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Ethics: Practice of Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage & Family Therapists

Tracking # 20-803282

$35.00

4.3 (344 ratings)
Educator SMARTCE
CE Broker Reporting Reported automatically
Method Computer-Based Training

What you'll learn

Upon completion of the course, the participant will be able to:


  • 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
  • Obtain an overview of the ethical codes of major counseling organizations
  • Review key points of the Florida Statutes Chapter 491 laws and rules which are in effect codified ethics
  • Learn ethical decision-making models designed for the counseling profession
  • 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

Course overview

The Ethics: Practice of Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage & Family Therapists fulfill mental health requirements of Professional Ethics and Boundary Issues by discussing the Statutes, providing ethical decision-making models, reviewing malpractice, and more. This online course can be conveniently completed from your computer or mobile device at your own pace. Your course completion will be reported to CE Broker automatically for credit toward your license renewal.

Subject areas

This course counts toward the state boards and subject areas below.

Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling

Certified Master Social Worker

6h Professional Ethics and Boundary Issues

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

6h Professional Ethics and Boundary Issues

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

6h Professional Ethics and Boundary Issues

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

6h Professional Ethics and Boundary Issues

Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board

Licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist

6h Ethics for Marriage and Family Therapists

Licensed Independent Social Worker

6h Ethics for Social Workers

Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

6h Ethics for Counselors

Licensed Professional Counselor

6h Ethics for Counselors

Licensed Social Worker

6h Ethics for Social Workers

Marriage and Family Therapist

6h Ethics for Marriage and Family Therapists

Registered Social Worker Assistant

6h Ethics for Social Workers

Disclosure statements

It is the policy of SmartCE not to accept any commercial support for any course(s). SmartCE courses can be taken at-your-own-pace, online from any device and they report to CE Broker within 24 hours.

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