25-23.6-1-5. “Marriage and Family Therapist”
Sec. 5. “Marriage and family therapist” means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-8. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.147-1997, SEC.20; P.L.122-2009, SEC.18.
25-23.6-1-5.5. “Mental Health Counselor”
Sec. 5.5. “Mental health counselor” means an individual who is licensed under IC 25-23.6-8.5. As added by P.L.147-1997, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.122-2009, SEC.19.
25-23.6-1-5.6. “Mental Health Diagnosis”
Sec. 5.6. (a) “Mental health diagnosis” means the evaluation of mental, emotional, behavioral, and addictive disorders and conditions by an individual who: (1) uses accepted classifications, including the most current version of: (A) the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM); and (B) the International Classification of Diseases (ICD); and (2) […]
25-23.6-1-5.7. “Practice of Addiction Counseling”
Sec. 5.7. (a) “Practice of addiction counseling” means the providing of professional services that are delivered by a licensed addiction counselor, that are designed to change substance use or addictive behavior, and that involve specialized knowledge and skill related to addictions and addictive behaviors, including understanding addiction, knowledge of the treatment process, application to practice, […]
25-23.6-1-5.9. “Practice of Clinical Addiction Counseling”
Sec. 5.9. “Practice of clinical addiction counseling” means the providing of professional services that are delivered by a licensed clinical addiction counselor, that are designed to change substance use or addictive behavior, and that involve specialized knowledge and skill related to addictions and addictive behaviors, including understanding addiction, knowledge of the treatment process, application to […]
25-23.6-1-6. “Practice of Clinical Social Work”
Sec. 6. “Practice of clinical social work” means professional services that are designed to help individuals, marriages, couples, families, groups, and communities to enhance or restore their capacity for functioning by: (1) assisting in the obtaining or improving of tangible social and health services; (2) providing a mental health diagnosis; (3) using appraisal instruments as […]
25-23.6-1-7. “Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy”
Sec. 7. “Practice of marriage and family therapy” means a specialty that: (1) uses an applied understanding of the dynamics of marital, relational, and family systems, and individual psychodynamics; (2) uses counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques; (3) provides a mental health diagnosis and treats mental and emotional conditions, resolves intrapersonal and interpersonal conflict, and changes perceptions, […]
25-23.6-1-7.5. “Practice of Mental Health Counseling”
Sec. 7.5. “Practice of mental health counseling” means a specialty that: (1) uses counseling and psychotherapeutic techniques based on principles, methods, and procedures of counseling that assist people in identifying and resolving personal, social, vocational, intrapersonal, and interpersonal concerns; (2) uses counseling to provide a mental health diagnosis and treat emotional and mental problems and […]
25-23.6-1-8. “Practice of Social Work”
Sec. 8. (a) “Practice of social work” means professional services that are designed to effect change in human behavior, emotional responses, and social conditions of individuals, couples, families, groups, and communities and that involve specialized knowledge and skill related to human development, including an understanding of unconscious motivation, the potential for human growth, the availability […]
25-23.6-1-9. “Psychotherapy”
Sec. 9. “Psychotherapy” means the assessing and treating of mental and emotional disorders by any of the various means of communication between the social worker practitioner and the client. As added by P.L.186-1990, SEC.9.
25-23.6-1-9.5. “Relational”
Sec. 9.5. “Relational” means services that a marriage and family therapist or marriage and family therapist associate delivers at the same time and in the same location to at least two (2) individuals who share a relationship beyond the therapy session. As added by P.L.49-2019, SEC.1.