Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a dance therapist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a dance therapist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as movement therapist.

Professionals 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: animal assisted therapist, 42%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
animal assisted therapist 42% covered recreational therapist 30% covered dental hygienist 27% covered herbal therapist 25% covered healthcare assistant 24% covered dance therapist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from dance therapist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a dance therapist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A dance therapist needs 16 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • dance therapy health and welfare
  • assess the patient's therapeutic needs information skills
  • link between dance and music style arts and humanities
  • harmonise body movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • inspire enthusiasm for dance management skills
  • observe healthcare users information skills
  • have emotional intelligence assisting and caring
  • develop codified movements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • perform dances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • psychological theories social sciences, journalism and information
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a dance therapist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Dance therapist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a dance therapist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.