Dogs have an amazing ability to sense human emotions quickly. They also help bridge the gap between verbal and non-verbal language. Canberra Rape Crisis Centre uses therapy dogs to offer support to victims.

Penny Pestano, the service director, has lived with pet dogs for a long time until she decided to take them to work. She brought a dog to the center for the first time in 2016. Mahlee, her trained therapy dog, has been a great help to Canberra ever since.

Chief executive officer Chrystina Stanford said that a lot of the people who come to Canberra have difficulty expressing what’s happened to them, so when the dogs join the sessions, victims get to pat them and be able to talk about how they feel. Canberra Rape Crisis Centre also takes the therapy dogs to schools.

Article and photo source: canberratimes.com.au

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