Ethics for Maine Counseling Professionals (4 Hours)

This four hour, text-based home study course covers ethics and law for Maine licensed professional counselors, licensed clinical professional counselors, and conditional licensees. All four hours address the Board's code of ethics (02-514 CMR ch. 8-A).

Module 1 covers how Maine regulates counseling professionals: 32 M.R.S. chapter 119, the Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure, license types, supervision, and renewal and continuing education. Module 2 covers the Maine code of ethics in Chapter 8-A, complaints, and discipline. Module 3 covers confidentiality and privilege, Maine's duty to warn under 32 M.R.S. 13867, child and adult abuse reporting including the 2026 changes, and counseling minors. Module 4 covers boundaries, telehealth, Maine's 2025 law on artificial intelligence in counseling, rural and island practice, and the Counseling Compact. Each module includes a practical routine, a tool training, a skills practice, and Maine case studies. This course does not meet Maine's one-time 12-hour family and intimate partner violence training requirement.

This course is designed around the continuing education requirements of the Maine Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure and is not approved or endorsed by the Board.

Dr. Paulson Professional Counseling LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7987. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Dr. Paulson Professional Counseling LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.