Allied health profession disciplines
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Art Therapists
Art therapists provide a psychotherapeutic intervention which enables clients to effect change and growth by the use of art materials to gain insight and promote the resolution of difficulties.
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)
Drama Therapists
Drama therapists encourage clients to experience their physicality, to develop an ability to express the whole range of their emotions and to increase their insight and knowledge of themselves and others.
British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth)
Music Therapists
Music therapists facilitate interaction and development of insight into clients' behaviour and emotional difficulties through music.
Association of Professional Music Therapists
Chiropodists/podiatrists
Chiropodists/podiatrists diagnose and treat abnormalities of the foot. They give professional advice on prevention of foot problems and on proper care of the foot.
Feet For Life - the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists
Dietitians
Dietitians translate the science of nutrition into practical information about food. They work with people to promote nutritional well being, prevent food-related problems and treat disease.
British Dietetic Association
Occupational therapists
Occupational therapists assess, rehabilitate and treat people using purposeful activity and occupation to prevent disability and promote health and independent function.
British Association/College of Occupational Therapists
Orthoptists
Orthoptists diagnose and treat eye movement disorders and defects of binocular vision.
British and Irish Orthoptic Society
Orthotists
Orthotists design and fit orthoses (callipers, braces) which provide support to a part of a patient's body to compensate for paralysed muscles, provide relief from pain or prevent physical deformities from progressing.
British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
Prosthetists
Prosthetists provide care and advice on rehabilitation for patients who were born without a limb, fitting the best possible artificial replacement.
British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists
Physiotherapists
Physiotherapists assess and treat people with physical problems caused by accident, ageing, disease or disability, by using physical approaches in the alleviation of all aspects of the person's condition.
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
Diagnostic radiographers
Diagnostic radiographers produce high quality images on film and other recording media, using all kinds of radiations.
The Society and The College of Radiographers
Therapeutic radiographers
Therapeutic radiographers treat mainly cancer patients, using ionising radiations and sometimes, drugs. They provide care across the entire spectrum of cancer services.
The Society and The College of Radiographers (SCoR)
Speech and language therapists
Speech and language therapists work with people with communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists