Mastering Your Craft: The Role of Continuing Education in Professional Development
Access a wide range of online courses designed to help mental health professionals earn continuing education credits. Stay informed while enhancing your knowledge and skills with tailored courses for mental health professionals.
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Challenging Clients and Counselor Interpersonal Stress
Clinical work with challenging clients can haunt counselors after working hours and elicit negative experiences for professional counselors (Moore et al.,2024). However, despite the impact of challenging clients on the professional counselor, Moore et al. (2024) stated that challenging clients remain an under-researched area of inquiry. Counselors who register for this CE will understand the influence challenging client presentations have on latent counselor stress profiles. Counselors will also learn to apply implications for practice when working with challenging clients and know limitations of the study and future areas of research.
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Suicide Risk Factors Among Older Adults
Based on the counseling dissertation by Dr. Mary Chase Mize, this study, grounded in the interpersonal theory of suicide, sought to understand the relationship between proximal (thwarted belongingness; TB, perceived burdensomeness; PB) and distal (chronic pain, loneliness, and perceived social support) risk factors among older adults who receive home delivered meals (HDM). Understanding relationships between proximal and distal suicide risk factors may inform interventions for counselors to address loneliness, enhance social support, and identify suicide risk among older adults.
Ways to Receive Continuing Education Credit
Professional Development Center
Earn continuing education credit by taking advantage of ACA's online professional development programming. Here you can access innovative educational content created for the counseling profession. Learn in a variety of formats such as video-based courses, education sessions, and webinars; as well as text-based book chapters and journal articles.
ACA Conference & Expo
When you attend our flagship educational and professional development event, you'll have the opportunity to receive Continuing Education (CE) credit hours. Also as an attendee, you'll explore new strategies for self-care, advocate for the counseling care of tomorrow, and access the latest tools and resources to support your clients. Attend our conference and enjoy networking.
On-Demand Webinars
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Strategies for Creating Impact and Income in Counseling
In this May 2024 webinar, we guide you through the process of developing a comprehensive business plan & vision that aligns with your unique practice goals & values.
Counseling Workforce Report
In this town hall-style webinar, we explored the results of the ACA 2024 Counseling Workforce Survey & discussed how we can use this data to move the profession forward.
What Counselors Should Know About the DSM-5-TR?
In this March 2024 recorded webinar to familiarize yourself with salient changes in the DSM-5-TR., we walked you through the diagnostic changes and additions most likely to impact the work of counselors.
Counselor Self-Care
In this March 2024 webinar, we shared & discussed useful & practical guides for encouraging counselors to reflect on how well they are taking care of themselves in all aspects of living.
Continuing Education Approval
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
NAADAC: The Association for Addiction Professionals
Association for Play Therapy (APT)
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners
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