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New perspectives for contemporary ethical situations - NIH SAMHSA Polaris

Welcome to CEU By Net's online contemporary Ethics courses for behavioral health counselors nationwide! FREE Ethics CEUs with the Unlimited CEUs Plan, just $49 per year.

There Are New Ethics Issues in Counseling! 

Our Ethics courses expand your knowledge of contemporary ethical issues in counseling beyond the traditional areas of confidentiality and professional boundaries. 

The traditional focus of ethical interaction with clients is shifting and expanding, and can become blurred in the context of partisan considerations.

Take 'open book' quizzes on your schedule, 24/7. Download your certificates immediately. Upload to CE Broker for Texas Mental Health within 60 seconds of course completion.



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Ethics Courses registered with CE Broker for automatic instant upload for TEXAS are these: 6J, 3TMH, 2G, 3D, 4B, 2D, 3J, and 3C. 

 

All Ethics Courses in our Ethics catalog receive credit for Florida Ethics and Boundary CEUs and for California BBS Laws and Ethics.



Go HERE to See the Complete Ethics Course Catalog, and to enroll in a course 

Go HERE for summaries of eleven popular ethics courses.



Take the Required Ethics Course for Texas LPCs—Just $10 or FREE with an Unlimited Subscription 

 

 

What's New in Professional Ethics?

New perspectives are needed for counselors who work with HIV and Opioid Use Disorders (OUD), Harm Reduction Programs, mass public shooting prevention and recovery, and recognition and rescue of human trafficking victims.

Learn the ethical issues involved in telemental health and counseling with youth and families who are struggling with PTSD, TBI, and LGBTQ identity issues.  CEU By Net provides these new ethics perspectives in our contemporary ETHICS courses.

 

You can take these courses for FREE with our Unlimited CEUs Subscription for only $49 per year. 

 

Approved for NBCC, NAADAC, IC&RC, and most states.



Yes, There Are New Ethics Issues in Counseling! 

♣  These courses provide guidance in ethical solutions to contemporary counseling situations—including the ethics of Harm Reduction in syringe-exchange programs and in teaching SAFE use of opioids to overdose survivors who are not ready for abstinence. 

  Learn how to ethically support adolescents and their ambivalent families in Affirmative Care for LGBTQ and transsexual children and adolescents.

  Know how to ethically provide assessment, treatment, and safety to emancipated minors who are sexually trafficked and live in the backstreets, alleys, and the house next door. 

  Understand the need for a compassionate and ethical approach to discussing End of Life care with adults, children, and their parents or caregivers. 

  Know how to maintain your ethical standards when working within a Managed Care Contract—where the 'Need for Treatment' is defined differently than we were taught. 

♣  Learn consummate ethical elements in effective Clinical Supervision. Know the role of ethics in the Scope of Practice for your professional license. 

  Have a clear understanding of the professional, legal and ethical risks of  taking 'short-cuts' in the assessment of children and young adolescents. 

 


 

Read a brief description of eleven Ethics courses, below. Click the course links to consider enrollment in the course. 

 

Course 8T - The course presents an ethical, sensitive, and culturally appropriate approach to identifying, assessing, and assisting DISTINCT POPULATIONS — minors and young adults who are victims of HUMAN TRAFFICKING, including necessary coordination of Behavioral Health with Law Enforcement in the prosecution of trafficking perpetrators.

The course material includes a printable comprehensive ASSESSMENT for your use with trafficking victims in your program or practice.

The course explains the Federal laws applying to the trafficking of minors vs. adults and clarifies common misunderstandings about what constitutes 'trafficking.' 

Learn approaches to the ethical assessment and therapeutic support of traumatized adolescent and young adult victims of sex trafficking, including your coordination with law enforcement in the prosecution of trafficking perpetrators.

NOTE:  In TEXAS, this course is classified for mental health licensees as Distinct Populations, uploaded through CE Broker.


