California Coalition for Counselor Licensure

This section includes the following resources for those seeking to grandparent into California’s LPCC:

1. Continuing Education

2. Graduate Courses

3. Exam Study Programs

Equivalencies:

Contact hours, also called clock hours, are continuing education (CEU) hours

One hour of instruction is equal to one continuing education hour/contact hour/clock hour

One semester-unit or credit is equal to 15 continuing education/contact hours/clock hours

One quarter-unit or credit is equal to 10 continuing education/contact hours/clock hours

A three-unit semester course is equivalent to a four and one-half quarter-unit course

I. Continuing Education:

Requirement: Applicants will need to document that, in addition to, or as part of the graduate degree, they have received instruction in each the following content areas prior to licensure:

(1) Minimum of 15 contact/clock hours of instruction in alcoholism and other chemical substance dependency

(2) Minimum of 10 contact/clock hours of instruction in human sexuality

(3) Minimum of 15 contact/clock hours of instruction in spousal or partner abuse

(4) Minimum of 7 contact/clock hours of instruction in child abuse assessment & reporting

(5) Minimum of 18 contact/clock hours of instruction in California law and professional ethics, if not included in required core content area

(6) Minimum of 10 contact/clock hours of instruction in aging and long-term care

(7) Minimum of 15 contact/clock hours of instruction in crisis/trauma counseling

Note: Unlike the above courses, which may be taken as continuing education credit, the following course may be taken post-degree, but it must be a graduate or undergraduate university credit course.

(8) Two semester-unit or three quarter-unit university credit survey course in psychopharmacology

 

Providers:

Continuing education must be taken with a provider approved by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Click here to see the entire list of Board Approved Providers for continuing education. http://www.bbs.ca.gov/licensees/ce_licensees.shtml

Following are approved providers that have let CCCL know that they are providing courses needed for LPCC grandfathering. Although CCCL does not endorse providers, it will continually update this list as a convenience to counselors.

AllCEUS http://allceus.com:

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Family Therapy and Substance Abuse (30 contact hours;15 hours required for licensure)

• Domestic Violence (5 contact hours; 15 hours required for licensure)

• Child and Elder Abuse and Neglect (20 contact hours; 7 hours required for licensure)

• Ethics (3 contact hours; 18 required for licensure)

• Crisis Intervention (15 contact hours)

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder Best Practices (9 contact hours)

 

Alliant International University www.ce-psychology.com:

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Understanding & Treating Addictive Disorders (15 contact hours)

• Clinical Approaches, Addressing Human Sexuality with Couples (10 contact hours)

• Domestic Violence: Assessment & Treatment Considerations (15 contact hours)

• Child Abuse: Introduction, Assessment and Treating (7 contact hours)

• Aging and Long-Term Care (3 contact hours;10 required for licensure)

• Understanding Health & Illness in Older Adults: Mind/Body Interplay (10 contact hours)

Scroll down to II Graduate Courses to see graduate credit courses available at Alliant University

 

Association of Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) www.aatbs.com

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Substance Abuse and Dependency (15 contact hours)

• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)

• Spousal Abuse Assessment & Reporting: (15 contact hours)

• Child Abuse Assessment & Reporting (7 contact hours)

• California Laws & Ethics for Counselors (18 contact hours)

• Aging (10 contact hours)

• Crisis and Trauma Counseling (15 contact hours)

 

California State University Sacramento, College of Continuing Education: www.cce.csus.edu

Contact person: Emily Ballesteros, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone: 916-278-4813

To register, call 916-278-6984

Click here to see a flyer on all the LPCC courses that CSUS will offer this spring and summer.

Provides online CEU courses summer of 2010:

• EDU 233 Substance Abuse Disorders (15 contact hours) June 14 - July 2, 2010
• More information coming soon on EDU 252 Legal and Ethical Issues in Professional Counseling (18 contact hours)

Scroll down to II Graduate Courses to view graduate credit courses available at CSUS

 

California Rehabilitation Association @ California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA)

Click here to see a flyer with the address, hours, cost and registration information.

