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Psychiatric Service Dog Training For Panic Attacks

5 benefits of Training a Psychiatric Service Animal

new regulation by the DOT

Summary of todays Podcast:

1. Changes for psychiatric service dogs and airline travel

  1. New rules for Airlines travel with a Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD)
  2. Who and How to qualify for a PSD
  3. Service Dog Training
  4. Ways Psychiatric Service dog help with Panic Attacks and PTSD and depression

Question of the day is: What is the only question that a person can ask someone to determine if they have a mental health service dog?

I was so relieved when I found out about having my cute little furry Emotional support Animal (ESA) fly with me by federal laws for airlines. I could take my dog with me and have him on my lap, if I had a letter from my therapist stating I need my dog to fly with me because I have anxiety, I can take him with me.  That is no longer the case now.  This is a big loss for many to be able to take your furry friend with you.

The 2 laws are for airline travel and housing and they have been around for a long time:

  1. For Housing-The Fair Housing Act.1973- FHA was enacted 47 years ago for people with a disability, physical, or emotional to have their animal with them in housing and to not be discriminated against. There are no changes to this law.
  2. For Air Travel- the Air Carriers Access Act (ACAA) 1986-enacted 3 years ago. Enables you to bring an animal, mostly dog or cat on the plane with you. To Be on your lap the entire flight, or at your feet outside of a carrier. 

12-2-20 the Department of Transportation has changed the regulations. No more ESAs on planes, they are considered pets.  But date when this will take effect.

Service Dogs for Panic Attacks

The new Classification is a Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD). Up to 2 dogs, but only dogs, no other kind of animals. They must meet more stringent requirements and a DOT form is needed to the completed attesting by penalty of a felony that your dog is “trained” to perform a task that helps you with your psychological symptoms.  

The person can train the dog themselves or have a professional train them or the animal could have intuitively trained themselves to recognize and respond and alleviate the client’s psychological symptoms.

For example, Training for a Psychiatric Service Dog for Panic attacks, the dog might notice when you are starting to get anxious, even before the you do. The dog must respond, for instance, comes over and licks at you, or puts him head in your lap and this alerts you to your rising anxiety before it escalates to a panic attack and this calms you down, this would be an example of being trained to perform a task.

Or training for a Mental Health Service Dogs for depression could be that the dog lick or paws at you to wake you up, since one of the symptoms of depression can be sleeping to much and you dog comes and gets you out of bed, that is trained to do a task.

You Can Qualify For Psychiatric Support Dog Easily

The examples could go on and on for all the different ways a dog could be defined as a PSD.

Here are more examples:

  • Helps Calms you from having a more severe panic attack
  • Takes you out of an overwhelming situation from PTSD triggers
  • Calms you in crowds by being a barrier between you and others
  • Brings you back from dissociative state
  • Gets between you and others to provide space
  • Nudges you to keep moving in social situations or crowds
  • Helps to get you out of bed, when depressed or helps you overwhelm state
  • Licks your face to calm or bring you back to reality
  • Lays on you when having panic attack to apply pressure
  • Comes to calm an Autistic person before an episode worsens

5 benefits of having a certified PSD Training dog is that they can go with you into

  1. Public places
  2. Stores, Hotels
  3. Restaurants
  4. Fly in a plane with you in the cabin, within your space with no fees
  5. Be in no pet house, without weight or breed restrictions or pet rents.

If you believe your animal helps you with one of the above. Then you are prequalified for next step to get a certified PSD.

If you want to get a certified PSD by a mental Health professional, then an evaluation of your symptoms and need for one is the next step. For Housing this may be required.  Many clients want the certification by me as a Licensed Mental Health Professional with my specialty of certifying for an ESA or a PSD to receive an Official letter or a Photo ID certifying that they meet the law.   This way clients with anxiety are relieved to have the paperwork and not be questioned.

By the law the only question that can be asked is How is your dog trained to help you with a task? Or what task is your dog trained to help you with.   On our PSD letters and ID’s that wording is written directly on it, so that there is not question what can be asked.

Mental health Service Dogs, Service dogs for panic attacks, Psychiatric service animal, Psychiatric Support Dog. Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) are just some of the names of a new class of Service animal that is born out of the changing for emotional support animals that a announced on Dec. 2, 2020 for airline travel.


If you are interested in more information or if you have questions you are welcome to call us at 760-485-6785 or go to ESApros.com


7 Reasons You Should Have An Emotional Support Animal In Florida

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It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind.

