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Arkansas licensure requirements

What each therapy license in Arkansas requires after graduate school: supervised hours, supervision, time limits, exams, and whether you can be supervised by video. Pick your license.

Sourced to the Arkansas licensing boardsChecked September 25, 2026Not individually reviewed by a clinicianAbout this site

LPCLicensed Professional Counselor · professional counselor

three thousand (3,000) client contact hours (CCH) with one hundred seventy-five (175) supervision hours
Supervision: 175 clock hours of supervision
Remote supervision: paperwork

LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist

three thousand (3,000) client contact hours and one hundred seventy-five (175) supervision hours of experience in marriage and family therapy
Supervision: 175 clock hours of supervision
Remote supervision: paperwork

LCSWLicensed Certified Social Worker · clinical social worker

Twenty-four (24) months post-master's social work experience; and Four thousand (4,000) hours in a supervised master's-level social work position
Supervision: at least 100 direct supervision hours during the 24-month period
Remote supervision: easy

PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)

Internship: 2,000-hour predoctoral internship: APA-accredited, or organized program meeting §95-404(f)(2)(B) (≥25%/500 h direct contact, within 24 months)
Postdoc required
Remote supervision: some limits

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