Therapeutic Group Counseling

The development of this program is to provide therapeutic group counseling sessions to the male population with the interaction of dogs at a local counseling agency. The meetings times for this program will be once every two weeks, from five to eight pm for six months. How clients with hear about this program is by flyers explaining what the program is in locations such as hospitals, mental health agencies, gyms, and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).
The therapeutic group counseling will enhance the male’s depression, self-esteem levels, mental stability, and awareness. The purpose of the group meetings is to ensure the client is not alone, to discuss depression symptom coping methods among other males, and to increase oxytocin and serotonin