More Therapy dogs can be used in group sessions such as schools/counselling /residential care or workplaces. In the school setting therapy dogs can be used in two programs; care and nurturing or read to dog scheme. In the care and nurturing scheme, a group of children can cuddle and stroke our dogs and learn how to care for the pet and be gentle. it encourages the child to be caring and to share and to develop patience. Many children have never had the experience of owning a pet. sometimes a child in the group may be quiet or withdrawn by bringing in the pet it can give the children a common denominator and encourage them to chat to each other about the dog thus building confidence. The read to scheme comprise of the child either individually or in a group reading to the therapy dog. children can often be daunted by reading to adults they maybe shy or have difficulty reading but they find reading to the dog a fun exercise, building confidence. In counselling sessions, a therapy dog can be useful.  Therapy dogs can help the clients to reduce stress levels during counselling session allowing them to maintain a healthy mood whilst talking about potentially upsetting emotions. Therapy dogs can help a client to have better understand of trust, touch and self-respect. A client can explore this in a non-judgemental way with a dog, this is useful for a client who has experienced abuse. Having a dog present during counselling sessions can help clients with emotional or behavioural problems to explore thoughts and feelings that are difficult to talk about. It has been proved that therapy dogs are very beneficial to people (elderly or young) suffering from problems such as Asperger’s / Autism / site impediments / physical and mental disabilities. Anyone who owns a dog or cat will know the benefits a therapy pet can bring to a care setting. we can bring our therapy pet into your care setting to visit your residents individually or in a group setting. often our pets join in a coffee morning or residents relaxing in the day room. Pets therapy can improve mental health and unlock memories of cats or dogs that had been part of resident’s lives in the past, in the past resident have been spurred onto do activities such as knitting blankets or coats for our therapy dogs. Therapy pets can bring much joy and laughter, encouraging chatting and interaction with other residents that might have felt isolated and lonely. we often see resident come alive when they see the therapy pet arriving and this is pure joy.