Approval in District of Columbia

D.C. Board of Psychology CE Information

Accepted Approvals

APA

Impact CE’s distant learning courses meet qualifications for continuing education credit for psychologists as required by the D.C. Board of Psychology.

To qualify for the renewal of a license, an applicant shall complete thirty (30)
hours of valid continuing education during the two (2)-year period preceding the
date the license expires, which shall also meet the following requirements:
(a) At least fifteen (15) hours of valid continuing education shall be
completed in live program(s); and
three (3) hours in ethics
two (2) hours of LGBTQ
10% of total required hours in Public Health Priorities of the District of Columbia

15 credit hours may be distant learning (online/homestudy) courses.

Impact CE, a service of CE Learning Systems, is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. CE-credit.com maintains responsibility for this program and its content. No provider number is listed because the APA does not issue a provider number.

https://dchealth.dc.gov/psychologist-psychologyassociate-ceurequirements
https://dchealth.dc.gov/page/policy-statement-identifying-public-health-issues-continuing-education
https://dchealth.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/doh/publication/attachments/Psychology%20Regulations%207-5-2019.pdf

Board Contact Info

D.C. Board of Psychology
Phone: 202 724-4900
https://dchealth.dc.gov/service/psychology-licensing
Address: DC Health 2201 Shannon Place SE Washington, DC 20020

Applies To:

  • District of Columbia Psychologists
    • Psychologist
    • PA
Select credential:

Psychologist

3 hours of Ethics 2 hours of LGBTQ 3 hours of Public health priorities topics

Credential Renewal
30 CE credit hours required for renewal.

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

Any course accepted by D.C. Board of Psychology is applicable to the Psychologist credential.

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Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

CBT: Key Evidence-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions

Mar 25th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning

Mar 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Developing Core Competencies

Mar 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: History, Evolution, Key Concepts and Empirical Base

Mar 4th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

Transference, Countertransference and Boundary Setting in Supervision

Feb 20th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Supervision; Ethics
Live Event
$597

Harm Reduction Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment: Clinical Interventions and Ethical Considerations

Feb 18th, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm Pacific

1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use
Live Event
$597

From Research to Practice: Social Media, AI, and Structural Influences on Mental Health

Feb 18th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Is Diversity Training Enough? Cultivating Critical Consciousness in Clinical Practice

Feb 18th, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity
Live Event
$597

Adaptive Leadership for Equity and Systems Change

Feb 19th, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Management, Administration
Live Event
$597

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Psychology Associate

3 hours of Ethics 2 hours of LGBTQ 3 hours of Public health priorities topics

Credential Renewal
30 CE credit hours required for renewal.

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

Any course accepted by D.C. Board of Psychology is applicable to the PA credential.

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Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

CBT: Key Evidence-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions

Mar 25th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning

Mar 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Developing Core Competencies

Mar 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: History, Evolution, Key Concepts and Empirical Base

Mar 4th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

Transference, Countertransference and Boundary Setting in Supervision

Feb 20th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Supervision; Ethics
Live Event
$597

Harm Reduction Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment: Clinical Interventions and Ethical Considerations

Feb 18th, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm Pacific

1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use
Live Event
$597

From Research to Practice: Social Media, AI, and Structural Influences on Mental Health

Feb 18th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Is Diversity Training Enough? Cultivating Critical Consciousness in Clinical Practice

Feb 18th, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity
Live Event
$597

Adaptive Leadership for Equity and Systems Change

Feb 19th, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Management, Administration
Live Event
$597

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Ethics

3.00 CE credit hours

A licensee shall complete three continuing education credits in Ethics or Risk Liability

Impact CE offers 30 courses applicable to this requirement.

The Challenging Ethics of Mental Health Supervision

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Supervision; Ethics; Supervision
Recorded Webinar
$57

Eye on Ethics: Exploring Complex Ethical Cases

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Ethics; Application to Practice
Recorded Webinar
$57

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

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Technology and Counseling; Ethics; Technology
Recorded Webinar
$57

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

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Laws, Regulations, Legal; Ethics; Clinical Topics & Methods; Ethics; Prevention; Peer Recovery; Peer Support
Reading Online
$13.50

Ethical Challenges in Reporting Across the Lifespan: Child Abuse, Intimate Partner Violence and Elder Abuse

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Ethics; Domestic Violence; Ethics; Application to Practice; Aging, Long Term Care; Professional Readiness; Couples, Family
Recorded Webinar
$57

Cultural Competence

3.00 CE credit hours

A licensee shall complete three continuing education credits in Cultural Competence.

