Mastering Your Craft: The Role of Continuing Education in Professional Development
Access a wide range of online courses designed to help mental health professionals earn continuing education credits. Stay informed while enhancing your knowledge and skills with tailored courses for mental health professionals.
Structural Vulnerability Framework: An Application to Professional Counselors Free CE
Explore the Structural Vulnerability Framework (SVF) and its domains and learn how SVF can reduce stigma, improve engagement for marginalized communities and inform counseling interventions.
ACA Members
FREE
Nonmembers
$30
Continuing Education: 1.0 credit hour
So Many Feelings: Integrating Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Featured CE
Examine the current research and assumptions of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT), explore the conceptualization of emotion through the EFCT perspective and interventions, and identify strategies to integrate EFCT in clinical practice.
ACA Members
$15
Nonmembers
$30
Continuing Education: 1.0 credit hour
Legal Landscape and Considerations in High-Conflict Family Cases Featured CE
Identify the legal and ethical obligations of mental health professionals when responding to subpoenas in divorce and custody cases, learn about the legal custody process and discover how to implement best practices to preserve confidentiality and the integrity of the therapeutic relationship under legal scrutiny.
ACA Members
$22.50
Nonmembers
$45
Continuing Education: 1.5 credit hours
Examining Refugee Mental Health Through Ambiguous Loss Theory Featured CE
Learn about the concept of ambiguous loss and its relevance to the refugee experience and identify the mental health impacts of ambiguous loss on refugees, such as identity distress, trauma symptoms and family functioning issues.
ACA Members
$15
Nonmembers
$30
Continuing Education: 1.0 credit hour
Coming Soon — A New Learning Experience!
Effective January 2026, ACA will launch a new platform for professional development. The new ACA Learning Portal will offer an enhanced user experience, making it easier for you to track your CEs, review your learning history, attend courses and webinars and more!
Ways to Receive Continuing Education Credit
Professional Development Center
Earn continuing education credit by taking advantage of ACA's online professional development programming. Here you can access innovative educational content created for the counseling profession. Learn in a variety of formats such as video-based courses, education sessions, and webinars; as well as text-based book chapters and journal articles.
ACA Conference & Expo
When you attend our flagship educational and professional development event, you'll have the opportunity to receive Continuing Education (CE) credit hours. Also as an attendee, you'll explore new strategies for self-care, advocate for the counseling care of tomorrow, and access the latest tools and resources to support your clients. Attend our conference and enjoy networking.
Continuing Education Courses
Introduction to ACA Code of Ethics New
Certificate in Foundations of Child and Adolescent Counseling New
Explore ACA Continuing Education Products
Continuing Education Approval
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
NAADAC: The Association for Addiction Professionals
Association for Play Therapy (APT)
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)
New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners
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