Psycho -emotional state during the war: the results of the Kiev Center for Canister therapy and the History of its Visitors

The results of the activity for the first year of work are striking: in the period from October 2023 to September 2024, the Center conducted 1799 free sessions of canister therapy - 301 group and 1498 individual sessions were held. In Ukraine, canister therapy is becoming an increasingly popular method of psycho -emotional assistance, as it combines the therapeutic impact of interaction with animals with the professional work of qualified specialists.

In the conditions of long war and constant stress, a large number of military, veterans, internally displaced persons, including children affected by the war, are approached to the center. Yes, more than 1660 people received help during the work of the Center, 306 of them children. Innikos Center is located in Kiev at ul. Priest, 27e and offers free sessions of canister therapy for children and adults conducted by experienced psychologists and rehabilitation.

The sessions take place in group and individual formats. Details and recording for consultation on the official site of the centers of canister therapy - https://canister therapy. com. ua "Research and world experience indicate that canister therapy has a positive effect on the psychological health and emotional state of people. As Ukrainians have experienced the test of war. Ukraine " - this result inspires us to further steps.

Yes, in June this year, with the support of the Foundation, the second DOCADOG canoring center was opened in Rivne, and the plans for the coming months - the opening of two more centers in other cities of Ukraine. " Oksana Sundugay, 49, veteran's wife. Olesya and Alexei's children sometimes scream in their sleep. Most of all, I am scared of powerlessness. My husband is a military, a veteran. We have two children. And the war for our family is not the third year.

In the eleventh year of the war, I began to feel a lot of fear for children and a man. I literally began to feel my loneliness and inability to stop this war, which grew into constant anxiety. From the employees "Base 4. 5. 0" I heard about canister therapy, did not understand how it could help, but decided to try. In November 2023, together with the children, we enrolled in business classes. These are group classes together with dogs to stabilize emotional state and reduce tension.

After a few classes, for the first time in a long time I saw joy in the eyes of children and the desire to hurry somewhere and do something. Apparently, because we feel sincere attention in classes. And dogs, you know, are not able to deceive. As a result, the younger daughter became more sociable, and children no longer shout at night. Vera Bobryk, 70, IDP from Kakhovka I spent 5 months under occupation in Kakhovka.

Every day, I became more unbearable, but I continued to believe in the liberation of the city. And when my life became critical, I decided to go with pain. During a difficult evacuation, I was stressed, and later I was diagnosed with a depressive disorder of organic genesis. Since September this year, I began to attend individual canister -therapy classes with psychologist Svetlana. Communication with dogs made me more restrained and helped to respond less to the negative.

Perhaps this is because interaction with dogs occurs at the level of pure sensations, without words. It helps me to feel more and my emotions and needs, and I realized that I am now feeling the need for peace. Dogs have a special sense of life - they rejoice and live here and now. This is probably what taught me to imitate their behavior: to stop deepening in the past and start to really feel life. It enables me to live on. I advise everyone to attend such classes.