meeting the eligibility requirements for AAPT (Appendix C), being between 6 to 8 years of age, having a diagnosable anxiety disorder as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision (DSM-IV-TR), the absence of any psychotic symptoms, the absence of psychotropic medications, and no history of prior psychiatric treatment.
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