Applies To:
- Florida Social Workers
- Florida Counselors
- Florida Marriage & Family Therapists

Addiction Counselor CE’s distant learning courses meet qualifications for continuing education credit for MFT’s, LCSW’s, LMHC’s, as required by the Florida Board, and is fully compatible with Florida’s CE Broker system. Simply enter your Florida state license code using the link provided in your member account.
Licensees are required to completed 30 credit hours every renewal period.
Continuing Education Requirements:
- General Hours: 25 hours required every biennium
- Medical Errors: 2 hours required every biennium
- Ethics & Boundaries or Telehealth: 3 hours required every biennium
- Laws & Rules: 3 hours required every third biennium
- Domestic Violence: 2 hours required every third biennium
Qualified Supervisors must take a 4 credit Qualified Supervisor training every third biennium. We do not currently offer a course that meets this requirement.
View the “Special Requirements” tab for ethics, laws and rules, medical errors, and domestic violence courses that are approved by the board.
Addiction Counselor CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved to offer continuing education courses by the Association of State Social Work Boards (ASWB #1020) and National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC #5951). CE Learning Systems maintains responsibility for the courses.
Board Contact Info
4042 Bald Cypress Way
Tallahassee , FL
Phone: 850-488-0595
Website: https://floridasmentalhealthprofessions.gov
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Prevention of Medical Errors, 2 CE credit hours
We recommend Medical (Behavioral Healthcare Practice) Errors, course # 101522.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 1 course applicable to this requirement.
101522: Medical (Behavioral Healthcare Practice) Errors, 4 CE credit hours
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Laws and Rules, 3 CE credit hours
Every third biennum after initial licensure, a licensee must complete 3 hour laws and rules continuing education units.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 1 course applicable to this requirement.
102084: A Review of the Florida Laws and Rules for Mental Health Practitioners, 3 CE credit hours
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Ethics and Boundaries, 3 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 26 courses applicable to this requirement.
103251: Protecting Children from Child Neglect & Supporting Families, 3 CE credit hours - 103233: Children Or Family First:, 3 CE credit hours
- 103209: Ethics and Prize-based Contingency Management, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103199: 2020 AMHCA Code of Ethics, 2 CE credit hours
- 103196: Advanced Ethical Issues for Mandated Reporters of Child Maltreatment, 3 CE credit hours
- View All 26 Courses
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Domestic Violence, 2 CE credit hours
Every third renewal, you must complete a two hour continuing education course on domestic violence.
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 13 courses applicable to this requirement.
103266: Is All Dating Violence Equal?, 2.25 CE credit hours - 103245: Violence Against Older Women, 3 CE credit hours
- 103235: Improving the Mental Health of Women Intimate Partner Violence Survivors:, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103214: Impacts of Male Intimate Partner Violence on Women: A Life Course Perspective, 1 CE credit hour
- 103035: Cognitive Behavioral Group Therapy for Male Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence-a Systematic Review, 1 CE credit hour
- View All 13 Courses
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Telehealth, 3 CE credit hours
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Addiction Counselor CE offers 10 courses applicable to this requirement.
103270: “It’s Splendid Once You Grow Into It:” Client Experiences of Relational Teletherapy in the Era of COVID-19, 1 CE credit hour - 103268: Online and Distance Behavioral Health Practitioners: Ethics and Risk-management Challenges, 3 CE credit hours
- 103267: Covid 19 and Telehealth With Children: What Have We Learned, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103254: Risk Assessment and Crisis Intervention for Youth in a Time of Telehealth, 1.5 CE credit hour
- 103230: Lessons Learned Conducting Dialectical Behavior Therapy Via Telehealth in the Age of COVID-19, 1.5 CE credit hour
- View All 10 Courses
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Sex Therapy Training (Applies only for sex therapist)
This specialized topic requires special board approval.
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We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Hypnosis Training (Applies only for those performing hypnotherapy)
Courses for this specialized topic require special approval from the board.
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We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Supervisory Initial Training (Applies to supervisors), 12 CE credit hours
Courses for this specialized topic of training requires special approval from the board and it must be 16 hours of live interaction training. This requirement cannot be fulfilled with online coursework. Please check your state board requirements.
This requirement cannot be completed with online coursework.
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Qualified Supervisor Renwal Course, 4 CE credit hours
This course meets the requirement of section 64B-6.0025 for qualified supervisors looking to renew their qualified supervisor status.
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We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
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Course Description | Medium |
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Interventions to Reduce Opioid Use in Youth At-risk and in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders:: A Scoping Review
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Children and Adolescents; Application to Practice; Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Human Trafficking
3 CE credit hours
Sexual Abuse; Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Application to Practice |
Recorded Webinar |
Mental Disorder and Opioid Overdose: a Systematic Review
1.25 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice |
Reading-Based Online |
Does DBT Based Group Treatment Help Adults With ADHD? (RCT Study)
1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge |
Reading-Based Online |
Online and Distance Behavioral Health Practitioners: Ethics and Risk-management Challenges
3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling; Ethics |
Recorded Webinar |
The Shame Spiral of Addiction: Negative Self- Conscious Emotion and Substance Use
1 CE credit hour
Understanding Addiction; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Reading-Based Online |
A Self-Inquiry Into Race Socialization & Internalized Whiteness: For Therapists Treating Racial Trauma Among BIPOC Clients
3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Clinical Topics & Methods; Cultural Diversity; Professional Readiness; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Recorded Webinar |
Internal Family Systems Therapy: Why It Works & How to Know If It’s a Good Fit
3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Counseling (Theory and Techniques); Treatment Knowledge |
Recorded Webinar |
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Moving Beyond Cultural Competence to Cultural Intelligence
3 CE credit hours
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Cultural Diversity; Professional Readiness; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Recorded Webinar |
MI and American Indian and Alaskan Native Clients
1.75 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; Counseling (Theory and Techniques) |
Reading-Based Online |