Counsellor CE Requirements in Croatia

A Counsellor must complete 150 CE / continuing-education hours every 5 years in Croatia.

Croatia does not mandate specific CE subjects for Counsellor beyond the general requirement — any board-approved continuing education generally counts. Always confirm with the regulator.

Generally yes — Croatia does not require live or interactive hours for Counsellor, so approved online / home-study CE can typically satisfy the requirement. Home-study note: No explicit cap. Points are earned across categories: training in psychotherapy modalities/specializations/techniques and supervision (as trainee/supervisee or as educator/supervisor); congresses, conferences and symposia; articles/publications (print or electronic); professional activity in Chamber and governing bodies; educator/supervisor/mentor activity in psychotherapy training; specialist and doctoral study; and the member's own personal psychotherapy. Distance CPD is recognized..

Requirement expressed in points (bodovi), not clock hours. Art. 14 of the HKPT Rulebook: the competence-verification period is 5 years, within which an authorized psychotherapist or authorized counseling therapist must collect 150 points of professional development. The 5-year period runs from the date the right to practice psychotherapy is granted / the license (dopusnica) is acquired, and continues from the expiry of the prior 5-year period. Evidence must be submitted to the Chamber no later than 30 days before the period ends (the Chamber's guidance page states 3 months). Members who fail to collect the minimum points within the 5 years can obtain renewal of the dopusnica only after earning the missing points. Professional activity on Chamber committees is valued at 10 points/year and on the Managing Board at 15 points/year. The Chamber licenses two protected titles under one identical CPD regime: ovlašteni psihoterapeut (psychotherapist) and ovlašteni savjetodavni terapeut (counseling therapist).