North Carolina
Below you will find summaries of the continuing education requirements for mental health and addiction counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychologists in your state and links to the appropriate regulations.
Professions
Addiction Professionals
Precertification/Licensure
Appears training from an IC&RC and NAADAC approved provider like AllCEUs would be accepted.
100% of training may be online
Continuing Education
Appears CEUs from an IC&RC and NAADAC approved provider like AllCEUs would be accepted.
Marriage and Family Therapists
Accepted Approvals:
(b) Continuing education units that by title and content deal with marriage and family therapy
practice and therapeutic issues, ethics and supervision of marriage and family therapy shall be approved by the Board.
Mental Health Counselors
Accepted Approvals:
CRCC preapproved courses for at least 25 hours
No more than 15 hours from non-CRCC preapproved courses
Pastoral Counselors
Accepted Approvals:
A total of at least 50 hours from ALL the combined categories is required. Of the 50 hours, 20 hours must be contact hours in either Category I-Pastoral Theology, Category II-Clinical Theory and Practice, or Category III-Pastoral, Psychological and Psychiatric Diagnosis.
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.