Florida Mental Health Counselor CE Renewal Package - 30 Contact Hours

At the end of this package, licensees will be able to:

Trauma Processing Fundamentals for Mental Health

• Identify the PTSD subtypes as well as the other mental health diagnoses that may be found in individuals suffering from trauma-related disorders
• Describe and evaluate the various stages of the three-stage consensus model of trauma treatment
• Identify various therapeutic techniques that may be used in treating a patient suffering from trauma-related disorders

Cultural Competency in Counselling

• Describe the importance of cultural competence and how it can be achieved.
• Identify core competencies for mental health professionals related to cultural responsiveness.
• Describe the elements of culturally responsive evaluation and treatment planning

Suicide Assessment Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment

• To examine the general epidemiology of the incidence and prevalence of suicide in myriad populations in order to determine risk factors and protective factors
• To identify key risk factors and precipitating events that typically impact individual patients, such as comorbidity and situational/environmental events
• To learn interventions to manage risk factors and precipitating events, particularly for high-risk groups and individuals

Domestic Violence: An Update for Mental Health Professionals

• Define domestic violence.
• Describe the various categories of domestic violence.
• Describe the prevalence of domestic violence in the United States.
• Describe common characteristics of both domestic violence victims and perpetrators.

Laws and Rules: 3-Hour Renewal Course

• Describe the ethical and legal requirements for mental health professionals as outlined in Florida law and ethical codes
• Identify the causes and common types of ethical issues that can arise in a therapeutic relationship
• Define the core competencies of a mental health professional along with the steps that the practitioner should take to maintain competence
• Outline the steps for assessing and reducing suicide risk

Mental Health Professionals

• Identify the two primary types of medical errors
• Define an adverse event
• Explain the importance of near misses in preventing future medical errors
• Define a sentinel event
• Explain how errors are analyzed and the role of Root Cause Analysis in this process

Ethics and Boundaries: Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Counselors

• Understand ethical principles and their relationship to the counseling profession
• Comprehend the role of boundaries in counseling practice and the professional’s role in healthy boundary maintenance
• Review key points of the Florida Statutes Chapter 491 laws and rules which are in effect codified ethics
• Demonstrate the application of ethics and boundaries to practice situations common to the counseling profession
• Identify effective ways to deal with ethical and boundary issues in order to protect clients from exploitation and harm and to enhance their psychological, emotional, physical, and interpersonal wellbeing