The short answer
- Most common: 3,000 supervised hours (34 of the 43 states that set a total).
- Fewest: 1,500 hours (South Carolina). Most: 4,500 hours (New Jersey).
- Counted differently: 6 states count direct client hours instead (Florida 1,500, Idaho 2,000, Oregon 1,900, Rhode Island 2,000, South Dakota 2,000 and Virginia 2,000).
- Time instead of hours: Arizona sets a time requirement rather than an hour count.
- Supervision by video: fully allowed in 12 of 50 states.
LPC supervision hours in every state
| State | License | Supervised hours | Supervision required | Minimum time | By video? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | LPC | 3,000 hours | Annual average of 100 hours from the Supervising Counselor: 50 direct (25 individual in-person) + 50 'other' approved activities | — | Partly in person |
| Alaska | LPC | 3,000 hours | at least 100 hours of direct supervision; ≥50 one-on-one, remaining 50 one-on-one or group | 24 months (not less than two years) | With limits |
| Arizona | LPC | Time-based: 24 months | at least 100 hours of clinical supervision; ≥25 individual | 24 months | Yes, fully |
| Arkansas | LPC | 3,000 hours | 175 clock hours of supervision | — | After board approval |
| California | LPCC | 3,000 hours | 104 supervised weeks; ≥52 weeks individual/triadic | 104 weeks | Yes, fully |
| Colorado | LPC | 2,000 hours | 50 hours per 1,000 practice hours (100 for 2,000); ≥25 of each 50 individual | 24 months post-master's (12 months post-doctoral) | Yes, fully |
| Connecticut | LPC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of direct professional supervision | not less than two years | With limits |
| Delaware | LPCMH | 3,200 hours | at least 100 hours face-to-face professional direct supervision | 2 years | With limits |
| Florida | LMHC | 1,500 direct client hours | at least 100 hours of supervision in no less than 100 weeks | 2 years (no less than 100 weeks) | Partly in person |
| Georgia | LPC | 2,000 hours | 35 hours per 12-month year of directed experience (70 for the statutory two years); unadopted 2025 proposal: 70, or 100 for contracts after July 1, 2025 | 24 months (two years; each year not less than 12 months) | With limits |
| Hawaii | LMHC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of face-to-face clinical supervision | 2 years | With limits |
| Idaho | LCPC | 2,000 direct client hours | No fixed total; 1 hour clinical supervision per 30 direct hours; at least half individual | no less than 2 years | After board approval |
| Illinois | LCPC | 3,360 hours | — | Each 1680-hour year obtained in not less than 48 weeks | Yes, fully |
| Indiana | LMHC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of supervision by an LMHC or equivalent supervisor | no less than 21 months | Yes, fully |
| Iowa | LMHC | 3,000 hours | At least 110 hours of direct supervision; max 50 group | minimum of two years | Yes, fully |
| Kansas | LCPC | 3,000 hours | Not less than 100 hours face-to-face clinical supervision; ≥50 individual; group ≤50 | not less than two years | After board approval |
| Kentucky | LPCC | 4,000 hours | 100 hours of individual, face-to-face clinical supervision (minimum within the 4,000) | — | After board approval |
| Louisiana | LPC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of face-to-face supervision by an LPC Supervisor; ≥50 individual | 2 years | After board approval |
| Maine | LCPC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours with the approved supervisor; ≥50 individual (150 / ≥75 on the 4,000-hour track) | 2 years | Partly in person |
| Maryland | LCPC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours face-to-face clinical supervision; ≥50 individual | 3 years (master's); statute: 2 years postgraduate supervised experience | With limits |
| Massachusetts | LMHC | 3,360 hours | 130 hours post-master's; ≥75 individual. Of 200 total supervision hours (pre + post), ≥75 must be by an LMHC | 2 years | With limits |
| Michigan | LPC | 3,000 hours | not less than 100 hours of regularly scheduled supervision (master's); 50 hours (doctoral) | 2 years (master's); 1 year (doctoral) | Yes, fully |
| Minnesota | LPCC | 4,000 hours | 200 hours over the 4,000 hours; at least 50% individual | 24 consecutive months | With limits |
| Mississippi | LPC | 3,000 hours | minimum 100 hours of individual face-to-face or synchronous supervision | 18 months | Partly in person |
| Missouri | LPC | 3,000 hours | — | 24 calendar months of continuous supervised experience (master's); 12 months (specialist/doctoral) | After board approval |
| Montana | LCPC | 3,000 hours | — | — | With limits |
| Nebraska | LIMHP | 3,000 hours | — | — | Yes, fully |