Course 6J - Provides a clear, research-based explanation of the neurological and biochemical basis for LGBTQ identity and sexual orientation; the ethical mandate to end Conversion Therapy with LGBTQ children and adolescents; ethical approaches for your work with resistant families; and the multidisciplinary step-wise process of ethical affirmation of transgender youth. 


Course 3TMH - Explains how to implement a functional, legal, and ethical TELEHEALTH counseling program in your practice that protects your client's confidentiality, establishes contingency plans for safety, and maintains the same ethical standards of practice which apply to in-office delivery of care. This is a research-based program design, including the details of successful treatment of PTSD through telehealth.  

 

Two Courses 8K and 1K - Three HARM REDUCTION Models of Treatment for people living with HIV and Co-Occurring SUDs and SMI. It's controversial in some states and communities, but receives strong support from SAMHSA's research of active Harm Reduction Programs. Addresses appropriate and ethical programming for this special population, in a short course (1K earning 1.75 CE credits) and in a comprehensive course (8K) awarding 8 CEUs.

NOTE:  In TEXAS, these 2 courses are classified for mental health licensees as GENERAL, uploaded through CE Broker.

 

Course 4S -  Understand the methods through which ethical constructs are taught and developed in the process of CLINICAL SUPERVISION.  Risk Management concepts and practice methods are included as they apply to your Clinical Supervision profession. 


Course 3C — The inherent legal, ethical, and professional risks associated with your performance of a biopsychosocial ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN and ADOLESCENTS. Learn how to protect both the client and you, as the professional.  Includes an editable assessment instrument for download that is a tool you can modify as desired for use in your practice.


Ethics for Texas LPCs - Course 2G - This Ethics Course FOR TEXAS LPCs focuses upon the Rules of Practice for LPCs in Texas. The Rules for Texas LPCs were updated by the BHEC and the LPC licensure board in November 2025. 

CEU By Net has therefore updated its LPC Ethics Course 2G to coincide with the Rules published in the new LPC Rules Book in November 2025 - and we entitled it 2026 Update of Course 2G_Ethics & Scope of Practice for Texas LPC.  

A special feature of this course - that applies to all behavioral health licenses — includes Understanding  'Scope of Practice' and 'Prevailing Standards of Care.' You can read it for FREE even if you don't take the course.  

 

Course 2D - Learn about the approach to ethical counseling support of a client's END OF LIFE CARE decisions.  This course utilizes research-based knowledge of patient and family preferences for multiple terminal conditions including AIDS, terminal illness in children and the elderly, and other life-threatening conditions.  

 

Ethics Course 4B_Rights of Persons Living with Serious Mental Illness and Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders — Our Ethical and Practical Responsibilities.  Sponsored by CEU By Net, this course is authored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), published as the 11th Edition of the Public Policy Platform. The platform addresses the ETHICAL and PRACTICAL responsibilities of behavior health professionals in working with individuals living with serious mental illness including dual diagnosis SUDs. 

 

Course 3J 'Ethical Guide to Supporting LGBTQ Children and Adolescents,' focuses upon the community- and school-oriented support of LGBTQ children and adolescents. 

This Ethics course is appropriate for social workers, mental health and addiction counselors, MFTs and CEAPs who work with LGBTQ youth and their families, and with community service organizations serving these youth including schools, child protection and welfare agencies, community centers of various types, and health care providers.  Course also identifies multiple CULTURAL awareness issues associated with this youth population. 



Managed Care - Is It Ethical?  Can you, as a conscientious treatment provider, ethically work in coordination with an HMO or other MANAGED HEALTHCARE PLAN?  Where they make the decisions about what kind of care you can offer your clients, and for how long — if you want to be paid?

NOTE:  In TEXAS, this course is classified for mental health licensees as GENERAL, uploaded through CE Broker.

 

 

Ethics Courses registered with CE Broker for upload to TEXAS are these: 6J, 3TMH, 3J, 2G, 3D, 4B, 6J, 2D, and 3C. 


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