Approval in Texas

Texas Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Program CE Information

Provider

NAADAC 192243

Our distant learning courses are available for continuing education credit for addiction counselors, as set forth by the Texas LCDP.

Renewal
Renewal hours must be specific to substance use disorders or related to chemical dependency counseling as defined by KSA dimensions.
3 hours of ethics, 6 hours of HIV/AIDS required for each renewal period. If job description includes supervision, then 3 hours in clinical supervision required.

TOC Chapter 116 requires LCDCs to complete an approved human trafficking prevention course for each renewal period. We do not offer this course, please use this link to find a list of approved courses
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/family-safety-resources/texas-human-trafficking-resource-center/health-care-practitioner-human-trafficking-training

Note:Changes in Number of CE Hours Required for Each Two Year Renewal Period – Effective September 1, 2007

A LCDC who holds a master’s or other advanced degree must complete at least 24 hours of continuing education during each two-year licensure period. The 24 hours of education must include the specific courses required by rule (see above).

A LCDC who does not hold a master’s or other advanced degree must complete at least 40 hours of continuing education.

Initial Licensure
Texas LCDP does not accept our courses for initial licensure.

Impact CE is a service of CE Learning Systems LLC. CE Learning Systems is approved to offer continuing educations courses by NAADAC and many ICRC certification boards. CE Learning Systems LLC maintains responsibility for the courses.

Our companion site, www.addictioncounselorce.com, is specifically focused on the CE needs of addiction counselors and offers a greater quantity and variety of substance abuse-specific courses.

Board Contact Info

Texas Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
PO Box 149347
Austin, Texas 78714-9347
Main: 512-776-7111
Toll-free: 888-963-7111
lcdc@dshs.state.tx.us
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/business/licensing-credentialing-regulation/professional-licensing-certification-compliance/licensed-chemical-dependency-counselor-program

Applies To:

  • Texas Addiction Counselors
    • Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor With Masters and Supervision
    • LCDC
    • LCDC
    • LCDC
Select credential:

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor With Masters and Supervision

3 hours of Ethics 6 hours of HIV, Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases 3 hours of Supervision

Credential Renewal
24 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor With Masters and Supervision credential.

Any course accepted by LCDP is applicable to the Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor With Masters and Supervision credential.

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HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature

1 CE credit hour
Clinical Evaluation
Reading Online
Free

Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment for People With Lived Experience of Homelessness A mixed‐methods systematic review

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

The Alaska Native American Indian Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Sofosbuvir-based Direct-acting Antivirals

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders

4 CE credit hours
HIV, AIDS, STDs; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; HIV and STDs; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples

1.75 CE credit hour
Couples, Family; HIV, AIDS, STDs; Family/Couple; HIV and STDs; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

View All 10 Courses

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor without a Masters with supervision

3 hours of Ethics 6 hours of HIV, Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases 3 hours of Supervision

Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LCDC credential.

Any course accepted by LCDP is applicable to the LCDC credential.

View Courses

HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature

1 CE credit hour
Clinical Evaluation
Reading Online
Free

Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment for People With Lived Experience of Homelessness A mixed‐methods systematic review

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

The Alaska Native American Indian Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Sofosbuvir-based Direct-acting Antivirals

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders

4 CE credit hours
HIV, AIDS, STDs; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; HIV and STDs; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples

1.75 CE credit hour
Couples, Family; HIV, AIDS, STDs; Family/Couple; HIV and STDs; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

View All 10 Courses

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor with a Masters

3 hours of Ethics 6 hours of HIV, Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases

Credential Renewal
24 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LCDC credential.

Any course accepted by LCDP is applicable to the LCDC credential.

View Courses

HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature

1 CE credit hour
Clinical Evaluation
Reading Online
Free

Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment for People With Lived Experience of Homelessness A mixed‐methods systematic review

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

The Alaska Native American Indian Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Sofosbuvir-based Direct-acting Antivirals

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders

4 CE credit hours
HIV, AIDS, STDs; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; HIV and STDs; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples

1.75 CE credit hour
Couples, Family; HIV, AIDS, STDs; Family/Couple; HIV and STDs; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

View All 10 Courses

Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor without a Masters

3 hours of Ethics 6 hours of HIV, Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases

Credential Renewal
40 CE credit hours required for renewal.

Yes You can use Impact CE for renewing your LCDC credential.

Any course accepted by LCDP is applicable to the LCDC credential.

View Courses

HIV Prevention Intervention for Substance Users: A Review of the Literature

1 CE credit hour
Clinical Evaluation
Reading Online
Free

Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment for People With Lived Experience of Homelessness A mixed‐methods systematic review

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

The Alaska Native American Indian Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Sofosbuvir-based Direct-acting Antivirals

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders

4 CE credit hours
HIV, AIDS, STDs; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; HIV and STDs; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples

1.75 CE credit hour
Couples, Family; HIV, AIDS, STDs; Family/Couple; HIV and STDs; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

View All 10 Courses

HIV, Hepatitis C and sexually transmitted diseases

6.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 9 courses applicable to this requirement.