| Nevada | CPC | 3,000 hours | Statute: at least 100 hours; regulation: at least 300 supervised hours incl. ≥160 by primary and ≥40 by secondary supervisor(s) | At least 2 years of postgraduate experience in professional counseling | After board approval |
| New Hampshire | LCMHC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours individual face-to-face supervision | 2 years; each year ≥1,500 hours completed within not less than 12 months | With limits |
| New Jersey | LPC | 4,500 hours | At least 50 hours face-to-face supervision per calendar year; ≤10 of those hours group | Each calendar year = max 1,500 hours over 52 weeks (full-time) or ≥750 hours in each of two 52-week periods | With limits |
| New Mexico | LPCC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of face-to-face postgraduate supervision | A minimum of two years' postgraduate professional clinical counseling experience | With limits |
| New York | LMHC | 3,000 hours | — | — | With limits |
| North Carolina | LCMHC | 3,000 hours | at least 100 hours of clinical supervision; no less than three-quarters individual | — | Yes, fully |
| North Dakota | LPCC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours face-to-face supervision, minimum 60 individual (LPCC); LPC step also 100 hours, ≥60 individual | two years | With limits |
| Ohio | LPCC | 3,000 hours | — | two years (max 1,500 hours credited per 12 months) | With limits |
| Oklahoma | LPC | 3,000 hours | one-hundred (100) hours of face-to-face or technology-assisted supervision | — | After board approval |
| Oregon | LPC | 1,900 direct client hours | Monthly minimum: 2 hours (months with ≤45 direct hours) or 3 hours (months with ≥46); no lifetime total stated | 36 months | With limits |
| Pennsylvania | LPC | 3,000 hours | 2 hours of supervision per 40 hours of experience (≈150 hours for 3,000) | 2 years | Yes, fully |
| Rhode Island | LCMHC | 2,000 direct client hours | 100 hours of post-degree supervised case work over a two-year period | 2 years | With limits |
| South Carolina | LPC | 1,500 hours | 120 hours; ≥60 individual/triadic, remaining 60 individual/triadic or group | 2 years | After board approval |
| South Dakota | LPC-MH | 2,000 direct client hours | 100 hours with a board-approved supervisor (≤50 may carry over from the LPC plan) | — | After board approval |
| Tennessee | LPC-MHSP | 3,000 hours | 150 contact hours of supervision; ≥75 by an LPC/MHSP | no sooner than two (2) years following the beginning of supervised clinical practice | Partly in person |
| Texas | LPC | 3,000 hours | 4 hours per month while counseling; no fixed total stated | 18 months | With limits |
| Utah | CMHC | 3,000 hours | 100 direct clinical supervision hours, ≥25 direct observation (75 hours if ACMHC issued before May 1, 2024) | — | With limits |
| Vermont | LCMHC | 3,000 hours | no fewer than 100 hours of face-to-face supervision; ≥50 individual | 2 years | With limits |
| Virginia | LPC | 2,000 direct client hours | 200 hours of in-person supervision; ≥100 by an LPC; ≥100 within the two years before application | not less than 21 months | After board approval |
| Washington | LMHC | 3,000 hours | 100 hours of immediate supervision | — | Yes, fully |
| West Virginia | LPC | 3,000 hours | 1 hour direct supervision per 20 hours of practice (≈150 hours for 3,000) | — | Partly in person |
| Wisconsin | LPC | 3,000 hours | — | — | Yes, fully |
| Wyoming | LPC | 3,000 hours | 100 post-graduate hours of clinical supervision (statute: face-to-face individual) with a DQCS | Not less than 18 months | With limits |
“By video?”: Yes, fully means required supervision can be done entirely by live video with no in-person minimum; With limits means video is mostly allowed with conditions; After board approval means the supervisor needs a state supervisor credential and the board approves the arrangement first; Partly in person means some supervision or presence must be in person. The client’s location decides which state’s rules apply.
How to read these numbers
States count differently. Most set a total of supervised experience hours, and a smaller share of that total must be supervision itself (the “Supervision required” column). Some count only direct client contact, and a few set a period of time instead of an hour count. Many also cap how many hours you can earn per week, which sets the real minimum time; those caps, time limits, exams and supervisor qualifications are on each state’s page.
These figures come from each board’s rules, statutes and publications, checked on September 25, 2026. Rules change, so confirm with your board before you plan around a number.