Impact CE offers 4 courses applicable to this requirement.

Autism and Transgender Identity: Implications for Depression and Anxiety

Self-Paced Course

1.25 CE credit hour
Gender Issues; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Clinical Topics & Methods
Reading Online
$11.25

A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action

Self-Paced Course

1 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Addictions, Substance Use; Gender Issues; Treatment Knowledge; Application to Practice; Clinical Disorders (Adult)
Reading Online
$9

Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals Report Higher Rates of Abuse and More Severe Eating Disorder Symptoms Than Cisgender Heterosexual Individuals At Admission to Eating Disorder Treatment

Self-Paced Course

1 CE credit hour
Gender Issues; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Clinical Topics & Methods
Reading Online
$9

Mental Health Challenges of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People: An Integrated Literature Review

Self-Paced Course

1.25 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Gender Issues; Cultural Diversity; Application to Practice; Prevention; Peer Support
Reading Online
$11.25

LGBTQ

2.00 CE credit hours
Impact CE offers 5 courses applicable to this requirement.

LGBTQ Youth: Effective Trauma Assessment and Intervention

Self-Paced Course

3 CE credit hours
Children and Adolescents; Assessment; Clinical Evaluation; Clinical Topics & Methods
Recorded Webinar
$57

Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth

Self-Paced Course

4.5 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods; Gender Issues
Reading Online
$40.50

AFFIRM Online: An Intervention to Improve Mental Health, Access, And Engagement Among LGBTQA+ Youth and Young Adults Using an Affirmative Cognitive-Behavioral Digital Intervention

Self-Paced Course

1 CE credit hour
Gender Issues; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Technology and Counseling
Reading Online
$9

Adapting Clinical Skills to Telehealth With LGBTQ+ Youth Applications of Affirmative Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

Self-Paced Course

1 CE credit hour
Technology and Counseling; Gender Issues; Cultural & Racial Diversity
Reading Online
$9

How LGBT+ Young People Use the Internet in Relation to Their Mental Health and Envisage the Use of E-Therapy Exploratory Study

Self-Paced Course

1.5 CE credit hour
Children and Adolescents; Cultural & Racial Diversity; Technology and Counseling
Reading Online
$13.50

COVID-19 Education

2.00 CE credit hours

DC Psychologists are now required to take 2 credit hours in COVID-19 education, including but not limited to COVID-19 vaccine safety, best practices for counseling patients about COVID-19 vaccines, and COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness, on or before September 30, 2021.

We do not offer courses to fulfill this requirement. DC Health has a specific list of courses at https://dchealth.dc.gov/node/1556816

We do not currently offer courses to fulfill this requirement.
Currently 494 of our courses are available for Psychologists regulated by D.C. Board of Psychology. These are just a few examples!

Psychotherapy for a Changing World: A Practice of Unlearning for Uncertain Times

Mar 3rd, 2026 9:00am - 12:15pm Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$67

CBT: Key Evidence-Based Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions

Mar 25th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning

Mar 18th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: Developing Core Competencies

Mar 11th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

CBT: History, Evolution, Key Concepts and Empirical Base

Mar 4th, 2026 8:00am - 11:15am Pacific

3 CE credit hours
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$268

Transference, Countertransference and Boundary Setting in Supervision

Feb 20th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Supervision; Ethics
Live Event
$597

Harm Reduction Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment: Clinical Interventions and Ethical Considerations

Feb 18th, 2026 11:15am - 12:15pm Pacific

1 CE credit hour
Addictions, Substance Use
Live Event
$597

From Research to Practice: Social Media, AI, and Structural Influences on Mental Health

Feb 18th, 2026 9:30am - 11:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Clinical Topics & Methods
Live Event
$597

Is Diversity Training Enough? Cultivating Critical Consciousness in Clinical Practice

Feb 18th, 2026 7:30am - 9:00am Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity
Live Event
$597

Adaptive Leadership for Equity and Systems Change

Feb 19th, 2026 1:00pm - 2:30pm Pacific

1.5 CE credit hour
Cultural & Racial Diversity; Management, Administration
Live Event
$597

Disclaimer

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