NEW: Study now for your 2023 California MFT Law & Ethics Exam
We made some major changes to our leading study guide for the California MFT Law & Ethics Exam.
This edition is updated to 2023 law. It includes a full-length practice exam and 25-item mini-mock exam, all with complete rationales.
Of the 112 total practice questions, more than 60 are all-new to this edition.
Go into your test confident and ready.
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Meet your 2023 BBS Associate registration renewal requirement now
As of January 1, 2023, all California AMFTs, APCCs, and ASWs will need to have completed a 3-hour CE course in California Law and Ethics each year in order to renew their registration. We've got your back. This on-demand video course highlights key changes in law for 2023, and several additional legal and ethical standards that impact associates in their work.
The definitive guide to California law for master's level therapists
Changes in this 9th edition of Basics of California Law for LMFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs include:
* Major changes to supervision requirements
* Updates to the LMFT and LPCC scopes of practice
* Updated information on telehealth
* Updated information on working from home
* New rules for Emotional Support Animal letters
* Added information on holding multiple licenses
* Added information on California's End of Life Option
...and much more. We now offer paperback, digital purchase, and digital rental options.
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Efficient, effective Clinical Social Work Law & Ethics Exam prep
Our leading study guide has several new features.
- Updated to 2022 law, including changes to supervision rules
- Integrates 2021 updates to the NASW Code of Ethics, including new guidelines related to cultural competency and self-care
- Featuring more than 100 practice questions with rationales, including a full-length (75-item) practice test and a 25-item mini-mock exam
- Updated test-taking tips and strategies
- Built from the same task and knowledge statements the BBS uses when writing the real exam
With this guide, you can approach your California LCSW Law & Ethics Exam confident and ready.
California MFT Law & Ethics Exam: BBS Sample Questions, explained
The exam handbook includes sample questions and the right answers, but it doesn't tell you why those answers are correct. Here, we give the rationales.
The courage to fight
Therapists are usually great listeners and skilled at finding compromise. But to truly be effective in creating change, we also have to be skilled at conflict.
This is my 2018 speech that opened the first Therapy Reimagined conference in Los Angeles.
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