Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Safety and Professional Services › SPS 1-299 - Professional Services › SPS 140-149 - Music, Art and Dance Therapy › Chapter SPS 140 - Authority, purpose and definitions › Section SPS 140.02 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
As used in chs.
					 SPS 140 to
					 142, unless the context otherwise
					 requires:
(1) "ADTR" means the Academy
				  of Dance Therapists Registered, as well as a member of the Academy of Dance
				  Therapists Registered.
(2) "ATR"
				  means art therapist registered.
(3)
				  "Art therapy" means the specialized, professional and psychotherapeutic use of
				  art media, images, the creative art process, and client responses to the
				  created art productions as reflections of an individual's development,
				  abilities, personality, interests, concerns, and conflicts. "Art therapy" is
				  based on knowledge of human development and theories which are implemented in
				  the full spectrum of models of assessment and treatment including educational,
				  cognitive, transpersonal, and other therapeutic means of reconciling emotional
				  conflicts, fostering self-awareness, developing social skills, managing
				  behavior, solving problems, reducing anxiety, aiding reality orientation, and
				  increasing self-esteem. Art therapists serve individuals, couples, families and
				  groups. "Art therapy" may include the use of elements of other art
				  forms.
(4) "ATR-BC" means art
				  therapist registered-board certified.
(5) "DTR" means dance therapist
				  registered.
(6) "Dance therapy"
				  means the specialized, professional and psychotherapeutic use of movement and
				  dance. This is a process which furthers the emotional, cognitive, social and
				  physical integration of the individual. It uses psychotherapeutic models for
				  assessment and intervention and is practiced in a wide variety of settings.
				  "Dance therapy" may be appropriate for groups and individuals of all ages and
				  conditions of need. "Dance therapy" may include the use of elements of other
				  art forms.
(7) "Department" means
				  the department of safety and professional services.
(8) "License to practice psychotherapy" or
				  "psychotherapy license" means a credential issued by the department to a
				  registrant that authorizes the registrant to practice psychotherapy within the
				  registrant's competence, education, training and experience.
(9) "Licensee" means a person registered as a
				  music therapist who is granted a license to practice psychotherapy (MTRL), a
				  person registered as an art therapist who is granted a license to practice
				  psychotherapy (ATRL), or a person registered as a dance therapist who is
				  granted a license to practice psychotherapy (DTRL), as provided by s.
				  440.03(14)
				  (am), Stats.
(10) "Music therapy" means the specialized,
				  professional, therapeutic use of music in the service to individuals with needs
				  in mental health, physical health, habilitation, rehabilitation, special
				  education, self-care or personal growth. The purpose of music therapy is to
				  assist and empower individuals to attain or maintain their maximum level of
				  functioning and highest quality of life. "Music therapy" may include the use of
				  elements of other art forms.
(11)
				  "Psychotherapy" has the meaning specified in s.
				  457.01(8m),
				  Stats.
(13) "Registrant" means a
				  person who is granted a registration as a music therapist (WMTR), an art
				  therapist (WATR), or a dance therapist (WDTR) by the department.