Counseling

What is a Continued Subscription?

A Counseling subscription on Continued allows you unlimited access to our course library for one year (12 months). The rapidly growing Counseling course library includes live, video, audio, and text-based courses covering a wide array of topics. Join now!

To ensure uninterrupted service and continued professional development, your subscription will automatically be renewed at the end of one year using the payment method you have on file. You can manage your subscription or cancel anytime, effective the next billing cycle, by visiting your account settings or by contacting us at 866-970-4840.

How do I complete a course?

To earn credit for a course, you must view 100% of the course. After participating in a live, video, audio, or text-based course, you’ll need to get a passing score of 70% on a multiple-choice examination. You’ll get immediate feedback regarding the results of your exam, and you’ll have the opportunity to repeat the exam once if necessary.

To earn credit for a live webinar, you must be logged in for the entire event and complete the exam within seven days; for a video, audio, or text-based course, you must view 100% of course content and complete the exam within 30 days of the course registration date. If you do not complete the exam within that time, you may re-register for the course.

You can access your CE exams by clicking on Dashboard or Pending Courses on the navigation sidebar. After passing the exam, you’ll be asked to complete a course evaluation, after which your certificate of completion will be available. Please note that you will not be allowed to complete more than 24 hours of coursework on any calendar day.

Who keeps track of how many CE credits/CEUs have been earned?

Continued maintains a record of your completed coursework.

Here’s how to locate it:

Log in to your account.
Navigate to the menu panel on the left side of your window and select Transcripts.
Click Export to PDF in the upper right corner of the page.

You can also save or print your certificates individually by selecting View Certificate to the right of each course title listed on your My Transcripts page.

To view courses completed prior to the current year, you’ll need to change the start and end dates at the top of the Transcripts page and select Search. You can access this page at any time to view courses that you’ve completed.

Course Approvals

Continued is approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider™, ACEP No. 7484, and is an Approved Education Provider by the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC), Provider #283836. Continued is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. In addition, Continued Counseling is approved by many state regulatory boards to offer continuing education for counselors.

Not all courses offer equivalent credits, and it is incumbent on you as the licensee to understand the continuing education regulations for your license. When you select your state from the state drop-down menu in the course library, the text box at the top of the results provides guidance on how best to sort the library depending on the type of counseling license held. Information on our state license requirement pages provides a brief summary of the requirements for each state and additional information on how to use the Continued Counseling library to meet your continuing education needs.

What is the difference between CE credits and CEUs?

Course duration or credit is measured differently by different entities. The CEU (continuing education unit) is the internationally recognized standard for continuing education and training, developed and overseen by the International Association of Continuing Education and Training (IACET). One (1.0) CEU is defined as 10 hours of participation in coursework. Therefore, a single hour of participation in a course is equal to 0.1 CEUs. Continued is accredited by IACET and is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.

CE credits refers to the contact hours offered by NBCC and NAADAC. A CE credit, or 1.0 CE, is defined as 60 minutes of instruction.

I am a behavioral health professional, but I am not a professional counselor, marriage and family counselor, or addiction counselor. Can I take courses on Continued Counseling?

Continued Counseling courses are developed for behavioral health professionals to support CE requirements for license renewal. Considering that there is overlap in scope of practice and target client population within the behavioral health professions, some of our courses may be applicable to other professionals. It’s up to you as the licensee to select courses pertinent to your scope of practice and to determine the board rules for your particular license and state. Continued Counseling is an NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider™, ACEP No. 7484 and a NAADAC Approved Education Provider #283836.

Important Information about reporting to CE Broker

Continued will report your completed coursework to CE Broker if you are a counselor, psychologist, or social worker licensed in one of the states listed below, and if you select “yes” for reporting when you complete the exam. You may change your reporting preference until the course has been reported.

