Emotional Support Animals: Ethical, Legal and Practical Issues to Consider Before Proving an ESA Letter

Do you feel uncomfortable and unsure how to respond when clients ask you to write a letter certifying their pet as an Emotional Support Animal (ESA)?

Do you worry that some clients are simply looking to bring their pets into situations where they wouldn’t normally be allowed? Or fear it’s not even within your scope of practice to determine whether an animal has a therapeutic effect on your clients?

Requests for ESA letters are surging, but guidelines, protocols and available education for therapists isn’t keeping up. How can you ensure that you’re considering the right legal, ethical and practical issues before writing one?

Diana Sebzda, LPC has been a licensed counselor for over 16 years and spent 15 years as a veterinary technician. Using her unique insight as both a mental health and animal care professional, she’s guided many individuals through the use of service animals and emotional support animals.

Watch her for this timely 3-hour training and get the latest details and guidance you need so you can:

• Fully understand the therapeutic role in assessing and issuing a diagnosis
• Identify clinical issues related to ESAs you may have missed
• Know when you shouldn’t issue an ESA
• Get up to speed on new transportation/airline laws regarding ESAs
• Recognize key components of legal and ethical ESA letter by reviewing samples

Don’t miss this chance to get the answers you’ve been seeking on one of the fastest growing questions facing clinicians today!

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