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Mental Health Licensing and Supervision

Best practices for your practice.

The continuing education courses offered at JFK University are designed to help today's healthcare professionals keep pace with and stay abreast of  the rapidly changing needs and developments in their fields. Our expert faculty-practitioners present a rare blend of theory and application on a diverse range of relevant and specialized topics that you can begin to apply immediately.

Our courses are accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN).

We are pleased to offer:

  • Prelicensing and required courses for psychology and mental health professionals (listed below).
  • Supervision courses
  • Special Courses as part of our "Workshop Series" and "Certificate" Programs.  Please see the listings for those program under "Continuing Education".

Prelicensing Courses

Aging & Long Term Care (10 hr)
Child Abuse Assessment, Reporting & Treatment (7 hr)
Human Sexuality (10 hr)
Psychological Testing* (3 unit)
Psychopharmacology*  (3 unit)
Spousal/Partner Abuse Assessment, Treatment & Intervention (15 hr)

Required Courses

6-Hour Law & Ethics
7-Hour HIV & AIDs
Deepening Legal & Ethical Understanding in Professional Practice (6 hr)
Finding Balance: Legal & Ethical Issues of Boundaries & Privacy in Psychotherapeutic Services (6 hr)
Spousal/Partner Abuse Assessment, Treatment & Intervention (7 hr)

General Courses
CE electives, touching on various mental health specialties and skills, are offered each catalog cycle. Please visit our Course Calendar for the current offerings.

*Available online.  For information about courses currently available online, visit the Course Calendar page.

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