SimplePractice Learning is proud to offer continuing education courses for California Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs). We are an approved CE provider through the CAMFT CEPA program, so our LCSW CE courses count toward California BBS requirements.
California LCSW CE Requirements
All licensees are required to complete 36 hours of CE credits every two year license renewal period. There is no limit on CE completed online via self-study.
6 credits of law and ethics CE must be completed for each renewal. 7 credits of HIV/AIDS CE must be completed prior to the first renewal. 6 credits of suicide risk assessment and intervention CE must be completed prior to licensure for new licensees, or prior to renewals for existing licensees (one-time requirement). Supervisors of ACSWs must complete a 15 hour supervision training before becoming a supervisor. Board of Behavioral Sciences CE Information
California LCSW Approval
SimplePractice is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LCSWs, and LEPs (CAMFT CEPA provider #145276). SimplePractice maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Top California LCSW CE Courses
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$69Suicide Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention
The US suicide rate is rising. So too is our knowledge of how to effectively assess and intervene. This course reviews current research and strategies to prevent suicide, including surprising findings on what doesn't work. 6 hours CE
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$19Supporting Clients through Incarceration of a Loved One
Millions of Americans are currently incarcerated. The impacts of incarceration can be far-reaching in their families and communities. In this course, learn how to provide support to clients who have loved ones in jail or prison. 1 hour CE
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$34Decolonizing Clinical Supervision
Supervision in mental health care should be about more than monitoring cases. This course focuses on the self-of-the-supervisor as a means of designing supervision from the ground up as equity work. 2.5 hours CE
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$29Therapy for Gifted Clients
Gifted clients are often articulate, intelligent, and very skilled at masking or minimizing their suffering. Learn how giftedness shows up in therapy, and how to understand and work with this unique group. 2 hours CE
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2021 California Legislative Update
This course reviews new laws in 2021 that impact California mental health professionals. Topics include child abuse reporting, mental health parity, independent contractors, licensing-related changes, and more. 1 hour CE
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Introduction to Documentation
This course provides basic instruction on documentation in mental health care. The course reviews legal and ethical requirements, common components of client files, principles of strong clinical documentation, and common mistakes. 1 hour CE
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$29Writing Clinical Letters of Referral for Gender Affirming Medical Care
Your referral letter can be the bridge allowing a trans client to receive gender-affirming hormone replacement, surgery, or other medical procedures. This course shows you how, addresses key questions, and provides letter templates. 2 hours CE
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$39Ethics in Mental Health Supervision
This workshop focuses on bringing high ethical standards to your work as a clinical supervisor. Topics include supervisory competence, evaluations, boundaries, and the supervision genogram, a useful tool at any career stage. 3 hours CE
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$24Ongoing HIPAA Compliance
If you're working in a setting with established data security policies and practices, this course can help ensure your efforts remain up to date. Includes key action items from a 2020 audit of more than 100 covered entities. 1.5 hours CE
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$29Behavioral Case Formulation
Feeling stuck in therapy, or overwhelmed with too much information about a client? Nikki Rubin is here to help, with clear tools to conceptualize cases and organize therapy. And you don't need to be a behaviorist to use them. 2 hours CE
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$19California Telehealth Law
In California, doing even a single phone session makes you a telehealth provider. This course reviews key legal requirements for starting telehealth, and for every telehealth session, for BBS licensees. 1 hour CE
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$19Panic Attacks: A Brief Intervention
Panic attacks are surprisingly common -- and may benefit from a single-session intervention. Psychologist Bonnie Zucker walks step-by-step through a process you can start to use immediately. 1 hour CE
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$24Ethics: Self-Disclosure in Therapy
How much should clients know about you? New scholarship is drawing distinctions between different kinds of self-disclosure. This course addresses such areas as religion, political affiliation, and experience with mental illness. 1.5 hours CE