[Adta] Re: Licensing as Professional Counselors and DMT's

[jenn at magnifymusic.com]

Hello everyone: As some of you are aware, we are "re-engaged" with a
dialogue with the Texas Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors,
since they state they have determined in the past that dance/movement
therapy is a counseling modality, but the degree is not "counseling
related."  The upshot of this is that they are refusing to look at degrees
with that title, and have refused a few of us over the past year in
obtaining the LPC license.  I have a lawyer working on the case and he
suggested to me that, in order to show the board a sense of cohesion among
our discipline, to have former students or perhaps even "heads" of these
Departments that offer the masters degree, place the classes in the
categories designated by the Texas Board to be within their requirements. 
I have done this with Columbia and I know Suzy Matheson has done it with
Antioch, however it would be most helpful to us if some of the former
students of Naropa, Pratt, Hahnemann, etc, could do the same.  Their
requirements are nothing new--etc: Human Development, Abnormal human
behavior, Appraisal or assessment techniques, counseling theories,
Counseling methods or techniques, Research, Lifestyle and career
development, social cultural and family issues, Professional orientation,
and practicum.  It would also be helpful to know if any of the DMTs that
have been licensed by your particular state were required to obtain
additional supervision by an LPC or type-supervisor, rather than having
your ADTR supervision count when it was also under the review of a
psychiatrist, for example.
Thanks in advance for your time and efforts.  We are working hard to set a
final precendent here in order for us to be viewed as the experienced and
knowledgeable clinicians that we are.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Edwards, MA, ADTR, NCC