The Section on Human Animal Interaction: Research & Practice, of Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology) of the American Psychological Association is dedicated to professional and scholarly activities that advance the understanding of human-animal interactions as they relate to psychology.
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Listen to Kimberly Illeah Marie Francisco talk about her recent publication. Kimberly is a licensed psychologist and a graduate of the pioneering batch of the Straight Bachelor of Arts–Master of Arts (SABMA) in Psychology program at Angeles University Foundation (AUF) in Angeles City, Pampanga. Her research interests include human–animal interactions, their implications for mental health, and the potential integration of human–animal interaction into clinical practice to promote psychological well-being and inform therapeutic interventions.
15 Sept 2026
Claudia Suárez-Yera
Join us to hear about Dr. Suárez-Yera's recent publication. Dr. Claudia Suárez-Yera is a researcher at the University of Almería (HUM-743 research group), where her work focuses on psychometric and theoretical models of attitudes toward animals from an intergroup perspective. Together with her team, they developed the HERA model and the HERAS instrument, and she has also worked on research addressing social inequalities and self-perceived health among immigrant and refugee women.
3 Sept 2026
Catharina Carlsson
Learn about Catharina’s latest publication. Dr. Catharina Carlsson is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Social Work, with research focusing on Equine-Assisted Social Work and the role of horses in relational processes involving young people with complex needs and professionals in residential care settings. With a lifelong engagement with horses, her research has increasingly developed from exploring horses as relational partners in social work practice toward the multispecies turn in social work. Her current work examines how relationships between humans and other animals challenge anthropocentric understandings of social work, with particular attention to relationality, agency, participation, ethics, and justice. Through the emerging framework of Relational Multispecies Justice, her research seeks to extend social work’s relational and ecological traditions by recognizing other animals as sentient participants in shared communities of care, interdependence, and flourishing.
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