Canine-assisted Psychotherapy Motivation Alliance
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age9-17
SponsorUniversity of Basel
About this trial
The aim of the study is to investigate the needed extent and the way a dog is integrated into psychotherapeutic interventions for them to be motivating and alliance building for children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders aged 9 to 17 years old. Specifically, we want to elaborate if the dog needs to be integrated into the therapy in a form that it is part of the therapeutic context or if the presence of the dog without being part of the therapeutic context per se is beneficial.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age between 9 and 17 years
Children are seeing the therapist for the first time
Basic knowledge of child and parents in either German or English to be able to fill in questionnaires
Informed consent given by legal guardian
Disqualifiers
acute psychosis; early childhood autism
diagnosed developmental disorder or intellectual delay; if not diagnosed, exclusion when questionnaires cannot be completed due to development level
fear of dogs
allergic reactions to dogs
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Standard Psychotherapy
- Canine-assisted psychotherapy with dog actively integrated.
- Canine-assisted psychotherapy with dog passively integrated.
Treatment groups
150 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov