Save the Therapist
educational. engaging. accessible. FREE.
“Paying for CEs is so last year.”
First came frustration. Why do we have to pay in order to continue learning and maintain our licenses? Then a wild idea. What if therapists could learn about relevant topics in the mental health field without a credit card charge, traveling to a far off conference, or endlessly staring at a computer screen? And voilà. Save the Therapist—a totally free and accessible CE podcast series—was born.
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FAQs
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Yup. We will never ask for a credit card or a bank account. Truly, never.
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Most likely. While individual licensure boards always make the call on what credit they'll accept, we have been approved by some of the biggest national organizations as a CE Provider (see below). But when in doubt, research or reach out to your state licensure board to be sure.
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All courses are designed to be at the beginner/ introductory level. For those who are already experts in a topic area or who wish to get advanced training, it’s unlikely you’ll find this platform to be a good fit.
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Every course on the platform is worth 1 CE hour. All courses include a 30 minute podcast and a corresponding packet.
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You can complete as many courses as are currently available through our platform. Produced podcasts take a lot of time to build, but over time we plan to build our library of courses to be bigger and bigger. Our goal is to eventually provide enough courses (and the right topics) so every therapist can complete their entire licensure requirement here, if they want to.
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Login to the LMS section of this platform. Then, complete all required course sections, including an evaluation and a brief post-test.
After successfully completing a course, you'll be issued a PDF Certificate of Completion. Many state licensure boards require you to keep these in case of an audit rather than to upload/ submit them.
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The host and founder of the platform, Tobin Richardson, EdD, NCC has worked in the counselor education field for the better part of a decade. His life work has revolved around making educational experiences better.
Tobin has told anyone who would listen that the lack of affordable and easily accessible online continuing education for therapists was a systemic issue that needed fixed.
Simultaneously, as a passion project, he was learning and building skills in produced podcasting. He felt strongly this format was so often the most accessible way to get folks the information they need, in a way that works for them.
So he decided to save money, connect with specialized experts around the country, and spend lots of nights and weekends in front of his MacBook building content. And the product of all this is what you are seeing here.
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The truth is that this type of course creation and hosting is expensive—and as of now—we haven’t recouped a dime. Eventually, in order to sustain, there may be ads or other types of partnership marketing included. We’re still trying to figure some of that out. But—we won’t add price tags to course access, as that would be against our entire mission. Rest assured that as long as the platform is active, it’ll be a free spot for therapists to earn CEs.