The Therapy Dog Clinic is the only such service in the greater community that has dogs as a permanent fixture within a healthcare facility. Currently, we work across Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Van Buren Counties specializing in children/youth, particularly those who have experienced trauma.

Our Services

The Therapy Dog Clinic provides the following services in the community.

• Consultation on animal assisted services [AAS]
• Facilitation of AAS programming  
• Coaching and training of potential therapy dog teams (group or private options)
• Testing and evaluation of potential therapy dog teams – through Alliance of Therapy Dogs
• Visits from the Therapy Dog Clinic team members, as feasible
• Continuing education on AAS
• Animal-assisted pediatric OT (through the Unified Clinics)
• Individual therapy and support group accompaniment (through the Resiliency Center for Assessment and Treatment) 
• Available for adjunct support throughout Unified Clinics

All services are provided gratis, unless specified. Donations are welcomed and appreciated.

Trainings and Events

Click here for our upcoming trainings and events.

About the Director

Dr. Angie Moe is a professor of sociology at Western Michigan University with specializations in interpersonal victimization and trauma informed survivorship. As an extension of these interests, she acquired and trained her first therapy dog, Sunny, in 2016. In 2019, Oreo was gifted to her by the Russell family (Mattawan, MI) to do similar work. Poppy joined the pack as a rescue in early 2022. Dr. Moe has thousands of hours of therapy and crisis response handling experience. She is an evaluator for the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, as well as state coordinator for HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response. Dr. Moe is a certified animal-assisted services specialist through Oakland University's Center for Human Animal Interventions and has completed Level 1 Animal Assisted Play Therapy® Training. She is also a facilitator for CISM (critical incident stress management) and a student of the Victoria Stilwell Academy for Dog Training. 

Location

We are located inside the Unified Clinics building located on the 3rd floor of 1000 Oakland Drive in room 3055, Kalamazoo MI 49008.

Contact Information

If you are interested in learning more, please contact Dr. Angie Moe at (269) 387-7042 or email uc-therapydogs@wmich.edu .

Giving

If you are interested in making a gift to the Therapy Dog Clinic, please visit here or check out our Amazon wish list. Donations can be put toward supplies regularly used by the therapy dogs (training treats, enrichment toys), items provided to our clients (stuffed animals, coloring books, stickers, fidgets), or scholarships for students, educators, and human service providers who wish to advance their training. Thank you for your consideration.

Resources

Click here for our resource page.