Washington State Statutes - Washington Attorney Directory

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.]

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