Cat Therapy
What is a cat therapist? What herbs, essential oils, and other remedies can cats safely use? How does one offer an "aromatic" to a cat? Isabel asks all these questions and more in Cat Therapy, an interview with Holistic Cat Therapist, Julie-Anne Thorne. Julie-Anne left her fulltime unrelated career only a few years ago to become a holistic cat therapist. In her work as such, Julie-Anne helps connect cats to their humans. As in any holistic therapy work, Julie-Anne has many tools in her toolbox, from botanicals and behavior modification to enrichment and exercise. Watch this episode if you want to help your cat voice their wants and better meet their needs. You won't be disappointed!
BIO:
Julie-Anne Thorne is a holistic feline behaviourist. She founded Naturally Cats to provide holistic help for cats and their guardians. She uses a combination of environment enrichment, behaviour modification and botanical remedies to help support cats emotionally to reduce and remove problem behaviours.
She has recently co-authored the first book of its kind, The Aromatic Cat which details how to use herbs, hydrosols and essential oils safely with cats. Julie-Anne believes that understanding the emotional state of a cat is key to supporting problem behaviours. And that through using botanical remedies the cats wellness can be balanced, which in turn affects it behaviour.
Julie-Anne uses a holistic approach when working with a cat looking at all elements that affect it such as (but not limited to) diet, nutrition, environment, resources and family relationships. She is not a traditional cat behaviourist as she also uses tools such as Reiki healing and animal communication to connect with the cat.
Her mission is to give cats a voice. She adapts her approach and recommended treatment plan for each unique situation when working with a family. She helps to educate feline guardians so they can provide for their cat and watch them thrive rather than simply survive. She connects with the family through the perspective of their cat.