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  • Therapy dog and owner provide healing power

    Therapy dog and owner provide healing power

    A therapy dog team provides help by volunteering at the Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks.

  • Service dog Dante part of Veterans’ brain injury therapy

    Service dog Dante part of Veterans’ brain injury therapy

    Facility dog Dante used in therapy to improve patients’ gait, balance, range of motion, strength, coordination, cognition and participation.

  • The magic that therapy dogs bring to Veterans

    The magic that therapy dogs bring to Veterans

    Army Veteran Cheryl Bann has seen first-hand the joy her therapy dog, Wilson, brings to Veterans at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. Learn more about what the team does through VA’s partnership with @petsforhealth.

  • Veterans receive unusual visit, therapy dogs

    Veterans receive unusual visit, therapy dogs

    In late October, the director of VA’s Caribbean Healthcare System, [...]

  • A new era of healing: Welcoming West Texas VA’s first facility service dog

    A new era of healing: Welcoming West Texas VA’s first facility service dog

    Loretta, West Texas VA's first facility service dog, brings joy, comfort and healing to Veterans, enhancing compassionate care.

  • Therapy changed how I think about my chronic pain

    Therapy changed how I think about my chronic pain

    After decades of chronic pain and 10 years on painkillers, an Air Force Veteran found relief through a new treatment at VA Eastern Colorado that retrains how the brain responds to long-term pain signals.

  • Veteran looks to the future after prolonged exposure therapy

    Veteran looks to the future after prolonged exposure therapy

    Combat Veteran faces the traumatic events of her PTSD during prolonged exposure therapy and looks forward to the days to come.

  • Therapy animals bring comfort to Veterans at St. Louis VA

    Therapy animals bring comfort to Veterans at St. Louis VA

    Meet the therapy dogs—and a cat—who help Veterans reach their therapy goals.

  • Jackson, a service dog, stays by Veteran’s side

    Jackson, a service dog, stays by Veteran’s side

    Veteran does prolonged exposure therapy with support from her service dog, Jackson.

  • Clinic “staff member” lends a helping dog paw

    Clinic “staff member” lends a helping dog paw

    VA nurse qualified for a service dog from the Very Important Pooches Service Dog Foundation.

  • Comprehensive Work Therapy helps Veteran beat substance abuse

    Comprehensive Work Therapy helps Veteran beat substance abuse

    After mental health treatment, Veteran Tai Do was selected for the Comprehensive Work Therapy program.

  • How service dogs can help Veterans with PTSD 

    How service dogs can help Veterans with PTSD 

    K9s For Warriors is the nation’s largest provider of trained service dogs for Veterans with PTSD, traumatic brain injury or military sexual trauma.

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Last updated September 12, 2025

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