Dogs Have Issues Too: Stress Reduction Techniques for Humans and Their Animals with Jane Miller

This webinar presentation will be a very brief overview/introduction to helping dogs cope with stress. Jane Miller will provide several stress reduction/relaxation techniques and monitoring methods. This is an elementary introduction to stress reduction/relaxation techniques covering the definition of stress, eustress, and distress. Due to time constraints, we will not focus on the role of the brain.

The stress reduction techniques discussed include breathing, acupressure points, TTouch, canine massotherapy, reiki, meditation, and biofeedback. The monitoring methods of stress will be addressed include stress signs/body language, cortisol levels from saliva, urine, and hair, heart rate and variable heart rates, breathing rates, pulse, vagal tone, biofeedback, and MRIs, which are costly and invasive and may cause stress levels to increase by the testing itself.

Webinar Objectives – What You Will Learn

•  Understand what is meant by good stress eustress vs. bad stress distress
• Learn various stress reduction techniques to add to your toolbox since different methods work for different dogs…one size does not fit all
• An introduction to breathing techniques, acupressure points, TTouch, canine massotherapy,
• Learn how to apply this knowledge and monitoring techniques
• Learn methods of monitoring heart rate, pulse, breathing rate, cortisol levels, biofeedback MRIs, and the pros and cons of these techniques.
• Resources: An extensive list of videos, links, references, articles, websites, diagrams, etc. will be provided.

Your Presenters- Jane Miller LISW, AABP-CDBT.

Jane Miller, LISW, AABP-CDBT, Pet CPR & First Aid Certified, works in private practice as a licensed psychotherapist/clinical social worker, with a particular interest in holistic healing modalities. She currently focuses on educating others about the legal, ethical, and practical criteria of working with Psychiatric Service Dogs (PSDs). Miller has lectured about PSDs in a variety of settings, ranging from The Cleveland Clinic & Metro Health Medical Centers’ Departments of Psychiatry & Psychology, The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants Conference (IAABC), The Cleveland Natural History Museum, The Psychology of Health, Immunity & Disease Conference (NICABM), The National Association of Social Workers Conference and many other national and local organizations, schools, and dog-training facilities.

She appeared in the PBS program “Health Visions – Animals As Healers” on the healing power of animals. She joined world-renowned veterinarian/author Dr. Allen Schoen to present a workshop on the topic of animals as healers at a national conference for medical professionals (See NICABM). She is also a practitioner of QiGong and Reiki and teaches stress reduction techniques to her clients and their service dogs.

Miller earned her BA in psychology and biology from Oberlin College, and her MSSA in Clinical Social Work from Case Western Reserve University. She has received the Irene Sogg Gross Award for Humanitarian Services and has contributed scholarly essays for professional journals and anthologies in the field of clinical social work. Her professional experience includes serving as a counselor at a battered women’s shelter and at a group home supervisor for the developmentally disabled, and as a research assistant in microbiology/immunology at Temple University Medical School.

Jane Miller’s lifelong passion for healing has emphasized the human-animal connection, culminating in her certification as a Canine Massotherapist and as a Certified Dog Behavior Technician by the Association of Animal Behavior Behavior Professionals ( AABP-CDBT).

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