RCW 18.19.020
Definitions. (Effective until July 1, 2009.)
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in
this section apply throughout this chapter.
(1) "Client" means an individual who receives or
participates in counseling or group counseling.
(2) "Counseling" means employing any therapeutic techniques,
including but not limited to social work, mental health
counseling, marriage and family therapy, and hypnotherapy, for a
fee that offer, assist or attempt to assist an individual or
individuals in the amelioration or adjustment of mental,
emotional, or behavioral problems, and includes therapeutic
techniques to achieve sensitivity and awareness of self and
others and the development of human potential. For the purposes
of this chapter, nothing may be construed to imply that the
practice of hypnotherapy is necessarily limited to counseling.
(3) "Counselor" means an individual, practitioner,
therapist, or analyst who engages in the practice of counseling
to the public for a fee, including for the purposes of this
chapter, hypnotherapists.
(4) "Department" means the department of health.
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department or the
secretary's designee.
[2001 c 251 § 18; 1991 c 3 § 19; 1987 c 512 § 3.]
NOTES:
Severability -- 2001 c 251: See RCW 18.225.900.
RCW 18.19.020
Definitions. (Effective July 1, 2009.)
The
definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless
the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Agency" means an agency or facility operated, licensed,
or certified by the state of Washington.
(2) "Agency affiliated counselor" means a person registered
under this chapter who is engaged in counseling and employed by
an agency.
(3) "Certified adviser" means a person certified under this
chapter who is engaged in private practice counseling to the
extent authorized in RCW 18.19.200.
(4) "Certified counselor" means a person certified under
this chapter who is engaged in private practice counseling to the
extent authorized in RCW 18.19.200.
(5) "Client" means an individual who receives or
participates in counseling or group counseling.
(6) "Counseling" means employing any therapeutic techniques,
including but not limited to social work, mental health
counseling, marriage and family therapy, and hypnotherapy, for a
fee that offer, assist or attempt to assist an individual or
individuals in the amelioration or adjustment of mental,
emotional, or behavioral problems, and includes therapeutic
techniques to achieve sensitivity and awareness of self and
others and the development of human potential. For the purposes
of this chapter, nothing may be construed to imply that the
practice of hypnotherapy is necessarily limited to counseling.
(7) "Counselor" means an individual, practitioner,
therapist, or analyst who engages in the practice of counseling
to the public for a fee, including for the purposes of this
chapter, hypnotherapists.
(8) "Department" means the department of health.
(9) "Hypnotherapist" means a person registered under this
chapter who is practicing hypnosis as a modality.
(10) "Private practice counseling" means the practice of
counseling by a certified counselor or certified adviser as
specified in RCW 18.19.200.
(11) "Psychotherapy" means the practice of counseling using
diagnosis of mental disorders according to the fourth edition of
the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders,
published in 1994, and the development of treatment plans for
counseling based on diagnosis of mental disorders in accordance
with established practice standards.
(12) "Secretary" means the secretary of the department or
the secretary's designee.
[2008 c 135 § 1; 2001 c 251 § 18; 1991 c 3 § 19; 1987 c 512 § 3.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 2008 c 135 §§ 1, 2, 7-9, and 11-19: "Sections 1, 2, 7 through 9, and 11 through 19 of this act take effect July 1, 2009." [2008 c 135 § 21.]
Severability -- 2001 c 251: See RCW 18.225.900.