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New edition: The definitive guide to California law for master's level therapists

Changes in this 10th edition of Basics of California Law for LMFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs include:

* New requirements for CE for prelicensed therapists 
* New requirements for video-based supervision
* New requirements for pay transparency for employers
* New rules for continuing education
* New research findings on clinical exams for licensure
* New information on writing letters and reports 

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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.

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Our leading study guide has several new features.

- Updated to 2023 law
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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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Ben Caldwell Labs is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for California LMFTs, LPCCs, and LCSWs. Ben Caldwell Labs maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT CEPA provider #137848. Courses advertised as providing CE content under this approval meet the qualifications for the stated hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, and/or LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Ben Caldwell Labs is not currently an approved CE provider through NBCC, APA, or any other CE provider approval bodies. Certificates and other records from our prior NBCC approval will be retained for at least 5 years following course completion per NBCC policies. If you need a copy of an old CE certificate, or if you are a licensing board wanting to confirm prior approval status, please contact us through our Support page.