Animal Angels Foundation

Benefits & Research

What studies and practice say about how animals help.

Benefits & Research

What Animal-Assisted Therapy Is — and What It Is Not

The animal is not a toy in the room; the session works because goals, handler and animal welfare are planned together.

Benefits & Research

The Science Behind Animal-Assisted Therapy

Biophilia, the Yerkes-Dodson curve and oxytocin: why a calm animal changes a therapy room.

Benefits & Research

Therapy or Activity? AAT vs AAA and Why the Difference Matters

Goals and documentation on one side, spontaneous comfort on the other; both matter, differently.

Benefits & Research

What Research Says About Animals and Mental Health

Anxiety, mood, trauma and social connection: what the evidence supports, and its honest limits.

Benefits & Research

Blood Pressure, Movement and Motivation: The Physical Side of AAT

Cardiovascular calm, disguised exercise and the quiet engine of motivation in rehabilitation.

Benefits & Research

How Progress Is Measured in Animal-Assisted Therapy

Baselines, countable goals and honest review points turn goodwill into treatment.