Meet Billie Groom, currently serving as Vice-President of the DWAA and Founder of The Institute of Canine Psychotherapy. Billie has dedicated over thirty years to her pioneering work with dogs over the age of six months, pet-industry professionals, and pet lovers. Her unique and extensive work in the field of canine psychotherapy has led to the development of a method that prevents abuse, neglect, surrender, and euthanasia of dogs due to behaviorally-related reasons.

Billie possesses extensive hands-on experience working with hundreds of dogs internationally, including those from the fighting circuit, Korean meat market, backyard breeders, reputable breeders, and war zones, as well as discarded working dogs, and free-roaming dogs from Central America, Canadian northern reservations, and United States.

She has appeared on shows such as Roku TV, LA Tribune, and CTV, and was featured in Psychology Today Magazine. She is the winner of the American Best Book Fest Award for Pets/Narrative, Non-Fiction (2019) for her book The Art of Urban People With Adopted and Rescued Dogs Methodology.

Billie joined the DWAA in 2020 and shares that her membership has, “given me exposure to people with different experiences, interests, knowledge and viewpoints.”