California Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Counselor Certification Agency CADTP

Overdose Prevention & Narcan Training

Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

2 hours

The opioid crisis continues to affect individuals, families, and communities worldwide, making overdose response training a vital skill.

This course is designed to educate participants on recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose, understanding the critical steps for intervention, and effectively administering Narcan (naloxone), a life-saving medication. Participants will gain practical knowledge about opioid use, overdose prevention strategies, and harm reduction techniques.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Special Populations-Counseling Different Ethnicities, Minorities, Age Groups, Sexual Orientations and Disabilities

Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

1 hour

Effective clinical work with individuals from diverse minority groups—including those differentiated by ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, and ability status—demands both cultural competence and ongoing self-reflection. These considerations carry significant implications for counseling theory, research, practice, and professional training. This course will examine the unique needs of various special populations and guide mental health professionals in applying culturally responsive and inclusive approaches that honor cultural pluralism and promote ethical, person-centered care.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Sleep Disorders

Behavioral Technicians Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses

Jennifer Winters

Sarah Reinhart

1 hour

Sleep is a complex and essential behavioral state that occupies approximately one-third of the human lifespan. Although it is a universal and biologically necessary process, its clinical significance is often underestimated. Sleep plays a foundational role in physical health, cognitive functioning, emotional regulation, neurobiological restoration, and overall mental wellness. Disruptions in sleep are not merely secondary complaints; they can contribute to, exacerbate, or reflect underlying psychiatric, medical, and behavioral health conditions. For clinicians, understanding sleep as a core determinant of health is essential to comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and long-term client outcomes.

Course Creation Date: 5/7/2026

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Shyness: Causes, Impact and Treatment

Behavioral Technicians Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Jennifer Winters

1 hour

This course will explore how we define shyness from feeling and behavioral aspects. We will look at the various theories for causation and treatment. We will also look at how shyness is influenced by gender, age, and culture.

We will explore research and the treatments most frequently used.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

EMDR Therapy

Mental Health CE Courses

1 hour

This course provides a clinical overview of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, including its historical development and theoretical foundations. Participants will examine the primary clinical applications of EMDR and the populations for which it is most commonly utilized. The course will also outline the procedural framework of EMDR, reviewing the core phases of treatment and the mechanisms through which this therapeutic approach facilitates trauma processing and symptom reduction.

Course created 6/28/2020.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Breaking Through Denial

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

1 hour

The purpose of the course is to enhance the reader’s understanding of denial and to relate stages of denial to the corresponding stages of the disease of addiction. Denial and addiction must be treated concurrently if successful treatment is to be achieved. The course will define specific exercises that can be utilized with clients.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Care

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Rebecca Stine

1 hour

The primary purpose of mental health and substance use treatment must be the therapeutic care and treatment of individuals who are suffering from mental health and addiction issues. It must never be the financial or personal gain of the practitioner or facility. Those suffering are inevitably vulnerable.

This course will explore both fraud and waste. We will also look at strategies to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse of resources. We will explore how you can be a part of the solution.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Creative Therapies: Utilizing Art, Music, Pet, Aroma, And Dance In Therapy

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Mental Health CE Courses

Jennifer Garland

1 hour

Creative and specialized therapies can often be a roundabout way of enabling clients to open up and explore vulnerabilities more cautiously. This course will explore utilizing music, art, play, movement, pets, and aroma in therapy.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Telemental Health

Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

4 hours

Telemental health has become an increasingly established modality for delivering behavioral health services through secure, interactive audio-visual technologies. As clinical practice continues to expand beyond traditional office-based settings, mental health professionals must be prepared to evaluate when virtual care is clinically appropriate, ethically sound, and responsive to client needs.

This course examines the clinical, ethical, and practical foundations of telemental health practice. Topics include definitions and models of telemental health, potential benefits and limitations of virtual service delivery, client appropriateness and screening considerations, risk management, informed consent, confidentiality, emergency planning, and relevant professional ethical standards. The course also introduces reimbursement and documentation considerations that may affect the delivery of telemental health services across practice settings.

Course Creation Date: 5/7/2026

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

The Role of Nutrition In Recovery

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

2 hours

Addicts, more than anyone, know that what is put in the body alters health, mood, and abilities. The same holds if the substance is alcohol, other drugs, or food. Nutrition plays an important part in overall health and recovery from substance abuse.

This course will explore the connection between nutrition and drugs, how substance abuse disrupts nutrition, the nutritional side effects of detox, what nutrients can benefit recovery, and food as an addiction.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Women In Recovery

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Rebecca Stine

2 hours

Women seeking addiction treatment face unique barriers and distinctive issues or sensitivities from their male counterparts. This course will explore the treatment of substance abuse in women, how substance abuse affects relationships, psychological patterns of why women abuse substances, the significance of family history, how substance abuse affects health, codependency, co-occurring disorders, relapse prevention, and social service systems.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

2 hours

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a whole-patient approach to treating substance use disorders. Research shows that a combination of medication and behavioral therapies is most successful when treating substance-use disorders. MAT is clinically driven with a focus on individualized patient care.

