Animal Assisted Therapy Aleks Zawisza
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Hello, my name is Aleks
and this is Doug
My intervention is on animal-assisted play therapy
The problem is that he feels stressed out
a lot of pressure from work
wedding with my wife
He does a lot of activities
Can you explain to me what kind of problem you're experiencing now?
Stress from work and wedding
Saving money too
What are some ways you could save money?
Find another way to buy food
and spend my money wisely
What are some examples?
budget better
So what are ways to save money in your opinion?
look for coupons
you said you're stressed out from work?
Yes
What kind of stressors?
A lot of projects and meeting high expectations
What's your work like again?
I work with blind people so that creates more stress
How so?
I have to work with people who can't see
Wow that's tough
that takes a toll on your stress
sometimes I can't sleep too
What can you do to solve that?
That, I don't know
Maybe you can set up a time to sleep early?
Yeah I tried
Have you tried to work on it?
That's why I'm starting now
Well can you try to do that before your next visit?
Yeah true I can
Can we agree on that you will try to sleep early?
Yes
Around what time do you think...
Nine... but I sleep around ten or eleven, I don't know
What I would suggest for you is to sleep at...
You said you tend to sleep around eleven, so ten...
That would be better
Ten o'clock then as nights go on
Then you can start to sleep at nine
Yeah
as each night you should sleep from ten to nine-thirty
to nine eventually
So on a scale of one to ten how stressed do you feel?
nine
Nine?
Oh wow
Are you fine with having our therapy dog here joining us?
To help relieve your stress
and help your anxiety
Sure I love dogs
Ok so he will be out here for few minutes so you guys can play
Sure
Ok let's see him
(Hey Dallas!)
Here are some toys
Do you have a pet at home?
yes, yes
Does he help out with your stress at home?
Yes it helps when he tries to sleep with me!
It makes me sleep better!
See he wants a lot of attention from you
Do you feel like you get enough attention from him?
Yeah
Or maybe not?
I don't know
Seems like a lot of attention
Cute dog!
So your dog, does he make you feel safe?
Yes that's why man's best friend is a dog
So how is your health?
If I sleep better, I will feel better
Right so...
How about exercise?
Yeah that helps
What do you do to exercise?
Sports
How are you involved?
Baseball, basketball, soccer
Do you get any support from your teams?
Any friends?
Yeah I gained some friends
So those friends, you're saying that they enhance your life?
Yes, friends are one of the most important things in life
Hey come here!
That means he likes you right?
Does your dog make you feel flattered?
Yes
and make you feel more happy
How did you feel before your dog?
Lonely sometimes
Oh lonely
Dog helps yeah
Do you feel more pressure because you have to take care of him
And pay...
Yes but important when he's happy, I'm happy
Right, so his quality of life is your quality of life
Would you like to see some tricks?
I can show you some
Okay I will show you
Hey sit!
Come here!
Sit
High five!
Would you like to try?
Hey sit
Sit
High five!
Spin!
Nice job!
Smart dog!
Having a smart dog can help with
with your Deafness
How could it help you?
More attention
More alert
Gives you that personal safety
Come here!
Go get it!
Get it!
How do you feel on a scale of one to ten compared with before?
I think you said nine right?
Now six, much better
What do you think made it that way?
Him
How did he make things better?
Dogs, it's dogs
Nothing better to say
So when he's sick, you feel sick too in an upset way right?
Yes
and that he can make you happy more
and you can socialize by seeing other dog walkers
Meet new people
meet new people right
I suggest that you go out on trails or something like that and meet new people
so take out your dog and greet other dogs when you see them
or to come here and see our dog here
okay that's all the time we have for today
so next time we will talk about
your sleeping schedule
and if it improved
sounds good
I think you can go ahead and sign out with our secretary here
So I will see you next time
Go ahead say bye!
Bye!
Go say bye!