Katy Schroeder
@kdjace.bsky.social
Counselor educator with research specializations in multi-species interactions, the incorporation of therapy animals in mental health service delivery, and group work.
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At Bark! Fest, we had a profound and moving conversation about pet loss and grief with authors @eb-bartels.bsky.social (Good Grief), Rev. Sarah Bowen (Sacred Sendoffs), and Karen Fine DVM (The Other Family Doctor). www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/05/lovi...
Loving and Losing Pets with E.B. Bartels, Rev. Sarah Bowen, and Karen Fine, DVM, at Bark! Fest
A conversation about grief, loss, and how we memorialize our pets with authors E.B. Bartels, Rev. Sarah Bowen, and Karen Fine DVM
www.companionanimalpsychology.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
At Bark! Fest, we had a profound and moving conversation about pet loss and grief with authors @eb-bartels.bsky.social (Good Grief), Rev. Sarah Bowen (Sacred Sendoffs), and Karen Fine DVM (The Other Family Doctor). www.companionanimalpsychology.com/2025/05/lovi...
Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌲🌸🦋
April 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌲🌸🦋
Lovely story from San Quentin prison where Chase and Jared reunited with puppies they raised to become CCI service dogs 🦮🐾
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With tears and tail wags, San Quentin inmates reunite with puppies they raised into service dogs
There were big smiles, hugs, tears and lots of tail wagging inside San Quentin’s prison recently. All the emotions came together when two black Labradors reunited with the incarcerated men who raised ...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Lovely story from San Quentin prison where Chase and Jared reunited with puppies they raised to become CCI service dogs 🦮🐾
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It's great to see new research using standardized assessments like the Fe-BARQ to inform future best practices in therapy animal selection.
WSU CA
WSU CA
For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services. New #WSU research suggests that some cats might also have what it takes to join the ranks of therapy animals — bringing purrs, gentle head-butts, & calm demeanor to the field. #GoCougs news.wsu.edu/press-releas...
Feline therapy: Study suggests cats could fill an assistive niche
New WSU research suggests some cats might also have what it takes to become therapy animals — bringing purrs, gentle head-butts, and calm demeanor to the field.
news.wsu.edu
March 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It's great to see new research using standardized assessments like the Fe-BARQ to inform future best practices in therapy animal selection.
WSU CA
WSU CA
Love the teaming up these two organizations to help both people and their companion animals. It’s a great example of One Health/One Welfare in action.
Linn County’s AniMeals helps keep low-income clients with their pets. Now it may expand
For years, it’s been called “Meals on Wheels for pets.” Now, it’s becoming more official.
AniMeals, whose routes through Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha and Marion have long been dubbed “Meals on Wheels for pets,” is now joining forces with Horizons Family Services -- the local provider of Meals on Wheels for humans for 65 years.
www.thegazette.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Love the teaming up these two organizations to help both people and their companion animals. It’s a great example of One Health/One Welfare in action.
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2022. Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions peerj.com/articles/145... via @peerj.bsky.social
Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions
Personal wellbeing is greatly influenced by our childhood and adolescence, and the relationships formed during those phases of our development. The human-dog bond represents a significant relationship...
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February 27, 2025 at 1:24 AM
2022. Are children and dogs best friends? A scoping review to explore the positive and negative effects of child-dog interactions peerj.com/articles/145... via @peerj.bsky.social
Local news shines a spotlight on a psychiatric service dog who makes a difference in his human’s quality of life 🐾🐾
North Mahaska coach Ryan Groom’s matside service dog, Teddy, has been a ‘godsend’
North Mahaska’s Teddy a ‘godsend’
Teddy has been in North Mahaska head wrestling coach Ryan Groom’s corner for three and a half years. A constant companion on the mat and in the classroom. Calm and comforting in the face of the storm. In other words, the perfect service dog.
www.thegazette.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Local news shines a spotlight on a psychiatric service dog who makes a difference in his human’s quality of life 🐾🐾
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New co-author paper: Is there potential for integrating nature into music therapy?
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Music therapists’ perspectives on nature-connecting methods and the integration of nature in music therapy: Results of a survey among German and Austrian music therapists
Nature- and ecology-related topics are currently gaining increasing attention in healthcare and among healthcare professions. In music therapy, nature…
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January 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
New co-author paper: Is there potential for integrating nature into music therapy?
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