Introduction
People Always Ask Me，
\"What is a Cat Therapist?\"
I AM REPEATEDLY ASKED， \"What is a cat therapist?\"， \"What do
you do?\" and \"How did you become one?\" My answer is that
I help people understand their cats day-to-day needs， so that
person and cat can relate in a way that promotes the emotional
and physical health of both. But many of my cases involve cats
who have already developed emotional problems which have
precipitated behavioral disorders. Subsequently， emotional
problems often trigger medical problems. That s why 1 feel it is
imperative to treat the \"total cat.\"
Because the in-depth understanding of human behavior has
only been manifested since Freud s work at the end of the last
century， it isn t astounding that as recently as 1977 I was
referred to as \"the country s founding mother of a cat psy-
choanalysis.\"
\"The bedrock of the practice of psychiatry is the belief that
people have inner lives， that their symptoms are manifestations
of stress and that a therapist has access to understanding by
training and empathy. Problems are eased or cured by provid-
ing an atmosphere in which stress is lessened， so the patient can
have the opportunity to learn new coping mechanisms. Some-
times medication is prescribed for relief of symptoms while the
patient tries out new behaviors. Carole Wilbourn， a therapist，
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