Mann Centre in Mumbai offers a multidisciplinary approach to mental health. Therapy dog Oliver works at their day care centre for clients with schizophrenia. Our group sessions focus on improving their social interactions and decreasing their anxiety and loneliness. The clients are more willing to discuss their issues with Oliver listening to them. The sessions focus on various topics that the clients are facing in their lives like hygiene, substance addiction, anxiety, depression. They learn how to cope with their illness and deal with related problems by sharing their feelings with Oliver.
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