Dr. Katherine Compitus

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Dr. Katherine Compitus
Born	(1977-03-05) 5 March 1977 New York, New York United States of America
🏳️ Nationality	USA and Colombia
💼 Occupation	Doctor of Social Welfare, Clinical Social Worker, Animal Behaviorist, Educator, Psychotherapist, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur

Dr. Katherine Olaya Compitus (nee Katherine Olaya Gross) (born 5 March 1977 in New York City, New York) is a doctor of social welfare, clinical social worker, educator and animal behaviorist whose work focuses on animal-assisted therapy, veterinary social work and the human-animal bond..

Life and career

Katherine Compitus was born and raised in New York City where she attended the Brearley school and Stuyvesant High School. Her mother was a Colombian bilingual special education teacher and her father was a Jewish information technology specialist. Katherine holds a doctorate in social welfare (clinical social work) from New York University School of Social Work, as well as masters degrees in education (MSEd Hunter College), clinical social work (MSW New York University School of Social Work), and animal behavior and conservation (MA Hunter College) . She has been an educator for over 20 years, initially teaching elementary, middle and high school and then moving on to higher education. Most recently, she taught in the graduate schools of social work at New York University School of Social Work, Columbia University and Fordham University . She created the curriculum and teaches the popular "Human-Animal Bond in Social Work" course at New York University School of Social Work . . She is a member of MENSA, the high-IQ society and in 2018 won a scholarship for her work .

Katherine is an established researcher, author and practitioner whose work focuses on comparative psychology and the human-animal bond . She is the founder and chairman of Surrey Hills Sanctuary, a non-profit micro-farm sanctuary dedicated to education, community outreach and policy change as it relates to vulnerable people with pets . She developed the curriculum for and currently teaches the first Human-Animal Bond and Direct Social Work course at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work . Katherine lectured in the graduate social work schools at New York University, Columbia University and Fordham University . She is known for her work on pet loss and the process of conducting clinical social work with the assistance of animals . She was the author of the expert Zooeiya blog for Psychology Today and wrote about psychiatric emergency rooms for the Huffington Post .

Katherine lectures extensively and was recently featured in a Vogue magazine article on special pet moms . She has also been featured in a NY Post Article on families with multiple pets , in a two-part series on the DogLab Podcast , on The Lisa Show speaking about pets during the pandemic and Good Day New York speaking about the power of "Doga" (Dog Yoga) . Dr. Compitus was also a consultant for author Jennifer Weiner on her book "Who Do You Love", by providing insight into the field of social work education . In 2007, Katherine married Paul Compitus, a fashion designer. Together they in promote a plant-based compassionate lifestyle, animal rights and responsible pet ownership . They are the co-founders of Wiggly Pups, a luxury pet care Service

Select Bibliography

• Compitus, K. (2020). The Importance of Pets During a Global Pandemic: See Spot Play. In Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic (pp. 213-218). Springer, Cham.
• Compitus, K. (2019). The Process of Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy into Clinical Social Work Practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 1-9.
• Compitus, K. (2019). Traumatic pet loss and the integration of attachment-based animal assisted therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 29(2), 119-131
• Compitus, K. (2019). Traumatic Pet Loss and the Clinician. In Counselman-Carpenter, E. & Redcay, A. (Eds.), Working with grief and traumatic loss: theory, practice, personal reflection & self care. San Diego, CA: Cognella Publishing.
• Compitus, K. (December, 2019). No Place To Lay Your Bones?. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/zooeyia/201912/no-place-lay-your-bones
• Compitus, K. (2016). Welcome to the Psych Emergency Room, Huffington Post, Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/welcome-to-the-psych-emergency-room_us_582c0878e4b0cfd1bce1a034
• Compitus, K. O. (2016). An Analysis of Canine Processing of Stimulus Compounds Varying in Light and Sound Intensity, CUNY Academic Works, Retrieved from http://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/91
• Compitus, K. (2013). Canine Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease. Academic Journal of Canine Science. Retrieved from http://ajcs.org.uk/uncategorized/canine-cognitive-decline-and-alzheimers-disease/

subject has published more and has more press than previously

Katherine Olaya Compitus (nee Katherine Olaya Gross) (born 5 March 1977 in New York City, New York) is a clinical social worker, educator and animal behaviorist whose work focuses on animal-assisted therapy, veterinary social work and the human-animal bond. Contents 1 Life and career

