With so many people living highly stressed out and just plain busy lives these days, more and more psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals, are finding more and more patients suffering from anxiety and other stress related syndromes and conditions. However, these same doctors are struggling themselves with traditional methods of treatment as the host of medication being offered to treat these conditions along with conservative forms of therapy are proving ineffective. One popular form of alternative therapy that has caught on recently has been “prescriptions” to engage in relaxing and down to earth activities. Some doctors have asked patients to start a garden or get into puppy rearing and I know of one man whose doctor recommended he try his hand at training havanese dogs! While the jury is still out as to the effectiveness of these new and interesting techniques, professionals seem committed to giving them a fair shot and many people have report tentative results pointing in the direction of the positive. While it will be a while before these new methods are declared a success there’s no doubt that they are worth a try.