California Board of Behavioral Sciences
Our California courses are written for licensees and associates of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS), including LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and associate MFTs, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors. Licensees complete 36 hours of continuing education every two years, including 6 hours of law and ethics each renewal, and every licensee completes a one-time 3-hour telehealth course that includes telehealth law and ethics. Associates complete 3 hours of California law and ethics during each registration renewal. Supervisors complete 15 hours of supervision training when they begin supervising and 6 hours each renewal after that. This category includes California Law and Ethics (6 hours), California Telehealth Law and Ethics (3 hours), California Law and Ethics for BBS Associates (3 hours), and California Law, Ethics, and Documentation in Clinical Supervision (6 hours), and the 15-Hour New Supervisor Package builds on the supervision course. The BBS accepts continuing education from providers approved by NBCC, and Dr. Paulson Professional Counseling LLC is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP No. 7987). These courses are designed around BBS requirements but are not approved or endorsed by the BBS. California does not use CE Broker, so licensees keep their certificates in case of a BBS audit.
Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention for California Clinicians (6 Hours)
Written for the BBS one-time 6 hour suicide risk assessment and intervention requirement.
Clinicians screen with validated tools and write a defensible risk formulation.
Counselors provide lethal means counseling and know California firearm reporting rules.
California Law and Ethics for BBS Associates: AMFTs, ASWs, and APCCs (3 Hours)
Designed for the annual 3-hour California law and ethics requirement for BBS registrants
Written from the associate's point of view, including supervision and employment rules
Covers confidentiality, records, mandated reporting, and the duty to protect under California law
California Telehealth Law and Ethics for LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs (3 Hours)
Designed to meet the BBS one-time 3-hour telehealth requirement (BPC sections 4980.395, 4996.27.1, 4999.67)
Covers 16 CCR section 1815.5 duties at the start of telehealth and at every session
All three hours address law and ethics related to telehealth
California Law and Ethics for LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs (6 Hours)
Apply current California law to confidentiality, privilege, and records
Meet child, elder, and dependent adult abuse reporting duties
Respond to danger using the duty to protect and crisis laws
California Law, Ethics, and Documentation in Clinical Supervision (6 Hours)
Meet California's supervisor qualification, training, and 60-day documentation requirements
Apply weekly supervision units, videoconference rules, and associate employment limits
Manage liability, mandated reporting, and duty to protect when supervising associates