Behavioral Health
Providing services in Miami-Dade and Broward County
We Accept Insurances.
Commercial Plans, EAP, Medicaid and Medicare
ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY
Animal Assisted Therapy
Our health center offers numerous therapies that offer the opportunity to engage with animals for therapeutic benefits. These treatments help relieve chronic stress, strengthen social bonds, mitigate the symptoms of certain mood disorders and improve communication. Typically, the techniques can effectively reduce emotions that are associated with isolation. Moreover, the therapies might encourage an individual to remember beneficial experiences and enjoyable activities.
According to numerous reports, these techniques can enhance beneficial emotions, yet the therapies could also encourage a person to consider future goals. When an individual interacts with animals, the experiences can substantially increase the production of nor-epinephrine, which is a natural compound that optimizes motivation and alertness. Generally, the extra nor-epinephrine can help an individual to effectively reduce negative thoughts and harmful emotions. The compound could also stabilize a person's mood and stimulate the formation of positive thoughts.
Multiple reports have indicated that the therapies can significantly reduce levels of cortisol, and this stress hormone may influence metabolism, affect an individual's energy, increase the risk of certain mood disorders and reduce energy. By decreasing the production of cortisol, some treatments could improve the condition of the thyroid, enhance the levels of beneficial hormones, optimize the functionality of the adrenal glands and increase the production of serotonin.