Barriers and Facilitators to Hepatitis C Screening and Treatment for People With Lived Experience of Homelessness A mixed‐methods systematic review

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

The Alaska Native American Indian Experience of Hepatitis C Treatment With Sofosbuvir-based Direct-acting Antivirals

1 CE credit hour
HIV, AIDS, STDs
Reading Online
Free

Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living With Substance Use and Or Mental Disorders

4 CE credit hours
HIV, AIDS, STDs; Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; HIV and STDs; Education (Client, Family, and Community); Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Motivational Interviewing With Couples-A Theoretical Framework for Clinical Practice Illustrated in Substance Use and HIV Prevention Intervention With Gay Male Couples

1.75 CE credit hour
Couples, Family; HIV, AIDS, STDs; Family/Couple; HIV and STDs; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

RCT of Culturally Adapted Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD Substance Misuse and HIV Sexual Risk Behavior for Native American Women

1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use; Application to Practice; Education (Client, Family, and Community)
Reading Online
Free

Ethics

3.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 34 courses applicable to this requirement.

NAADAC Code of Ethics Revised 2025

2.5 CE credit hours
Ethics
Reading Online
Free

The Challenging Ethics of Mental Health Supervision

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Supervision; Ethics; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
Free

Eye on Ethics: Exploring Complex Ethical Cases

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Application to Practice
Recorded Webinar
Free

Artificial Intelligence in the Behavioral Health Professions: Cutting-edge Ethical and Risk Management Challenges

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling; Ethics; Technology
Recorded Webinar
Free

Decision 'Making and Relationship Competence When Reporting Suspected Physical Abuse and Child Neglect: An Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
Free

Supervision

3.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 15 courses applicable to this requirement.

Supervision Essentials: Building a Strong Foundation for Clinical Supervision

3 CE credit hours
Supervision; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
Free

Improving the Quality of Counseling and Clinical Supervision in Opioid Treatment Programs how can technology help

1 CE credit hour
Technology and Counseling; Supervision; Addictions, Substance Use; Technology; Supervision
Reading Online
Free

Getting Started in Clinical Supervision: Key Components for Structure Style and Best Practice

1.5 CE credit hour
Supervision; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
Free

A Brief Introduction to Discovering Your Supervisory Style

1.5 CE credit hour
Supervision; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
Free

An Introduction to Clinical Supervision Groups

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Supervision; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
Free

Human trafficking prevention

0.00 CE credit hours

TOC Chapter 116 requires LCDCs to complete an approved human trafficking prevention course for each renewal period. We do not offer this course, please use this link to find a list of approved courses
https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/family-safety-resources/texas-human-trafficking-resource-center/health-care-practitioner-human-trafficking-training

Currently 675 of our courses are available for Addiction Counselors regulated by LCDP. These are just a few examples!

An Overview of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF)

1.5 CE credit hour
Prevention
Recorded Webinar
Free

Opioids Fentanyl and Xylazine-What Are They and What Do Prevention Professionals Need to Know and Do to Prevent Overdose

1.5 CE credit hour
Prevention
Recorded Webinar
Free

Clinical Correlates of Sports Betting A Systematic Review

2.75 CE credit hours
Addictions, Substance Use; Gambling; Clinical Disorders (Adult); Understanding Addiction; Treatment Knowledge
Reading Online
Free

Suicide Prevention Strategies for Underserved Youth Evidence-Based Resource Guide Series

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Suicide; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Treatment Knowledge; Cultural Diversity
Reading Online
Free

Journaling In Clinical Practice

2 CE credit hours
Clinical Disorders (Adult); Clinical Topics & Methods; Treatment Knowledge
Recorded Webinar
Free

Unpacking the Root Causes of Gambling in the Asian Community Contesting the myth of the Asian gambling culture

1.25 CE credit hour
Gambling; Understanding Addiction; Addictions, Substance Use; Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
Free

Recovery Blindness: The Concept of Recovery in Veterans With a Gambling Disorder - A Scoping Review

1.25 CE credit hour
Clinical Disorders (Adult); Addictions, Substance Use; Gambling; Understanding Addiction
Reading Online
Free

Family Ties: Examining Family Functioning and Alcohol Use Among American Indian Youth

1 CE credit hour
Prevention
Reading Online
Free

Religious and Spiritual Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Addiction and Addiction Treatment A scoping review

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods; Treatment Knowledge; Understanding Addiction
Reading Online
Free

Human Trafficking Revised

3 CE credit hours
Sexual Abuse; Clinical Topics & Methods; Forensic, Criminal Justice; Application to Practice; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Recorded Webinar
Free

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