Assistant Behavior Analysts
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 106E00000X
An assistant behavior analyst is qualified by Behavior Analyst Certification Board certification and/or a state-issued license or credential in behavior analysis to practice under the supervision of an appropriately credentialed professional behavior analyst.
An assistant behavior analyst delivers services consistent with the dimensions of applied behavior analysis and supervision requirements defined in state laws or regulations and/or national certification standards.
Standard services may include, but are not limited to, conducting behavioral assessments, analyzing data, writing behavior-analytic treatment plans, training and supervising others in the implementation of treatment plan components, and directly implementing treatment plans.
Behavior Analysts
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 103K00000X
A behavior analyst is qualified by at least a master’s degree and Behavior Analyst Certification Board certification and/or a state-issued credential (such as a license) to practice behavior analysis independently.
Behavior analysts provide the required supervision to assistant behavior analysts and behavior technicians.
A behavior analyst delivers services consistent with the dimensions of applied behavior analysis.
Standard services may include, but are not limited to, conducting behavioral assessments, analyzing data, writing and revising behavior-analytic treatment plans, training others to implement components of these plans, and overseeing their implementation.
Behavior Technicians
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 106S00000X
The behavior technician is a paraprofessional who practices under the close, ongoing supervision of a behavior analyst or assistant behavior analyst certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board and/or credentialed by a state (such as through licensure).
The behavior technician is primarily responsible for implementing components of behavior-analytic treatment plans developed by the supervisor.
That may include collecting data on treatment targets and conducting certain types of behavioral assessments (e.g., stimulus preference assessments).
The behavior technician does not design treatment or assessment plans or procedures; instead, they provide services as assigned by the supervisor responsible for their work.
Clinical Neuropsychologists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 103G00000X
A clinical psychologist who applies principles of assessment and intervention based upon the scientific study of human behavior as it relates to normal and abnormal functioning of the central nervous system.
The specialty is dedicated to enhancing the understanding of brain-behavior relationships and applying this knowledge to human problems.
Counselors
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101Y00000X
A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavioral health services through interpersonal communications and analysis.
Training and education at the specialty level usually require a master’s degree, clinical experience, and supervision for licensure or certification.
Drama Therapists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 101200000X
Drama therapists are trained in the intentional use of drama and theatre processes to achieve therapeutic goals.
Drama therapists provide psychotherapy for individuals living with mental health and behavioral concerns that may result in psychological suffering, impaired relationships, or distress in daily activities.
Drama therapy promotes wellness and healing within the context of a therapeutic relationship for individuals of varying ability levels across the lifespan.
Drama therapy can take many forms depending on individual and group needs, skill and ability levels, interests, and therapeutic goals.
Processes and techniques may include improvisation, theater games, storytelling, and enactment.
Marriage & Family Therapists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 106H00000X
A marriage and family therapist is a person with a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, or a master’s or doctoral degree in a related mental health field with substantially equivalent coursework in marriage and family therapy, who receives supervised clinical experience, or a person who meets the state requirements to practice as a marriage and family therapist.
A marriage and family therapist treats mental and emotional disorders within the context of marriage and family systems.
A marriage and family therapist provides mental health and counseling services to individuals, couples, families, and groups.
Poetry Therapists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 102X00000X
A medical or mental health professional who has attained credentials after satisfactorily completing a poetry therapy training program approved by the National Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy (NFBPT).
Training includes didactic work, peer group experience, and supervised practicum.
An NFBPT credentialed certified poetry therapist (CPT) or registered poetry therapist (PTR) integrates discussion of published literature and reflective or creative writing into the psychotherapeutic process to achieve goals of emotional well-being, symptom reduction, and improved interpersonal communication.
Certified poetry therapists and registered poetry therapists are licensed mental health professionals with advanced training in the theory and practice of poetry therapy.
CPTs and PTRs are qualified to work independently with emotionally troubled populations in clinical, rehabilitative, community, and educational institutions.
They also work with emotionally healthy individuals adjusting to developmental issues, life crises, or disabilities.
The PTR undergoes advanced-level training and fieldwork, commensurate with the highest levels of clinical practice.
The terms poetry therapy, applied poetry facilitation, journal therapy, bibliotherapy, biblio/poetry therapy, and poetry/journal therapy reflect the interactive use of literature and/or writing to promote personal growth and emotional healing.
In addition to poetry, poetry therapy encompasses all forms of written and spoken language, including stories, myths, folktales, fairy tales, and other genres of poetic expression, as well as journals, memoirs, and narratives.
The poetry therapy process integrates discussions of published literature and reflective or creative writing to facilitate the expression and communication of thoughts and feelings, thereby promoting participants’ emotional well-being.
The field of poetry therapy encompasses all of these modalities, though only a duly trained and licensed clinical practitioner can be credentialed as CPT or PTR.
Psychoanalysts
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 102L00000X
Psychoanalysis is a comprehensive, theoretical framework that, when applied to a treatment process, consists of an intensive verbal therapeutic relationship between an analyst and an analysand, aiming for symptom relief, emotional growth, and personal integration.
The psychoanalytic treatment process encompasses, but is not limited to, the recognition of unconscious processes and conflicts, the significance of developmental influences, and the impact of resistances, defenses, transference, and countertransference phenomena.
Treatment is enhanced by an understanding developed in the analyst’s training and personal analysis of unconscious manifestations, such as dreams, slips of the tongue, fantasies, and daydreams.
Psychoanalytic technique varies in relation to theoretical orientation.
Psychologists
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 103T00000X
A psychologist is an individual who is licensed to practice psychology which is defined as the observation, description, evaluation, interpretation, and modification of human behavior by the application of psychological principles, methods, and procedures, for the purpose of preventing or eliminating symptomatic, maladaptive, or undesired behavior and of enhancing interpersonal relationships, work and life adjustment, personal effectiveness, behavioral health, and mental health.
The practice of psychology includes, but is not limited to, psychological testing and the evaluation or assessment of personal characteristics, such as intelligence, personality, abilities, interests, aptitudes, and neuropsychological functioning; counseling, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, hypnosis, biofeedback, and behavior analysis and therapy; diagnosis and treatment of mental and emotional disorder or disability, alcoholism and substance abuse, disorders of habit or conduct, as well as of the psychological aspects of physical illness, accident, injury, or disability; and psycheducational evaluation, therapy, remediation, and consultation.
Psychological services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups, and the public.
Social Workers
Healthcare Taxonomy Code 104100000X
A social worker is a person who is qualified by a Social Work degree and licensed, certified, or registered by the state as a social worker to practice within the scope of that license.
A social worker provides assistance and counseling to clients and their families who are facing social, emotional, and environmental challenges.
Social work services may be rendered to individuals, families, groups, and the public.