The dance therapist, sometimes called a movement therapist, focuses on rhythmic body movements as a medium of physical and psychological change. Dance therapy is practiced more often with mental health patients than with physically disabled patients. A master's degree is required by the American Dance Therapy Association to award the credentials Dance Therapist Registered (DTR).
| Full Name: | Dance Therapist |
| Taxonomy Code: | 225600000X |
| Level I, Provider Grouping: | Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers |
| Level II, Classification: | Dance Therapist |
| Additional Info: | Source: Joel A. DeLisa and Bruce M. Gans, Rehabilitation Medicine: Principles and Practice Second Edition, J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia: 1993, p. 11 |
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