37: Animal-Assisted Therapy: A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life
Update: 2023-05-01
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Join Signe for her Therapy Rocks! interview with Shannon Kopp who shared her personal recovery story including the shelter dogs, and how they loved her back to life, the healing benefits of animals, and gave her best tips for grieving the loss of an animal in a society that underestimates the power of the human/animal connection.
Shannon Kopp is the author of Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life. Shannon holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and has written for CNN, Maria Shriver, The Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, BarkPost and more. Her story has been featured in PEOPLE, NPR, CNN, Women’s Health, and Psychology Today. Shannon is the founder and CEO of the SoulPaws Recovery Project, a nonprofit organization providing free, clinician-led eating disorder support groups, enhanced by the loving presence of therapy animals. Shannon is a National Mental Health Advocate for ERC Pathlight.
For more information about Shannon, visit soulpawsrecovery.org, and follow her @soulpawsrecoveryproject.
Shannon Kopp is the author of Pound for Pound: A Story of One Woman’s Recovery and the Shelter Dogs Who Loved Her Back to Life. Shannon holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing and has written for CNN, Maria Shriver, The Huffington Post, Good Housekeeping, BarkPost and more. Her story has been featured in PEOPLE, NPR, CNN, Women’s Health, and Psychology Today. Shannon is the founder and CEO of the SoulPaws Recovery Project, a nonprofit organization providing free, clinician-led eating disorder support groups, enhanced by the loving presence of therapy animals. Shannon is a National Mental Health Advocate for ERC Pathlight.
For more information about Shannon, visit soulpawsrecovery.org, and follow her @soulpawsrecoveryproject.
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