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

[Robyn Flaum Cruz]

Jennifer and others having difficulty with state boards,

As I write this, ADTA is being represented at the American Association of 
State Counseling Boards annual conference in Florida.  Dance Therapy is 
being represented by Vice President Dr. Sherry Goodill, Government Affairs 
Committee Chairperson Ellen Yacoe, and Government Affairs Committee State 
Deputy Sheila Stone. Representatives of state boards from around the country 
attend this conference, and it is an important venue for getting information 
about dance therapy out to the state boards. I am sure our excellent 
representatives are working hard at this minute to make inroads and I wanted 
everyone to know!

Robyn Flaum Cruz, Ph.D., ADTR, LPC
President, ADTA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jenn at magnifymusic.com>
To: <adta at adta.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: [Adta] Re: Licensing as Professional Counselors and DMT's


> 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
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