Massachusetts
Below you will find summaries of the continuing education requirements for mental health and addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists and social workers in your state and links to the appropriate regulations.
Professions
Addiction Professionals
Precertification
“Per email from Jackie Cummins 6-29-2020 If the training is an online training then we will accept the CEUS as determined by both the IC&RC member board as well as NAADAC.
Continuing Education
Licensed Addiction Counselors
Courses from a NAADAC approved provider like AllCEUs are acceptable, but 20 hours must be live interactive.
Certified Addiction Professionals
- As of 2023 this appears to have changed and only live CEUs are accepted unless they have been preapproved by MBACC
- “Per email from Jackie Cummins 6-29-2020 If the training is an online training then we will accept the CEUS as determined by both the IC&RC member board as well as NAADAC.“
Social Workers
Accepted Approvals:
(c) The course or program has been approved for continuing education credit by a governmental agency in any other state which is responsible for the licensure, certification or registration of social workers. AllCEUs courses are approved by the Florida Board of Social Work.
Courses
Attachment
Continuing education courses on attachment theory, attachment trauma, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES), attachment styles, abandonment anxiety and more.
Addiction
Precertification/prelicensure curriculum and ongoing continuing education for addiction counselors, recovery support specialists and other addiction professionals.
Child Development & Parenting
Online courses on child development adolescent development, parenting skills and special needs of college students.
Diagnosis and Treatment
Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of common mental disorders in the DSM 5 TR and ICD-11
Goal Setting & Motivation
Explore goal setting best practices, types of motivation, ways to enhance motivation, causes for resistance and behavior modification techniques.
Integrative / Holistic & Neuropsychology
Learn about neurotransmitters, the relationship between hormones and mental health, the HPA, HPG and HPT-Axes; the gut brain axis and mental health; the importance of circadian rhythms on mental health, the connection between inflammation and mental illness and more.
Mindfulness & Meditation
Explore mindfulness and meditation practices and benefits for treating mental health issues, cognitive and attentional issues, pain, sleep disorders and more.
Older Adults
Explore unique needs of older adults, signs of dementia, dementia prevention strategies, special needs of caregivers, and communicating with the cognitively impaired.
Professional Development
Ethics, documentation, domestic violence, health and safety and supervision.
Tools and Techniques
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Person Centered Therapy. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. EMDR and more…
Trauma, Crisis and Suicide
Explore current best practices for assessment, early intervention and treatment of trauma, crisis and suicidal and nonsuicidal ideation.