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Florida licensure requirements

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

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

LMHCLicensed Mental Health Counselor · professional counselor

2 years of post-master's clinical experience = at least 1,500 hours of face-to-face psychotherapy, accrued in no less than 100 weeks
Supervision: at least 100 hours of supervision in no less than 100 weeks
Remote supervision: in-person rules

LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist

2 years of post-master's clinical experience = at least 1,500 hours face-to-face psychotherapy in no less than 100 weeks; 50% of clients receiving MFT services
Supervision: at least 100 hours of supervision in no less than 100 weeks
Remote supervision: in-person rules

LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker · clinical social worker

2 years of post-graduate clinical social work experience = at least 1,500 hours face-to-face psychotherapy in no less than 100 weeks
Supervision: at least 100 hours of supervision in no less than 100 weeks
Remote supervision: in-person rules

PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)

Internship: Internship within the APA-accredited doctorate; Board credits it as 1 year / 2,000 of the 4,000 hours
Postdoc required
Remote supervision: easy

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