To ensure that your CE credits are correctly reported to CE Broker, you must verify that your Continued professional profile (in your account settings) is up-to-date and follows these specific formatting instructions:

Florida (Board of CSW, MFT, MHC): Include both the alpha and numeric portions of your license (e.g., MH123)
Kansas (Board of BH Sciences): Include the alpha portion, followed by a space, followed by the numeric portion, followed by an optional "-RT" (e.g. LPC 123456, LAC 123456, LPC 123456-RT, LAC 123456-RT)
Mississippi (State Board of Examiners for LPCs):
- For LPC, LPC-S: include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 1234)
- For provisional licenses: Include a “P-” followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g., P-1234)
New Hampshire (Board of Mental Health Practice): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
New Hampshire (Board of Alcohol and Other Drug Use): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 123456)
North Dakota (Board of Addiction Counseling): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 1234)
Ohio (CSWMFT Board): Include the alpha portion, followed by a period, followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g., C.1234567)
Ohio (Chemical Dependency Board): Include the alpha portion, followed by a period, followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g. CDCA.123456)
South Carolina (Board of Examiners for LPCs and Therapists): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
Tennessee (Board of LPCs, LMFTs, and CPTs): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
Tennessee (Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
West Virginia (Board of Examiners in Counseling): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)

Social Work

Florida (Board of CSW, MFT, MHC): Include both the alpha and numeric portions of your license (e.g., SW12345, CN12345, MT12345, MH12345)
Kansas (Board of BH Sciences): Include the alpha portion, followed by a space, followed by the numeric portion, followed by an optional "-RT" (e.g. LASW 123, LBSW 123456, LMSW 123456-RT, LSCSW 123456-RT)
Michigan (Board of Social Work): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 1234567891)
New Hampshire (Board of Mental Health): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
North Dakota (Board of Social Work Examiners): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
Ohio (CSWMFT Board): Include the alpha portion, followed by a period, followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g., S.1234567, W.1234567, I.1234567)
South Carolina (Board of Social Work Examiners): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 1234)
Tennessee (Board of Social Workers): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 1234)
West Virginia (Board of Social Work): Include both the alpha and numeric portions of your license (e.g., AP12345678, BP12345678, CP12345678, DP12345678, PL12345678)

Psychology

Arizona (Board of Psychologist Examiners): Include the alpha portion, followed by a hyphen, followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g., PSY-123456, BEH-123456)
Kansas (Board of BH Sciences): Include the alpha portion, followed by a space, followed by the numeric portion, followed by an optional "-RT" (e.g. LP 123456, LABA 123456, LMLP 123456-RT, LCP 123456-RT)
Florida (Board of Psychology): Include both the alpha and numeric portions of your license (e.g., PY1234, LPY123)
Florida (Department of Health - School Psychology): Include both the alpha and numeric portions of your license (e.g., SS123456)
Michigan (Board of Psychology): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 63011234567)
New Hampshire (Board of Psychologists):
- For Psychologist licenses, include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 123456)
- For other license types (School Psychologist (Doctoral/Specialist)), include the numeric and/or alpha characters of your license (e.g., 123456, SP-123)
North Carolina (Psychology Board): Include the alpha portion, followed by the numeric portion of your license (e.g., PP12345, PA123)
North Dakota (Board of Psychologist Examiners): Include the numeric and/or alpha characters of your license (e.g., 123, P123, 123P)
South Carolina (Board of Examiners in Psychology): Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345)
Tennessee Board of Examiners of Psychology: Include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 123456)
Wyoming (Board of Psychology):
- For Psychologist licenses, include only the numeric portion of your license (e.g., 12345).
- For other license types (Psychological Practitioner and Specialist in School Psychology), include the alpha portion, followed by a dash, followed by the numeric portions of your license (e.g., CPP-1234, CSSP1234)

If your profile is inaccurate, your coursework may not be reported to CE Broker. Remember that this reporting feature applies only if you’re a member of CE Broker and would like CE Broker to maintain a record of your CEUs. Please allow 15 days following the course completion date before contacting Continued regarding course reporting.

Please note that if you did not request Continued to report a course you completed more than 45 days ago, you must self-report your coursework to CE Broker. For more information about self-reporting, please visit the CE Broker website. The Continued provider number for CE Broker is 50-29950. Your Continued course certificates of completion may be submitted as documentation.

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