2 Bibliography

3 References

4 subject has published more and has more press than previously

Life and career Katherine Compitus was born and raised in New York City where she attended the Brearley school and Stuyvesant High School. Her mother is a Colombian bilingual special education teacher and her father is a Jewish information technology specialist. Katherine previously worked as an elementary and high-school teacher and holds masters degrees in education, clinical social work, animal behavior and conservation [1]. She is due to complete her a doctorate of clinical social work at New York University in May 2020 [2]. She is a member of MENSA, the high-IQ society and in 2018 won a scholarship for her work [3]. Katherine is an established researcher, author and practitioner whose work focuses on comparative psychology and the human-animal bond [4]. She is the founder and chairman of Surrey Hills Sanctuary, a non-profit micro-farm sanctuary dedicated to education, community outreach and policy change as it relates to vulnerable people with pets [5]. She developed and taught the first Human-Animal Bond and Direct Social Work course at NYU’s Silver School of Social Work [6]. Katherine lectured in the graduate social work schools at New York University, Columbia University and Fordham University [7], as well as internationally at conferences such as the Animal Behavior Society [8] and ADEC (the Association for Death Education Counsel) [9]. She is known for her work on pet loss and the process of conducting clinical social work with the assistance of animals [10]. She is the author of the Zooeiya blog for Psychology Today [11] and wrote about psychiatric emergency rooms for the Huffington Post [12]. Katherine was a consultant for author Jennifer Weiner on her book "Who Do You Love", by providing insight into the field of social work education [13]. In 2007, Katherine married Paul Compitus, a fashion designer. Together they in promote a vegan lifestyle, animal rights and responsible pet ownership [14]. They are the co-founders of Wiggly Pups, a luxury Pet Care Service [15] [16]. Bibliography Compitus, K. (2019). The Process of Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy into Clinical Social Work Practice. Clinical Social Work Journal, 1-9. [17] Compitus, K. (2019). Traumatic pet loss and the integration of attachment-based animal assisted therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 29(2), 119-131 [18] Compitus, K. (2019). Traumatic Pet Loss and the Clinician. In Counselman-Carpenter, E. & Redcay, A. (Eds.), Working with grief and traumatic loss: theory, practice, personal reflection & self care. San Diego, CA: Cognella Publishing. Compitus, K. (December, 2019). No Place To Lay Your Bones?. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/ie/blog/zooeyia/201912/no-place-lay-your-bones Compitus, K. (2016). Welcome to the Psych Emergency Room, Huffington Post, Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/welcome-to-the-psych-emergency-room_us_582c0878e4b0cfd1bce1a034 Compitus, K. O. (2016). An Analysis of Canine Processing of Stimulus Compounds Varying in Light and Sound Intensity, CUNY Academic Works, Retrieved from http://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/91 Compitus, K. (2013). Canine Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer’s Disease. Academic Journal of Canine Science. Retrieved from http://ajcs.org.uk/uncategorized/canine-cognitive-decline-and-alzheimers-disease/ References ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/katherine-compitus Psychology Today Experts Katherine Compitus ^ {{Cite web |url=https://socialwork.nyu.edu/students/student-life/student-profiles/Kathy-Compitus.html NYU Social Work Student Profiles] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.mensafoundation.org/?LinkServID=B465CB3F-E081-4C23-C47CABA60E3BEDF4&year=2018&type=R MENSA Foundation Scholarship Winners ^ {{Cite web |url=https://town-village.com/tag/kathy-compitus/Town and Village Kathy Compitus] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.shsanctuary.org/board-of-directors/ SH Sanctuary Board of Directors] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.animalsandsociety.org/human-animal-studies/courses/new-york-courses/ Animals and Society National HAB Course Listings ^ {{Cite web |url=https://socialwork.columbia.edu/faculty-research/faculty/adjunct/katherine-olaya-compitus/ Columbia University Faculty] ^ {{Cite web |url=http://www.animalbehaviorsociety.org/abs_online/mobile/show_session.php?greendot=no&id=100 Animal Behavior Society Sessions ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.longdom.org/proceedings/animalassisted-therapy-as-an-adjunctive-modality-to-dbt-in-the-treatment-of-borderline-personality-disorder-47365.html Conference Notice] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_CompitusResearch Gate Profile Katherine Compitus ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/experts/katherine-compitus Psychology Today Katherine Compitus] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/welcome-to-the-psych-emergency-room_b_582c0878e4b0cfd1bce1a034HuffPost Welcome to the Psych Emergency Room] ^ Weiner,Jennifer. Who Do You Love Acknowledgements ^ {{Cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2010/05/16/new-york-animal-house/ NY Post Animal House ^ {{Cite web |url=http://www.nypress.com/news/city-living-FHNP1020120927309279985 Wiggly Pups Pet Care] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://www.wigglypups.com/pandk/ P and K] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10615-019-00721-3 The Process of Integrating Animal-Assisted Therapy into Clinical Social Work Practice] ^ {{Cite web |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2019-29882-005 Traumatic pet loss and the integration of attachment-based animal assisted therapy]

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