The following CEU in-person courses are sponsored by the CA Rehabilitation Association at CSULA, Golden Eagle Conference Center, September 2 - 18, 2010:

• Crisis and Trauma (15 contact hours); instructor: Dr. Paul; 9/2 & 9/3, 2010
• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours); instructor: Leo Orange: 9/4 & 9/5, 2010
• Spousal/Partner Abuse (15 contact hours); instructor: Dr. Siu; 9/9 & 9/10, 2010
• Aging and Long-Term Care (10 contact hours); instructor: Dr. Paul; 9/11 & 9/12
• Alcohol and Substance Abuse (15 contact hours); instructor: Dr. Brostrand; 9/16/& 9/17
• Child Abuse Assessment (7 contact hours); instructor: Dr. Siu; 9/18

Gerrry Grossman Seminars http://gerrygrossman.com

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Alcoholism and Other Chemical Substance Dependency (16 contact hours)
• Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting (7 contact hours)
• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)

See "Cont. Ed., "At Home Text."

Additional courses to be added in the future

John F. Kennedy University: http://www.jfku.edu/

Provides online CEU course in:

• Chemical Dependency Training (15 contact hours)

Provides in-person CEU courses in Pleasant Hill and Campbell:

• Chemical Dependency (15 contact hours) see above for online course

• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)

• Spousal/Partner Abuse: Assessment, Treatment and Intervention (15 contact hours)

• Child Abuse Assessment, Reporting & Intervention (7 contact hours)

• Aging & Long Term Care (10 contact hours)

• In Crisis (15 contact hours in crisis trauma counseling, Pleasant Hill campus only at this time)

Scroll down to II Graduate Courses to view graduate credit courses available at JFKU

 

Quantum Units Continuing Education http://www.quantumunitsed.com/

Provides online courses in:

• Domestic Violence (10 of 15 contact hours required)
• Family Therapy for Substance Abuse and Alcoholism (16 contact hours)
• Persons with Child Abuse and Neglect Issues (Substance Abuse and Mental Health) (7 contact hours)
• A number of courses relevant to the 15 hour requirement in Crisis and Trauma Counseling: PTSD-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health) (2 contact hours); Psycological First Aid - Terrorism and Disaster (6 contact hours); Dissociative Identity Disorders (8 contact hours); Veterans and Substance Abuse - as related to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2 contact hours)
• A number of courses in Ethics and Law: Ethics in Professional Counseling (5 contact hours); Ethical and Legal Issues in Treating HIV Clients (7 contact hours); Law Confidentiality HIPPA (6 contact hours)

University of San Diego: http://www.sandiego.edu/soles/programs/counseling/certificate_program/course_offerings.php

Graduate continuing education courses and graduate courses that meet the LPCC grandparenting requirements are offered by the University of San Diego Counseling Program. The following continuing education courses will be available Summer 2010. Scroll down to II Graduate Courses to view graduate credit courses available at USD.

Graduate continuing education courses:

• Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Dependency (15 contact hours)
• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)
• Crisis Counseling (15 contact hours)
• Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting (7 contact hours)
• Spousal and Partner Abuse (15 contact hours)
• Aging and Long-Term Care (10 contact hours)
• California Law and Professional Ethics (18 contact hours)

Click on the above link for a schedule and application form.

Contact: Lonnie Rowell, Associate Professor and Program Director

Phone: 619-260-4212

Fax: 619-849-8143

VISTA Continuing Education: http://www.getceusnow.com/Index.asp

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Dependency (15 contact hours)

• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)

• Spousal Partner Abuse (15 contact hours)

• Child Abuse Assessment and Reporting (7 contact hours)

• California Professional Law & Ethics (18 contact hours)

• Aging and Long-Term Care (10 contact hours)

• Crisis Trauma Counseling (15 contact hours)

 

Zur Institute: http://www.zurinstitute.com/index.html

Provides online CEU courses in:

• Substance Abuse & Chemical Dependency (15 contact hours)

• Human Sexuality (10 contact hours)

• Intimate Spousal & Partner Violence (15 contact hours)

• Child Abuse: Identification & Intervention (9 contact hours)

• Law & Ethics: numerous courses under 15 hours each

• The Psychology of Aging (10 contact hours)

• Psychophysiology and Treatment of Trauma (3 contact hours of the 15 required)

 

II. Graduate Courses

Requirement: A master’s or doctoral degree from a regionally accredited or approved institution, which is counseling or psychotherapy in content, includes 6 semester units of supervised practicum, and contains at least 3 semester units or four and one half quarter units of coursework in the following 9 core content areas.

