- APA
- ASWB ACE
- NBCC 5951
36 CE credit hours required every 2 years — 36 may be earned with CE-Credit.com.
Applies To:
- California Social Workers
- California Counselors
- California Marriage & Family Therapists
CE-Credit.com home study courses meet qualifications for continuing education credit for MFT’s and/or LCSW’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. CE-credit.com maintains responsibility for the courses.
All our distant learning (online/homestudy) courses are considered “interactive” and available for your 36 credit hours.
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Effective January 1, 2021, California requires 6 credits are required in suicide risk and assessment. This is a one time requirement.
All licensees, must certify completion of continuing education on their renewal application. Random CE audits ensure compliance. If audited, you will receive a letter from the Board requesting copies of your continuing education certificates or course documentation as proof of compliance.
Board Contact Info
Board of Behavioral Sciences
Phone: 916-574-7830
http://www.bbs.ca.gov
Law and Ethics, 6.00 CE credit hours
MFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs are required to complete 6 hours of Law and Ethics training with every renewal. You need to select appropriate ethics courses totaling 6 or more credit hours and then you must review your laws and regulations (https://www.bbs.ca.gov/pdf/publications/lawsregs.pdf). The two courses listed under the Telehealth requirement can also be used as ethics courses if you have already met the Telehealth requirement.
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CE-Credit.com offers 28 courses applicable to this requirement.
103483: Therapist Self-disclosure, Countertransference, and Self Care in the Current Work Environment, 3 CE credit hours - 103472: Termination and Abandonment: Best Ethical Practices for Clinicians, 3 CE credit hours
- 103447: The Interplay of Ethics & Motivational Interviewing!, 3 CE credit hours
- 103438: Ethical Challenges in Mental Health Practice Presented by the Use of Technology, 3 CE credit hours
- 103386: Spirituality, Diversity, and Ethical Decision-Making: The Inclusive Wesleyan Quadrilateral Discernment Model, 1 CE credit hour
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HIV/AIDS, 7.00 CE credit hours
All licensees are required to complete continuing education coursework in the characteristics and methods of assessment and treatment of people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) during their first renewal period after the adoption of these regulations. The coursework must total seven (7) hours.
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CE-Credit.com offers 7 courses applicable to this requirement.
103039: Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders, 4 CE credit hours - 103008: End-of-Life Care and Bereavement Issues in HIV/AIDS, 1 CE credit hour
- 103000: Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples, 1.75 CE credit hour
- 102852: Drugs and HIV in People Over 50, 2.25 CE credit hours
- 102698: Challenges Facing a Rural Opioid Epidemic-Treatment and Prevention of HIV and Hepatitis C, 1.5 CE credit hour
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Suicide, 6.00 CE credit hours
Suicide risk assessment and intervention is a one time requirement.
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CE-Credit.com offers 30 courses applicable to this requirement.
103576: The Co-occurrence of Self-Harm and Aggression, 1.5 CE credit hour - 103569: Psychosocial Interventions for Self-harm in Adults, 8 CE credit hours
- 103513: Suicide and Suicidality in Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders: A Systematic Review, 1 CE credit hour
- 103462: National Guidelines for Child and Youth Behavioral Health Crisis Care, 2.75 CE credit hours
- 103445: Adolescent Suicide—Understanding Unique Risks and Opportunities for Trauma Centers to Recognize, Intervene, and Prevent a Leading Cause of Death, 1 CE credit hour
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Telehealth, 3.00 CE credit hours
Legal and ethical issues related to telehealth is a one time requirement. The courses listed here can be used for the ethics requirement if you have already completed the one time Telehealth requirement.
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CE-Credit.com offers 1 course applicable to this requirement.
103340: Walking the Ethical Line in Providing Telemental Health Services, 3 CE credit hours
Course Description | Medium |
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A Meta-analytic Review of Anger Management Activities That Increase Or Decrease Arousal: What fuels or douses rage?
1.75 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Prevention and Treatment of Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among College Students
3.25 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Suicide |
Reading-Based Online |
Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Sexual Abuse; Domestic Violence; Application to Practice; Family/Couple |
Reading-Based Online |
A Community Engaged Approach in Adapting Motivational Interviewing and Skills Training for Native Americans With Experiences of Substance Misuse
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Cultural & Racial Diversity; Treatment Knowledge; Cultural Diversity; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Application of Positive Psychology in Digital Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials
1.5 CE credit hour
Children and Adolescents; Clinical Topics & Methods; Technology and Counseling |
Reading-Based Online |
Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Domestic Violence; Ethics; Application to Practice; Family/Couple; Aging, Long Term Care; Professional Readiness |
Recorded Webinar |
Psychological Well-being and Cognitive Aging in Black, Native American, and White Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center Participants
1 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Aging, Long Term Care |
Reading-Based Online |
Using Drama Therapy to Enhance Maternal Insightfulness and Reduce Children's Behavior Problems
1.25 CE credit hour
Children and Adolescents |
Reading-Based Online |
Pain Control With EMDR, Part 2: Research and Theory
11 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult) |
Book |
Pain Control With EMDR, Part I: Research and Theory
5 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Clinical Disorders (Adult) |
Book |