L’attachement aux animaux
Une vision intégrative des relations homme-animal, et ses implications pour la pratique thérapeutique.
L’attachement aux animaux
Ces dernières années, la symbiose ancienne entre l’homme et son animal de compagnie est entrée dans une nouvelle phase, marquée par la spécialité clinique en plein essor de la thérapie homme-animal. Cette approche utilise la relation entre les humains et leurs animaux de compagnie (principalement) pour soutenir la croissance de la régulation des émotions, des compétences sociales et de la santé mentale chez les enfants, les adolescents et les adultes.
=> Mais comment les humains et les animaux sont-ils capables de développer des liens étroits ?
=> Qu’est-ce qui permet aux animaux d’avoir un effet thérapeutique sur l’homme ?
=> Et comment pouvons-nous utiliser au mieux cette compréhension en thérapie assistée par l’animal ?
Dans ce livre unique, une équipe de biologistes et de psychologues experts intègrent et combinent des connaissances biologiques et psychologiques pour répondre à ces questions. Ensemble, ils ont créé une base scientifique complète pour la thérapie homme-animal, une fondation qui facilitera le développement, la mise en œuvre et l’évaluation de nouvelles interventions efficaces.
Les thématiques abordées :
• La relation mystérieuse entre les humains et les animaux
• Pourquoi les humains sont-ils disposés et capables d’être en lien avec les animaux : le point de vue de la biologie de l’évolution
• Les effets de l’interaction homme-animal sur la santé, les interactions sociales, l’humeur, le système nerveux autonome et les hormones
• La physiologie des relations: la fonction intégrative de l’ocytocine
• Relations humaines interpersonnelles: attachement et soins
• Lien entre l’attachement et les soins avec leurs bases physiologiques
• Relations homme-animal: attachement et soins
• Physiologie de l’attachement et des soins dans les relations homme-animal
• Conséquences pratiques pour le traitement
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Les commentaires sur cette publication :
“We all know that animals can help people heal from trauma, but these authors analyze the components of the healing process, elucidating them in biochemical, physiologic, and psychological terms. They provide a broad overview of the research that defines the value of therapy animals, as weil as a robust bibliography for extended exploration. This book is worth the read.
« Helpful to those therapists who are considering integrating therapy animals into their practice [and] to us as practitioners working in a climate where evidence-based practice has become the norm.
Judith R. Milner, MD, MEd, SpecEd, Private practice (general, child, and adolescent psychiatry}, Everett, Washington, in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2015, Vol. 76
“Unique and special about this book is that [it] sweeps from oxytocin’s origins in evolutionary biology, to its biological role in basic physiology, to a creative and scientifically based assessment of how it could be naturally exploited in animal-assisted therapy.”
Lynette Hart, Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, in Anthrozoös: A Multidisciplinary Journal of The Interactions of People & Animals, Vol. 27 (2014), pp. 626-628
« Attachment to Pets not only reviews the research literature but also presents and explains a solid scientific rationale for the basis of human health benefits of companion animals and why Animal-Assisted Intervention can be successful. For these reasons, this is an important book for anyone who is interested in positive human–animal interactions, especially with companion animals, and for practitioners, such as psychologists, social workers, and educators, who conduct any type of animal-assisted intervention. An important contribution to the field, and I wouldrecommend that researchers and practitioners of Animal-Assisted Intervention read Attachment to Pets. »
Kathleen C. Gerbasi, social psychologist, anthrozoologist, dog lover, and professor of psychology at Niagara County Community College in Sanborn, NY in PsycCritiques, Vol. 59, 2014
« This is a fascinating book, and covers the literature in both an accessible and lively way and I would recommend it both for those who share their lives with animals and those who might use them in therapy. This is a relatively short book (less than 200 pages) but don’t take that to mean it is light on detail. It is packed with research evidence and I was impressed with the comprehensive way the authors had put this together. »
Tony Wainwright in Clinical Psychology Forum, 2013
For full review see http://dcp.bps.org.uk/dcp/dcp-publications/clinical-psychology-forum/book-reviews/julius-beetz-kotrschal-turner-%26-uvnas-moberg-attachment-to-pets$.cfm.
« Attachment to Pets presents an interdisciplinary view of the concept of attachment that is crucial to the understanding of human-animal interactions in the therapeutic milieu. [It] is the missing book that needed to be written about the importance of the oxytocinergic system in the attachment that humans may have withanimals. The authors are excellent … The book is a helpful read for clinicians and an imperative readfor researchers, especially students interested in the field of anthrozoology. … I discovered this book to be a much needed treasure [and] wonderful piece of scientific writing… »
Robin R. Norris, PhD, in Canadian Journal of Counseling and Psychotherapy, Vol. 47, 2013
« This book provides great insight into the human-animal bond, allowing for deeper understanding and broader application of animal-assisted therapy.
Michelle Jaeger, BS, CVT, University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine, in Doody’s Notes, 2013
« The authors accomplish a long-awaited merging of evolutionary, biophysiological, and psycho-logical processes likely to occur in human-animal interaction in an intellectually stimulating and practically applicable narrative. This book is useful for students, scientists, and practitioners, and will be essential to guide advancement of the field of human-animal interaction. »
Rebecca Johnson, PhD, RN, FAANPresident, International Association of Human-Animal Interaction OrganizationsProfessor & Director, Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction, MU College of Veterinary Medicine, Columbia, MO
« Attachment to Pets provides an in-depth discussion on the roots of our attachment to animals. The book helps conceptualize the rationale for our care taking of pets and provides valuable insights into the basis of animal-assisted therapy. The book is an excellent resource for the scientific community and policy makers studying human-animal interactions and, above all, for all those interested in using animals in a therapeutic context. »
Aubrey H. Fine EdD, Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, Psychologist
Editor of The Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy
Author of Afternoons with Puppy and Give a Dog Your Heart
« This much-needed integrative book explains how the relationship between animals and therapists/clients can effectively be used to provide animal-assisted interventions with positive out-comes. It also presents a valuable scholarly framework that advances the endeavors of the Inter-national Society for Animal-Assisted Therapy. The authors first analyze the physiology of attachment and caregiving, explaining the role of the autonomic nervous system and oxytocin, and go on to describe the evolution of behavioral systems and different types of attachment. Insecure and disorganized attachment patterns have adverse effects in which attachment and caregiving relationships are not fully developed. The authors then connect the attachment and caregiving systems to the neuroendocrine oxytocinergic system. They subsequently focus on the question of how human-animal relationships fit within these perspectives. »
Lynette Hart, PhD, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
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