Degrees issued Jan 1, 1996 and after shall include a minimum of 48 semester units and 7 of the 9 core content areas, all of which must be completed before licensure.

Degrees issued prior to Jan 1, 1996 shall include a minimum of 30 semester units and include 6 of the 9 core content areas, all of which must be completed before licensure.

(A) Counseling and psychotherapeutic theories and techniques (includes counseling theories, selection of counseling interventions, orientation to wellness and prevention, etc.)

(B) Human growth and development across the lifespan (includes psychopathology, normal and abnormal behavior, developmental crises)

(C) Career development theories and techniques

(D) Group counseling theories and techniques

(E) Assessment, appraisal and testing

(F) Multicultural counseling theories and techniques

(G) Principles of diagnosis, treatment planning and prevention of mental and emotional disorders and dysfunctional behavior

(H) Research and evaluation

(I) Professional orientation, ethics and law in counseling

Note: Psychopharmacology is the 8th continuing education course required for licensure, but unlike the other 7 continuing education courses, it must be a 2 semester-unit or a 3 quarter-unit graduate or undergraduate university credit course. It is not a core content area, may be taken post-degree, and is not included in the 6 of 9, or 7 of 9, core content areas that must be within the degree for grandparenting.

Click here to see descriptions of the core content areas.

Educational Institutions

Although the CCCL does not endorse providers, it will list colleges and universities, that offer one or more of the above courses, as they make these courses available for counselors who already hold master’s degrees.

 

Alliant International University www.ce-psychology.com

The following graduate credit online course will be offered through Alliant's Continuing Education Department starting in the Fall 2010. For a description of the course see: http://www.ce-psychology.com/psychopharm.html

• Psychopharmacology (2 semester units online)

California State University Fullerton (CSUF): http://hhd.fullerton.edu/Counsel/index.htm

CSUF currently offers the following 3-semester-unit in-person graduate courses that counselors may need for grandfathering. They can add students to these classes, or other classes, and set up additional sections, if needed.

• Group Process & Practice (Offered summer, fall & spring)
• Psychopharmacology for Counselors (Offered spring & fall)
• Career & Lifestyle Development (Offered spring & fall, being considered for an online course, which would be offered in summer 2011)
• Techniques of Brief Treatment and Assessment (i.e. DSM) (Offered summer, fall & spring, may be considered as an online course in 2011)
• Counseling & Culture (Offered spring & fall)
• Professional, Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling Law & Ethics (Offered summer, spring & fall)

 

California State University Northridge (CSUN): http://www.csun.edu/edpsy/news.html

The following 3 semester unit in-person gradiate courses will be offered through Extended Learning summer of 2010. Information & applications will be available after March 1st.

• Advanced Behavior Disorders (pre-req: Behavior Disorders)
• Career Development & Counseling
• Law & Ethics
• Lifespan Development
• Psychopharmacology

 

California State University Sacramento (CSUS), College of Continuing Education: www.cce.csus.edu

Contact person: Emily Ballesteros, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , phone 916-278-4813

To register, call 916-278-6984

Click here to see a flyer on all the LPCC courses that CSUS will offer this spring and summer.

Graduate credit courses to be offered to non-matriculated students spring and summer of 2010:

• EDC 231 Diagnosis & Treatment Planning (3 semester units, online) April 1 - May 13
• EDC 219 Group Process in Counseling (3 semester units, in-person only) May 14 - June 12
• EDC 254 Counseling & Psychotropic Medicine (2 semester units, online) May 17 - June 28, 2010
• EDC 260 Career Development (3 semester units, in-person & online: hybrid) July 9 - 31

 

Golden Gate University (GGU):  http://www.ggu.edu/courses/catalog/browse.do?subject=PSYCH
 

Graduate courses (in-person only unless otherwise noted)

• PSYCH 322 Psychological Assessment (3 semester units)
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•  PSYCH 329 Psychopharmacology (3 semester units)
   
• PSYCH 351 Career Counseling and Development (3 semester units – offered Summer 2011 online only)
   
• PSYCH 302 Individual and Family Lifespan Development: Theories and Applications for Therapists (3 semester units)
   
• PSYCH 304 Cross-cultural Aspects of Psychology (3 semester units)                   
   
• PSYCH 306 Group Dynamics and Social Processes (3 semester units)                   

