Michele Tilford, Cat-Assisted Therapy Advocate

Michele Tilford has over five years of experience as a cat-assisted therapy handler. She explains that one of the biggest keys in deciding whether or not your cat might be a good therapy cat is his or her personality. A therapy cat should ideally be calm, curious and outgoing. The cat can then be trained to become comfortable with unfamiliar surroundings and with wearing a harness, being in a carrier, and traveling.