⚠️ Listener Discretion Advised: This episode includes sensitive conversations about mental health, psychiatric disabilities, and stigma within the service dog community. Please take care while listening.

Emotional Support Animals and Psychiatric Service Dogs are often talked about like they’re the same — but they’re not. In this episode, Nathalie and Dakota break down the legal differences, the role each plays, and why understanding those differences truly matters.

We’ll talk about:
• What an ESA is (and isn’t)
• What qualifies a Psychiatric Service Dog under the ADA
• The difference between anxiety vs debilitating anxiety and depression vs debilitating depression
• How stigma and misinformation hurt both communities

🎙️ Listen, learn, and join the conversation as we clear up one of the most misunderstood topics in the service dog world.