                     

John F. Kennedy University: http://www.jfku.edu/

Offers graduate courses in:

• Career Development (4 1/2 quarter unit online)
• Diagnosis and Assessment A & B (5 quarter units, in-person course, not online)
• Psychopharmacology (3 quarter units, online, see continuing education, JFK)

San Diego State University, Interwork Institute Center for Distance Learning
 http://interwork.sdsu.edu/LPCC/
 
Provides the following distance learning courses:

• Human Development (3 semester units, distance learning) 10/11/2010 – 1/7/2011
  

• Psychopharmacology (2 semester units, distance learning) 1/31 - 3/28/2011
  

• Assessment & Vocational Development, Part 2 (Career Development) (3 semester units, distance learning) 1/31 - 4/22/2011
  

For contact information, see  http://interwork.sdsu.edu/LPCC/

 

University of Phoenix: http://www.phoenix.edu/cmp/caccl

The following three-semester-unit counseling courses from their graduate degree programs are offered online. California LPCC grandparenting applicants may enroll in any of these six-week courses, which are available immediately. Click on the above link to learn more.

• CNSL/526 Introduction to Clinical Assessment

• CNSL/546 Psychopharmacology

• CNSL/562 Career and Vocational Counseling

Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , subject line: LPCC Grandparenting Applicants Special Pricing

Phone: 877-214-3336

University of San Diego: http://www.sandiego.edu/soles/programs/counseling/certificate_program/course_offerings.php

Graduate courses that meet the LPCC grandparenting requirements are offered by the University of San Diego Counseling Program. The following courses will be available Summer 2010:

Graduate courses:

• COUN 510 Career Development Across the Lifespan (3 semester units)
• COUN 541 Advanced Counseling: Diagnosis and Treatment (3 semester units)
• COUN 549 Psychopharmacology for Counselors (2 semester units)

Click on the above link for a schedule and application form.

Contact: Lonnie Rowell, Associate Professor and Program Director

Phone: 619-260-4212

Fax: 619-849-8143

Walden University: www.waldenu.edu

Offers an online Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling with 5 quarter-unit online graduate credit courses, open to non-matriculated students, in all of the core content areas required for LPCC licensure:

LPCC core content areas:

• COUN 6722 Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories
• COUN 6215 Lifespan Development
• COUN 6753 Vocational Psychology and Counseling
• COUN 6250 Group Process and Dynamics
• COUN 6315 Tests and Measurement
• COUN 6723 Multicultural Counseling
• COUN 6720 Diagnosis and Assessment
• COUN 6310 Research Design
• COUN 6705 Professional Identity and Ethics in Counseling

Non-core areas:

PSYC 6741 Psychopharmacology (5 quarter credits; only 3 quarter credits required)

COUN 6728 Substance Abuse Therapies (5 quarter units: only 15 contact hours required for licensure)

COUN 6830 Psychology of Sexuality (5 quarter units; only 10 contact hours required for licensure)

 

III. Exam Study Programs

Requirement: Passing score on the following examinations:

1. National Counselor Examination (NCE) or the Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Examination (CRCE)

2. National Clinical Mental Health Counselor Examination (NCMHCE)

3. A California jurisprudence and ethics examination, when developed by the board.

 

Study Guides and Workshops

CCCL will update this list as a convenience to counselors. CCCL does not endorse providers.

National Board for Certified Counselors list of resources: http://www.nbcc.org. Click on State Licensure and then on Study Guides to see a list of providers of study materials for the NCE and the NCMHCE.

NBCC will administer the NCE and the NCMHCE in California for LPCC grandparenting. The testing schedule, testing sites, Candidate Handbook and registration form are found under Exams for Grandparenting.

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification: Rehabilitation Counselors should contact the CRCC www.crccertification.com for information about the CRCE.

Association of Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences (AATBS) www.aatbs.com On-line workshops, study materials and practice exams for the NCE and the NCMHCE.
Note: ATTBS has provided a coupon for a 20% discount for these courses: Coupon code is “CLDW.”

Licensure Exams, Inc. http://counselingexam.com Online test preparation for the NCE and the NCMHCE. Practice exams, case studies, simulations, descriptions, strategies, and more.

Psychotherapists Training Institute (PTI) www.psychotherapiststraining.com Study materials and online practice exam for the NCE and the NCMHCE