Therapy sessions can be hit-or-miss occasions but there’s no doubt that discussing your issues with someone does offer benefits.
Perhaps not enough to completely lift you out of your misery but it’s certainly better than keeping it all bottled up inside until you just crack one day.
Some forms of therapy just involve talking while others introduce other interventions such as prescription drugs. It all depends on the condition of the patient. But one type of therapy involves a different type of intervention: holding tiny bunnies in the palm of your hand.
Watch to find out more of these sessions in the video below.
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Blue Clover Rabbitry is based in Kent, Washington, and plays host to adorable Holland Lops. Among lop-eared Rabbits, these are the smallest. Every week, the facility holds bunny therapy sessions at the so-called Bun Mansion. Bunnies that are anywhere from a few days to a few weeks old are held snug in the palm of one’s hand and are the perfect accompaniment to the therapy session.
Adriana Post, 28, and CEO of Blue Clover Rabbitry said: “Animal therapy is truly a thing and it’s so calming and relaxing to hold such a small baby bun in your palm and watch them sleep.
“We also do Bunny therapy with the elderly and that is probably the most rewarding activity I do with the Bunnies.
“Rabbits are an exotic animal and while they are cute and snugly while they are babies, their behavior can change as they go through their hormonal stage so we want to educate the public beyond a cute Instagram photo or video.”
But Blue Clover isn’t the only facility that is utilizing this rather unique methodology.
At NYU Langone Medical Center’s Rusk Rehabilitation which specializes in rehabilitation services for serious physical injuries and illnesses, rabbits have become important component in their therapy sessions.
They’ve been running their horticultural therapy program for the past 20 years, an adjunct program that connects patients with nature to help them forget about their troubles. Bunnies have been a part of that program for 15 years now and hospital staff noted that patients who snuggle with the cute critters notice a lessening of pain at the end of the session and sometimes even forget to request for pain medication.
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