*This is course does not meet the requirements under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 for physician-required training nor the qualification for a waiver to prescribe and dispense buprenorphine. This course is intended to educate professionals in the mental health and substance abuse industry on MAT.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Safety Awareness For Substance Abuse Professionals and Facilities

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

2 hours

How an organization plans for, responds to, and recovers from issues is critical to the safety of patients and employees. This course will explore conditions that pose a threat and what should be done. We will look at security measures and how to prepare them. The grievance process will also be reviewed.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Sexual Abuse and Assault

Leesa M. Robertson

1 hour

Sexual violence happens in every community and affects people of all genders and ages.

These assaults leave behind a lifetime of psychological damage.

This course will explore the terms related to sexual abuse, tactics and how alcohol and drugs play a part, signs of sexual assault, human sex trafficking, prevalence, treatment options.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Motivational Interviewing

Behavioral Technicians Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

1 hour

Motivational interviewing is a client-centered, directive counseling method aimed at enhancing intrinsic motivation that helps people resolve ambivalent feelings and insecurities to find the internal motivation they need to change their behavior.

This course will discuss ambivalence and its role in client motivation, overall and specific to substance abuse issues. We will explore the five basic principles of motivational interviewing that can be used to address ambivalence and to facilitate the change process. We will also look at approaches to use with clients in the early stages of treatment.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Ethical Considerations For Substance Abuse Counselors

Behavioral Technicians Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Roger K. Crutchfield

Sarah Reinhart

1 hour

Working in the substance abuse treatment field presents dilemmas relating to personal beliefs, judgments, and values. The history of how society views persons with addictions is fraught with emotions, misconceptions, and biases that have affected the care of drug abusers.

This course will explore the definition of ethics and how it differs from morality and law. We will look at the terms frequently used, structured processes for solving ethical issues, and potential areas of ethical challenges such as recovering addicts as professionals, e-therapy, and competence.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Treatment Planning

Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

1 hour

Successful outcomes do not come by accident. A good mental health professional will work with the client to carefully construct a treatment plan that provides the best chances of treatment success.

This course will explore treatment plans, how they are constructed, and how they can help ensure positive gains in therapy.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Emergency Response to Weapons on Site, Active Shooter and Bomb Threats

Mental Health CE Courses

1 hour

This course will briefly explore how the facility approaches weapons on-site, active shooters, and bomb threats.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Human Trafficking and Exploitation

Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

2 hours

Human trafficking is the trade of humans, most commonly for the purpose of forced labor, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others.

This course will explore what human trafficking is, how it occurs and who is most vulnerable, how to recognize risk factors, The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and the Justice for Victims Act of 2015, as well as how drug use is linked to trafficking, treatment options and procedures to helping fight this crisis.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Eating Disorders

Dental CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

1 hour

The course Eating Disorders depicts the factors that may control eating habits/disorders, the serious disturbances in eating, the cause of eating disorders, the main types of eating disorders, and when they may start.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Detox Protocol Training

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Roger K. Crutchfield

2 hours

Drug or alcohol detoxification is the first step to recovery.
A detox will withdraw clients from the drugs or alcohol they take most safely and comfortably possible. A protocol standardizes the process. This course will explore the standard practices facilities employ to assist with detoxification.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Family Counseling With Addiction Issues

Substance Abuse CE Courses

3 hours

Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy is beneficial to help resolve family issues and maladaptive transgenerational patterns. Facing issues that have created resentments, misunderstandings, and estrangement can help restore balance and the well-being of the family in therapy.

Sharing difficult emotions (e.g., fear, anger, disappointment, stress, shame, and frustration) in a safe therapeutic environment can prove to be transformational for family and individual recovery.

This course will explore the various theories that can be used with a family with addiction issues.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Disaster Preparedness for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals and Facilities 20-716018 2-Hours

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Roger K. Crutchfield

2 hours

The recent events of terror, storm destruction, and wildfires have punctuated the importance of educating all healthcare providers on emergency preparedness and bioterrorism.

This course will discuss emergencies and disasters both natural and man-made. We will explore what should be included in emergency response plans and what is needed in preparation. We will look at how mental health professionals can respond to trauma.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.

Trauma, Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation

Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses

Leesa M. Robertson

2 hours

This course provides a clinical overview of trauma, abuse, neglect, and exploitation, with an emphasis on emotional and psychological trauma across the lifespan. Participants will examine underlying causes, including commonly overlooked contributors, as well as risk factors that increase vulnerability and the impact of early life trauma on future outcomes. The course also reviews symptom presentation, indicators for professional intervention, and evidence-informed strategies to support stabilization, recovery, and ongoing resilience.

Created 10/27/2015.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.