ACRONYM KEY

Licensure and Certifications

  • LSW = Licensed Social Worker (1st level)

  • LCSW = Licensed Clinical Social Worker (2nd level)

  • LPC = Licensed Professional Counselor (1st level)

  • LCPC = Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (2nd level)

  • AMFT = Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (1st level)

  • LMFT = Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (2nd level)

  • R-DMT = Registered Dance/Movement Therapist

  • CST = Certified Sex Therapist

  • CADC = Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor


THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES or approaches

  • EMDR = Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing

  • CBT = Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • DBT = Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

  • ACT = Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

  • IFS = Internal Family Systems Therapy

  • HAES = Health At Every Size


ORGANIZATIONS

  • AASECT = American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists