More and more parts of the mental health profession are moving to an online platform. This includes continuing education courses, and CEUs, required to maintain and renew licensing statuses. 

Today we are going to discuss the benefits and options available for social work and professional counselor continuing education (CEU) courses. 

There is a vital need for social workers and licensed professional counselors to have access to and participate in mental health CEUs to be equipped with up-to-date knowledge and skills to treat the communities served.

Whether you are an LPC, LMFT, LMSW, LCSW, or equivalent license in your state, continuing education is a requirement for maintaining a current license to practice. But have you considered how to get the most out of your continuing education requirements?

Whether you are an LPC, LMFT, LMSW, LCSW, or equivalent license in your state continuing education is a requirement for maintaining a current license to practice. There are less traditional ways to earn CEU towards your license renewal requirements.

Record keeping for continuing education units (CEUs) is an important practice that is not always fully discussed by licensed mental health professionals. Whether you are an LPC, LMFT, LMSW, LCSW, or equivalent, CEUs are a requirement, and appropriate record-keeping of these hours is imperative. 

When was the last time that you looked at your state licensing requirements for continuing education? Most of us remember the total number of continuing education hours (CEU)  that are required for each license renewal, but some licenses have some additional specifications that may require a bit more attention.

The ethics CEU: Why does the specific type of CEU tend to be the CEU that everyone is scrambling for at the end of their license renewal? We all want to be ethical therapists, social workers, counselors, and mental health workers, but why are ethics trainings, so elusive?

Audit. This word brings about anxiety for many. But what should you be worried about related to an audit of your continuing education? Is this something that should bring about concern?