Ohio Admin. Code 4757-18-04 - Scope of practice for an art therapist
(A)
Art therapy means the integrated use of
psychotherapeutic principles and methods with art media and the creative
process to assist individuals, families, or groups in doing any of the
following:
(1)
Improving cognitive and sensory motor
function.
(2)
Increasing self-awareness and
self-esteem.
(3)
Coping with symptoms related to stress, anxiety, grief,
guilt, anger, and traumatic experiences.
(4)
Enhancing
cognitive abilities.
(5)
Resolving conflicts and distress.
(6)
Enhancing social
functioning.
(7)
Reducing psychiatric symptoms of mental health
disorders such as, but not limited to depression, anxiety, posttraumatic
stress, and attachment disorders.
(8)
Explore feelings,
gain insight into behaviors, and reconcile emotional conflicts.
(9)
Improve school
performance, family functioning and parent/child relationship.
(B)
Art
therapy includes:
(1)
Therapeutic intervention to facilitate alternative
modes of receptive and expressive communication, evaluation, and assessment to
define and implement art-based treatment plans to address cognitive,
behavioral, developmental, and emotional needs within a therapeutic
relationship.
(2)
Clinical appraisal and treatment activities during
individual, couples, family or group sessions, which provide opportunities for
expression through the creative process.
(3)
Using the process
and products of art creation to explore client inner fears, conflicts, and core
issues with the goal of improving physical, mental and emotional functioning
and well-being;
(4)
Using art therapy assessments to determine treatment
goals and implement therapeutic art interventions which meet developmental,
mental, and emotional needs.
(C)
Practice of art
therapy means the rendering or offering to render art therapy in the prevention
or treatment of cognitive, developmental, emotional, or behavioral disabilities
or conditions.
(D)
Provide training supervision for students and persons
completing supervised experience to qualify for a license as a licensed
professional art therapist when services are within their scope of
practice.
(E)
Persons completing supervised experience to qualify for
a license as an art therapist may work in the scope of practice of an art
therapist, provided that experience is completed under the supervision of a
licensed art therapist and the person under supervision does not hold herself
or himself out as a person licensed or registered under this
chapter.
(F)
Beginning one year after October 3, 2023, no person
shall knowingly engage in the practice of art therapy or use the title "art
therapist" or a similar title unless the person holds a valid license issued
under this chapter that is in good standing.
(G)
This rule does
not apply to members of other professions licensed, certified, or registered by
this state while performing services within the recognized scope, standards,
and ethics of their respective professions.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 4757.10
Rule Amplifies: 4757.01, 4757.10
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