(mostly all) Counseling related Acronyms and Abbreviations
(Plus Acronyms related to client mental or physical problems)
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BAA = Business Associate Agreement, which is an industry term for what the HIPAA regulations call a "business associate contract." Same thing. BAAs are hybrid contractual and regulatory instruments, meaning they both satisfy HIPAA regulatory requirements and create liability between the parties. More: [ https://www.aptible.com/hipaa/what-is-a-baa/ ]
BACB = Behavior Analyst Certification Board
Offering two levels of credentials, including Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) and Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA). Applicants for the BCBA must have at least a master's degree, while BCaBA applicants need at least a bachelor's degree. Eligibility to take the certification exams also requires autism coursework and experience, which may be met by certificate programs. To maintain certification, professionals meet continuing education requirements.
BBS = The Board of Behavioral Sciences
One of the boards within the California Department of Consumer Affairs and regulates California Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Educational Psychologists, interns, and Associate Clinical Social Workers.
BCaBA = Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst
Applicants for the BCaBA need at least a bachelor's degree. Eligibility to take the certification exams also requires autism coursework and experience, which may be met by certificate programs. To maintain certification, professionals meet continuing education requirements. See: BACB.
BCBA = Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Applicants for the BCBA must have at least a master's degree. Eligibility to take the certification exams also requires autism coursework and experience, which may be met by certificate programs. To maintain certification, professionals meet continuing education requirements. See: BACB.
BCBT = Board Certification in Bereavement Trauma™
The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress® is a multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma. The Academy aims to identify expertise among professionals, across disciplines, and to provide meaningful standards for those who work regularly with survivors.
BCD = Board Certified Diplomate in Clinical Social Work
Clinical social workers with a masters degree, more than five years of experience in mental health assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, who have passed an examination and met the other requirements for national certification by the American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work (ABE). Annual recertification is required.This certification is sometimes referred to in error as a BCDSW.
ATR-BC = Registered Art Therapist - Board Certified
BCDT = Board Certification in Disability Trauma ™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCDV = Board Certification in Domestic Violence™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCECR = Board Certification in Emergency Crisis Response™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCETS = Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress
This is a national certification from the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. This certification is now the international standard for clinicians performing "critical incident stress debriefings" in the aftermath of disasters or other traumatic events.
BCFT = Board Certification in Forensic Traumatology™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCIT = Board Certification in Illness Trauma™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCMHL = Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
The mission of the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law is to protect and advance the rights of adults and children who have mental disabilities. The Bazelon Center envisions an America where people who have mental illnesses or developmental disabilities exercise their own life choices and have access to the resources that enable them to participate fully in their communities.
BCRT = Board Certification in Rape Trauma™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCSA = Board Certification in Sexual Abuse™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCSCR = Board Certification in School Crisis Response™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BCSM = Board Certification in Stress Management™
A certification of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress®.
BDD = Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Body Dysmorphic Disorder is a preoccupation with some imagined defect in appearance or a markedly obsessive focus on a perceived abnormality of the nose, hair (any body part), complexion, or on the shape and weight of the body. Sufferers feel misunderstood and cannot believe that others do not see their perceived ugliness. This may manifest itself in eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa. Secrecy often delays diagnosis and treatment.
BEPP = Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD
Much attention is given to making meaning out of the traumatic experience after facing the memories via imaginary exposure. In 1980 Berthold Gersons, MD, PhD, psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at the Academical Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, started research on trauma and PTSD in the police force and established the first self-help-team in Dutch police force. Currently (2011) 10 percent of Dutch police officers are member of the 'occupational support teams' after trauma. He developed the Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy (BEPP) protocol consisting of 16-sessions for police officers and other trauma victims and showed the effectiveness in randomized trials.
BHA = Behavioral Health Agencies (Washington)
Include licensed chemical dependency agencies, community mental health centers, and problem and pathological gambling agencies.
BHO or BHOs = Behavioral Health Organizations
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: Find the BHO in your county.
BHRD = Behavioral Health and Recovery Division, Department of Community and Human Services (King County, WA.)
Provides a wide variety of services including crisis services, mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, and diversion and reentry services. high-quality behavioral health services to low-income individuals in need. Their services cover King County residents who are Medicaid eligible and meet certain medical eligibility requirements. We also provide services for low-income, non-Medicaid eligible residents. (www.kingcounty.gov/depts/community-human-services/mental-health-substance-abuse.aspx)
BIPOC = Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
The use of this acronym has been criticized..." BIPOC casually dismisses Latinos because we are lumped into POC part of the acronym, or the People of Color (POC). Are we not all People of Color, Black, Indigenous (and Latinos and Asians)?... People of Color seems fine to me, since we cannot avoid being identified as different by the average white American. (from Carlos B. Gil, an emeritus professor at the UW, in ' MY TAKE' column, special to the Seattle Times, 6/5/21.)
BMCH = BodyMind Counseling Hpynotherapist
A training facility certification by BodyMind Academy in Bellevue, Washington. [Thanks to Ayhan Yavuz, BMCH, Bellevue, Washington.]
BMI = Body Mass Index, used to determine whether a persons' weight is optimal and as an estimate of a person's proportion of body fat.
There are four categories of BMI: Underweight, less than 18.5; Normal weight, 18.5 to 24.9; Overweight, 25 to 29.9; Obesity, 30 or higher. Our bodies need some fat to perform everyday functions. But carrying too much can raise your risk heart disease, diabetes and certain cancers. Measuring Body Mass Index starts with a waist measurement. Here’s how to accurately measure it. 1. Stand and place a tape measure around your bare waist—at or just below your belly button. 2. Keep the tape snug but not so tight that is compresses the skin. 3. Relax and let your breath out before measuring. 4. Do it at least twice to get an accurate reading. Ideally, your waist size should be no more than on-half of your height in inches. Use that waist measurement on an online BMI calculator.
CD's Adult BMI Calculator -- For people 20 years old and older.
CDC's BMI Percentile Calculator for Child and Teen -- for people 2 through 19 years old.
BSFT = Brief Structural Family Therapy
Developed by Jose Szapocznik, Phd, "is based on the Structural Family Therapy work of Minuchin (1974) and Aponte and Van Deusen (1981). It is a flexible model with the length of intervention tailored to the special needs of each family. The typical duration lasts 12 to 16 weeks, and its core components are joining, family-pattern diagnosis and restructuring."
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