Tennessee Board for Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marital and Family Therapists and Licensed Clinical Pastoral Therapists

42 CFR Federal Alcohol And Drug Abuse Confidentiality Regulations
Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses
Leesa M. Robertson
2 hours
Updated June 3, 2026

The 42 CFR Part 2 regulations serve to protect patient records created by federally assisted programs for the treatment of substance use disorders. Part 2 has been revised to further facilitate better coordination of care in response to the opioid epidemic while maintaining its confidentiality protections against unauthorized disclosure and use. This course will explore these regulations.

 

Course Creation Date:  6/2/2026

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Sleep Disorders
Behavioral Technicians Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses
Jennifer Winters
Sarah Reinhart
1 hour
Updated May 8, 2026

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

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EMDR Therapy
Mental Health CE Courses
1 hour
Updated April 2, 2026

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.

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Breaking Through Denial
Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses
1 hour
Updated June 19, 2026

This course is designed to enhance participants’ clinical understanding of denial as a cognitive, emotional, and behavioral process commonly associated with substance use disorders. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between denial and the progression of addictive disease, including how denial may interfere with insight, motivation for change, treatment engagement, relapse prevention, and long-term recovery.

Participants will examine denial as a treatment barrier that must be addressed concurrently with the underlying substance use disorder. The course explores common forms and stages of denial, their connection to the addiction cycle, and the ways denial may present in client communication, behavior, and resistance to treatment. Practical intervention strategies and structured therapeutic exercises are introduced to help clinicians support clients in increasing awareness, reducing defensiveness, improving accountability, and strengthening readiness for recovery.

This course is offered online. Internet connection required.
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Telemental Health
Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses
Leesa M. Robertson
4 hours
Updated May 9, 2026

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.
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The Role of Nutrition In Recovery
Behavioral Technicians CAP/CAC/MCAP Healthcare CE Courses Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses
2 hours
Updated June 7, 2026

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.
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Motivational Interviewing
Behavioral Technicians Mental Health CE Courses Substance Abuse CE Courses
Leesa M. Robertson
1 hour
Updated April 2, 2026

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.

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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
Updated April 2, 2026

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.
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