Your Dog: An Unconditional Innovation in Attachment and Trauma Treatment

  • Thomas Ahern

A multitude of recent studies strengthen the case for dogs in therapy and Calo Programs, an innovative behavioral health organization, has taken the use of canines to a whole other level. A new study conducted in August 2016 to investigate how dog brains process speech has revealed canines care about both what we say and […]

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Thomas Ahern

Thomas Ahern is the senior vice president of business development for Calo Programs, which is a behavioral and mental health provider specialized in healing the effects of complex developmental trauma. Calo is comprised of Calo Teens, Calo Preteens — both residential programs located in Lake Ozark, Missouri, predominately serving adoptive families, and New Vision Wilderness. Calo Young Adults, a transitional living program for young adults, and Embark by Calo a therapeutic workshop and family intensive program for those reeling from issues of trauma, attachment and adoption are two additional programs. For more information, visit www.caloprograms.com. Ahern can be reached at [email protected].

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