A specific degree like in accounting, chemistry or engineering or a gateway degree to a professional graduate program such as physical therapy has value.

If nobody has suggested it yet, make sure you have a plan if they come back with the "therapy dog" jargon.

@Emily Smith what I share with you is for educational purposes only and is not considered professional counseling or therapy. 

I am also a COTA (certified occupational therapy assistant) and have been one for 7 years.

Hello @Kobi Gur,We lived in Augusta for 5 years after Physical Therapy school and fell in love with the area.

All rescues, in fact my pit is a small dog therapy dog - she helps rehab abused dogs of the smaller kind. 

After 6 months of hearing that, I finally got an assistant and I was able to focus on my therapy practice and leverage my time.  

In less than 2 minutes I Google searched "therapy animal certification", clicked on a link, and was all the way through the process and to the payment page to register ANY dog as an "emotional support animal".

Personally, I post on facebook when I am done with a rehab, sometimes I show how horrible a property is so that everyone knows what I am doing.We have a "Wine Therapy" every month to network with friends where I happen to let them know that I am doing real estate and if they happen to have a 401k from a past job, they can get a fixed rate of return on their money that they have invested with me.I have a small REIA every month where I give other investors some knowledge.

I thought about sending her a bill for all of the therapy.