“Animals stimulate us not only by touch, but by some deeply buried aspect of nature within us, a connection to part of something greater, more healthy, more whole.” - Peter Levine
Hello! My name is Ariann Robino. I am a doctoral candidate in the Counselor Education and Supervision program at Virginia Tech. I would like to extend an exciting research opportunity to mental health practitioners who incorporate animal-assisted interventions into their clinical practice. I am collecting data for my dissertation on the attachment and bonding processes that occur in the tripartite relationship within an animal-assisted intervention in counseling. Please consider sharing this invitation with mental health practitioners you know who integrate animals into session. https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nhvCC1DvWqDUTr
The purpose of this study is to understand how attachment to a therapy animal impacts the bond between a mental health practitioner and client. These complex relational experiences require greater exploration as the field of animal-assisted interventions in counseling continues to grow.
You are an eligible participant if you:
- identify as a licensed or license-eligible practitioner from a mental health discipline (i.e., counseling, social work, psychology, marriage and family therapy)
- incorporate an animal into therapeutic interventions
If you meet this criteria, I invite you to participate in this research. The study involves completion of an online survey via Qualtrics. This process will take approximately 10 minutes to complete.
No identifying information will be requested. At the end of the survey, you will have an opportunity to vote or suggest an animal-related organization to which I will make a donation based on the number of participants in the study.
Participation in the survey is voluntary and participants may drop out at any time. While there is no direct benefit, this will help advance and inform the counseling field, particularly the field of animal-assisted interventions in counseling.
I have obtained Institutional Review Board exemption through Virginia Tech and the Western Institutional Review Board.
If you are willing to participate, please follow this link or copy and paste it into your browser: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nhvCC1DvWqDUTr
If you have questions about this study, you may contact Ariann Robino at [log in to unmask] or my dissertation chair, Dr. Laura Welfare, at [log in to unmask]
Thank you for your consideration and for the work you do!
Ariann Robino, LPC, NCC
Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education
Graduate Assistant, Assessment and Evaluation
Office of Academic Decision Support
Virginia Tech
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