​​Linda Blair

It may not be easy to understand the importance of emotional support animals in Florida (ESA) unless you know what they are and how they can be beneficial for you. In this article, you will get the inside scoop about ​how to get an emotional support animals ​how they can improve your life.

According to experts, emotional support dogs and cats in Florida can be clinically defined as animals which can help their owners in dealing, with as well as, overcoming certain kinds of disabilities. The assistance provided by emotional support animals is different from the help provided by other animals.

According to the Fair Housing Act and the Air Carriers Access Act, the services of an emotional support animal is protected by law as they are trained to accommodate the disability of their owners which makes them different from other animals. ​While supporting the emotional health of their owners, ESA animals can play an important role in their life.

Emotional support animals can be important for their owners in the following ways:

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​​​​​7 Benefits Provided by Emotional Support Animals

1.

​ESA pets help reduce your anxiety on planes: 

Many people become anxious when they travel on planes. According to experts, traveling on planes can be a painful experience for many people due to various reasons like medical treatment, attending a funeral or after spending time with their family. They can travel easily if they have an emotional support animal with them.


They can feel better to some extent in their presence as the support provided by the animals can be different from the support provided by the medicines or other methods. ​They can also feel better while flying on planes if they are thinking about their ESA instead of their fear. The very thought of their service animal can help in improving their mental health.

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Help in producing neurotransmitters:

​ The production of several neurochemicals that can help in improving bonding and love can be increased with the help of emotional support dogs in Florida. It has been proven through various studies that the company of dogs can help in increasing the levels of dopamine, a neurotransmitter, just by looking into their eyes.


According to experts, the emotional support of dogs cannot only increase the capacity of the love of their owners but also can make them feel less depressed. So, it is important for the people suffering from their loneliness to have a dog around them to make them feel more loved and safer in their company.

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Pets can work in combination with other treatment forms: 

The company of emotional support animals can not only provide emotional support to their owners but treated as part of the treatment provided to them for curing their health issues.


 According to experts, ESA pets can be used along with other treatments to treat the symptoms of their cognitive-behavioral issues. The company of ESA can be included with any form of therapy used to treat a health condition. For instance, an emotional support animal can be used as a model of ​calmness to bring you emotionally ​tranquil state.

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ESA dogs provide unconditional love to their owners:

 The owners of emotional support dogs in Florida, with some health problems, can get unconditional love from their pets which may not be possible otherwise. According to experts, the feeling of unconditional love and connectedness provided by an ​ESA animal may not be found by an individual even after a lot of struggle looking for more connections in their lives.


​Though having an ESA does not mean that its all downhill​, but it can help someone with mental issues to recover to his normal level of functioning sooner. People who feel alone in their life can be in a relationship with someone when they are accompanied and loved by their pet. It can considerably reduce the devastating nature of their symptoms along with improving their mental health on the whole.


​So, while encouraging people with a diagnosis to re-engage with the world it is important for them to be in a relationship with an emotional support animal to help them develop better relationships with humans. ​

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​Therapy pets ​help stabilize intense emotions

 Emotional support animals can also help in stabilizing your unregulated emotions when it becomes difficult to control them. According to experts, when people feel highly agitated, very down, anxious or very fearful then the support of an animal can help in neutralizing it with the help of their affection and love.


The company of an animal can help in diverting their attention from that extreme situation. One can regulate and adjust his emotions in the company of an animal as animals are neither depressed and anxious or agitated. In other words, the unwavering dedication of your dog can actually help in healing you when ​needed.

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ESA pets provide social support

 ​It is good for the people who consider their pets as a member of their family that they can be their social companion and improve their health by becoming an ESA. According to a report published in a medical journal, pets can be very beneficial for their owners if they are psychologically close to their owners. They are the best candidates to become an ESA. ​


This social support provided by the pets can help in improving problems in endocrine gland, functioning of the immune system and cardiovascular issues. In this way, emotional support dogs may not only help in making your blood pressure steady or going on the walk but also healing your health problems with their relationship.

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Help in regulating feelings in routine

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​It is important to manage your daily chores if you are diagnosed with a problem. One can keep their emotions regulated in day-to-day life with the help of an ESA or therapy pet, according to experts. 


It has been ​proven through various ​studies that the presence of a pet can help in reducing ​anxiety and regulate psychological ​issues along with improving the mood of its owners. They can help in stabilizing human emotions, with their steady presence as animals provide unconditional relationship and attention on demand.


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Conclusion:

​Thus, the continuous presence of the prescribed emotional support animals in Florida can help you in fighting with your health problems, irrespective of your living conditions.


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