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been feeling anxious lately. After
being around Johnny, her anxiety
turned to comfort.
"I am a huge dog lover, so for
me it was really good having him
there," Lerner said. "In a way, he
distracted me, though, because I
wanted to be on the floor playing
with him the whole time. I'm excited
he'll be there, though, because
he adds that warm element
to the class."
Kate Wambach, an assistant
professor in the School of Social
Work, said using dogs can be very
effective, but it really depends on
the individual.
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Texas social work Professor Leslie
Wind has found truth in the saying
a dog is man's best friend.
That is why she chose to use
a 95-pound golden retriever named
Johnny in therapy for patients in
her clinical practice and now for
students in her class.
If you're feeling
tearful, he
will come lie at
your feet If you're
yelling, hell back
off and lay in the
middle of the ^ v
room,''Wind said.
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first time in late '
February, always Tv'
has used the dog II jL
at her clinical
practice, located ?
at Westlake Psychotherapy
Center
She said Johnny is good therapy
fa* her patients, and she hopes
he will have the same effect on
her students.
"From what I saw today, students
are more comfortable in
making eye contact with Johnny
than they would with a teacher,
which is very soothing for them,"
Wind said. "They also feel more
relaxed in learning, and this is a
real positive influence."
She added that Johnny also
should be able to ease a little of
the stress graduate students face.
Stephanie Lerner, a graduate
social work student, said she has
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very calming," Wambach said. B
"When used appropriately, it can
be a mechanism for making environments
less stressful, and it
helps to establish an atmosphere
when intimate details of one's life
can be discussed and worked on."
Wambach said she has seen
significant results in using dogs
for therapy, especially in nursing
homes.
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please." Before | .
Wind purchased Johnny from '
High Mark Kennels, he was a
champion show dog.
She said Johnny is able to tol- I
erate many attitudes and has a .
personality that is able to fit in- I
to the calm environment of a clin
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"My anxiety really goes down
in treating difficult patients with j
Johnny. It is very reassuring to
have him around. He knows he *
has to be calm at work," she said. |
People call Johnny "Mr. Mellow,"
Wind said, because he is so calm. I
Wind said one of her patients, t
who often tries to harm her ill I t
brother, is schizophrenic. But be- t
cause the patient likes animals
and is gentle with them, Wind \
said she uses Johnny to show the | ?
child how to treat her brother. j
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change with kids. I have never _ \
had a child say to put him out," I g
Wind said. "By the end of the ses- _ c
sion, they are all over him." I ^
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tients to find out if any of them e
are allergic to or afraid of animals. f
And she does not use Johnny as ?
part of therapy if patients have j
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"I hope this is a statement | c
about the creative ways we are ?
able to provide treatment," Wind I t
said. \
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As we went from store to store,
;he females in the group continued
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;ould get their hands on. Call me
:razy, but I have never spent 45 minltes
in a dressing room to see if a
3air of pants matched my watch.
Guys buy clothes the way we do
ust about everything else in life. We
vant to make a good deal, but we
vant to get it over fast. When I go
nto a store, I can immediately look
it the clothes on display and decide
f I like them. Occasionally, I have
;o try on a pair of pants, but I can
nake it and out of the store with a
;ime of about 10.000 minutes.
Women, on the other hand, use a
ot more effort when shopping, and
m innocent excursion to Columbia
Mall can easily turn into an all-day
lightmare. The following scenarios
rave been experienced by everyone,
10 pay close attention to them so you
an be better informed the next time
r'ou go shopping.
Example 1. The dress (or anything
?lse, for that matter) that just won't
it. The woman usually only weighs
ibout 95 pounds and claims that she
s too fat for anything in the store.
5uys, when she steps out of that
Iressing room, she will ask you how
ihe looks. Even if you are sincere and
ell her she looks great, she will tell
rou that you are lying, and this
jrocess will be repeated six times
hat afternoon.
Example 2. The salesman that
ust won't give up. I am approached
>y this person in 99 percent of the
tores in any mall. I usually tell him '
hat I am just looking until I really
reed him. However, the salesman i
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i women differ.
When it comes to women, the
overzealous salesman will tell them,
"Oh, you have the figure for this.
You'd look great in this, homegirl!"
Too often, I have seen women take
so many clothes into the dressing
room that they need a team of salesmen
to help them. Then they buy
everything they try on, bring it home
and take it back two days later. Either
they want to impress their friends
with what they bought, or they just
can't make up their minds.
Example 3. Hie newly issued credit
card. Because all of us are harassed
by the Discover/Visa/MasterCard/American
Express man in front
of the Russell House five days a week,
this is a situation that both men and
women can get themselves into. Sure,
that free T-shirt or squirt bottle seems
like a good deal at the time, but once
we hit the mall, a strange instinct
seems to take over our minds.
We tend to look at all the clothing,
tennis shoes, stereo equipment
and CDs and say to ourselves, "111
just pay the bill at the end of the
month. I can handle it." That is, until
you count in finance charges, annual
fees and the constant threat
that our credit report will be screwed
up for life.
As you can see, men and women
both have shopping habits that are
less than perfect. However, men tend
to look at the shopping experience
as one where they will actually accomplish
something. Women, on the
other hand, become mindless creatures
that aimlessly roam the mall
in search of anything that will remotely
look good on them, and that
is the way it will always be.
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card and checkbook in pursuit of the y
perfect outfit, shirt or pair of shoes,
trying to remember that this is sup- o
posed to be fun. fc
Today will be the day, we think, s
that I find the blouse to go with the t
skirt with the tags still on it in the c
closet. It's out there somewhere. It's
just a matter of finding it. a
There is no such idealism for guys, p
The hunt for the just-right piece of f
clothing is lost on the men. t
"Guys walk in already knowing e
what they want. They get it and y
leave, occasionally stopping to look
at the clearance racks," business j
sophomore Tim Cooper said. "Girls g
go in and could wander aimlessly for r
an hour and still walk out with noth- ^
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What guys don't understand is y
that shbpping is more than just walk- '
ing around the mall. It's a bonding t
experience. Mothers, daughters and
girlfriends typically get along best 8
when they shop because they are
united for a common purpose. 8
It's only clothes, right? Sophomore
psychology major Becky Flem- ?
ing said that while clothes are only
important for the guys when the ?
Duckheads start coming apart at the 8
seams, girls know it's the clothes
that make the woman. t
"When guys go in, they're look- s
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While mam "ss, navy, khaki and o
white are all pretty much interchangeable,
and a tie, slacks and t]
maybe a coat will do for pretty much 1(
any occasion, women must face the ii
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seasons. Yes, there are such
hings as winter and summer purss.
As for shoes, never, ever wear
our white pumps after Labor Day.
So, if women spend what seems
ike an inordinate amount of time
igonizing over whether these earings
go with that blouse, now you
:now why.
However, if men give women a
tard time about the time they spend
rying on article of clothing after aricle
of clothing, have you ever been
hopping for electronics with a guy?
At least we don't research Conumer
Reports before we hit the mall.
Juys will spend forever when it comes
o electronics. If guys shake in their
toots about visions of holding their
irlfriend's purse in The Limited,
iris dread trips to Best Buy.
It's true that some women will
ake their time when it comes to
honnine'. And ves. ifs true that cnrls
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iair of shoes in the store and it still
/ouldn't be right, but for women,
lothes are just not something to put
n in the morning.
"Girls go in with the attitude that
bey want something to feel good in,
x)k good in," Fleming said. "Guys go
i with the attitude that they need
OTiething to cover themselves up in."
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rou can get the idea.
It's hard for men to grasp the idea
f being underdressed or overdressed,
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