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ABOUT US
Future Speaking Engagements
Expert Presentations on Psychiatric Service Dogs Available Joan Esnayra, Ph.D. is President and founder of the Psychiatric Service Dog Society. As the recipient of the 2006 Eli Lilly ‘Welcome Back Award’ in Primary Care, Dr. Esnayra has spent the past nine years pioneering the ‘Psychiatric Service Dog’ therapeutic model. Building upon her analytical training as a scientist, and her insights as a mental health consumer, Dr. Esnayra and members of her online community identified over 30 tasks or functions that Psychiatric Service Dogs may be trained to provide to their owners who are disabled by refractory symptoms of severe mental illness.Dr. Esnayra and colleagues published the first clinical case study involving the use of a Psychiatric Service Dog in the Journal of Psychiatric Services. Additional publications based upon this growing body of work are in progress. The Psychiatric Service Dog model is a genuine grass-roots empowerment movement that is spreading nationally and internationally. Dr. Esnayra speaks eloquently and with authority on the subject of Psychiatric Service Dogs, by invitation, in venues all over the country. To date, Dr. Esnayra has spoken at meetings of the President’s New Freedom Mental Health Commission, the National Institutes of Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill, the Mental Health Association, the American Association of Psychiatric Nurses, the American Association of Medical Colleges, the International Society of Anthrozoology, and the Delta Society. In addition, Dr. Esnayra has been interviewed by Science Magazine, BARK Magazine, the American Kennel Club ‘Family Dog’ magazine, People Magazine, and the New York Times. In 2001, she was awarded a Community Service Award from the National Academies of Science, and her work has been featured on the National Geographic Channel. If your group is looking for an engaging and expert speaker on the subject of Psychiatric Service Dogs, please contact the Psychiatric Service Dog Society. 
 
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