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About SOULPAWS RECOVERY PROJECT INC

Location:

17211 Highlander Road, Ramona, CA 92065, US

Mission Statement

SoulPaws Recovery Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which provides clinician-led, animal-assisted activity workshops for children and adults impacted by eating disorders. Workshops are led by a licensed clinician and SoulPaws Certified Facilitator. Workshops can incorporate a variety of therapy animals, including therapy dogs, miniature horses, guinea pigs, cats, rabbits, rats, and more. The SoulPaws workshop curriculum utilizes the evidence-based model of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, enhanced by the presence of therapy animals, to allow clients to practice regulation skills and mindfulness in order to further their recovery from eating disorders. Every workshop provides intimate, one-on-one interactions with therapy animals, journaling on recovery-oriented topics, group discussion led by clinicians, and more.

Description

Eating disorders, which have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, impact more than thirty million Americans of all ages and backgrounds. Yet nine out of ten people struggling with clinically significant eating disorders never ask for help. Why?

1) Eating disorder treatment is costly and therefore inaccessible to the average American.

2) Eating disorders thrive in shame and isolation, making it difficult for sufferers to honestly share about the struggle.

SoulPaws is a 501C3 nonprofit organization dedicated to offering holistic and therapeutic support to sufferers of eating disorders, while also rescuing shelter animals. Our programming includes free animal-assisted therapy (utilizing certified therapy dogs and rescue animals), journaling therapy, meditation, yoga, art therapy, and more.

By creating a free and easily accessible therapeutic community, SoulPaws directly combats the shame and secrecy so inherent in anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating disorder, and OSFED. Together, we can practice feeling what we feel and letting it be, just as animals naturally do in every moment of their lives. We can create a pack of recovery and love that will remind us, particularly on the days when we want to isolate, that we are never alone.