Occupation Atlasdance therapist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/789d9781-8724-4367-936a-3a4cb7c54315
dance therapist
Dance therapists support individuals with their emotional, mental or physical health problems helping them to improve their body awareness, self-esteem, social integration and personal development through dance and movement patterns within a therapeutic environment.
Job Zone
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- 5
Zone 5: Extensive Preparation Needed
Extensive preparation. Usually a graduate degree, with extensive skill, knowledge and experience — many of these occupations expect more than five years of experience.
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Occupational interest profile
SAISocial · Artistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.64
- A Artistic5.49
- I Investigative3.67
- R Realistic2.99
- C Conventional2.86
- E Enterprising2.32
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Art Therapists (29-1129.01): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (16)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- dance therapy
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- develop codified movements
- develop creative ideas
- harmonise body movements
- have emotional intelligence
- inspire enthusiasm for dance
- link between dance and music style
- listen actively
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- observe healthcare users
- perform dances
- provide health education
- psychological theories
- write work-related reports
Optional (21)
- apply organisational techniques
- apply risk management in sports
- autism
- be a role model in community arts
- comply with legislation related to health care
- contribute to continuity of health care
- develop methods for choreographic integration
- diagnose mental disorders
- eating disorders
- empathise with the healthcare user
- ensure safety of healthcare users
- evaluation of psychological performance
- handle patient trauma
- human physiology
- perform musical improvisations in therapy
- plan choreographic improvisation
- psychology
- psychotherapy principles
- respond to changing situations in health care
- use communication techniques
- work with healthcare users' social network
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 16 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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