People who have lived through traumatic experiences often find it hard to cope with life after such events. And the trauma response among those suffering emotionally takes time before it can be totally eliminated.

But psychotherapists and animal rescuers learned that rehabilitated abused dogs make good emotional support animals for those in need. Some even make the emotional scars heal faster. This is probably because rehabilitated dogs usually find a symbiotic connection to people suffering from trauma.

You can almost call it “shared empathy”. In the case of Johnny, a 10-year-old ESA who was once a street dog, he loves to listen to Shilpa Raghavan’s clients as they share their emotional burden during a therapy session. Sometimes he rubs his head on people as they share their stories.

Johnny was rescued by Shilpa after being abused from the streets. The dog was said to never growl, bark, or any form of retaliation after experiencing stressful circumstances. If you know somebody who is suffering from trauma, advise them to get an emotional support animal for they might only receive the help they badly need from a four-legged therapist.

Source: THE TIMES OF INDIA

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