Continuing Education

For Therapists

Self-paced, NBCC-approved CE you can earn on your own schedule — organized by Washington CE category.

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General CE

Courses intended to qualify for Washington's general CE requirement.

3 CE Hours · General

Diagnostic Decision-Making for Insurance-Based Practice

Diagnosis shouldn't feel like a guess. A clear, repeatable framework for choosing accurate, defensible DSM diagnoses in insurance-based practice — including how to rule out medical and substance-related causes with confidence.

$60

3.5 CE Hours · General

How to Know if Therapy Is Working

How do you know therapy is actually working? A practical framework for tracking client progress and outcomes — so you can see change clearly, not just hope for it.

$60

Health Equity CE

Courses intended to qualify for Washington's Health Equity CE requirement.

2 CE Hours · Health Equity

Both Sides of the Fee: Serving Clients in Poverty When You’re Not Far From It Yourself

Poverty shapes the therapy room in ways that can be easy to miss. Explore socioeconomic bias, structural barriers, documentation, ethical referral, and sustainable ways to provide equitable care.

50% off to make this course more accessible.

$40 $20

More courses on the way!

New self-paced CE is in the works — including Professional Ethics and Law, Professional Roles and Boundaries, and Suicide Assessment, Treatment, and Management. Check back, or let me know what you'd find most useful. Thanks!

Life Directions Counseling has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7883. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Life Directions Counseling is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.