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Missouri licensure requirements

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

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

LPCLicensed Professional Counselor · professional counselor

A minimum of three thousand (3,000) total hours of supervised counseling experience, in no more than sixty (60) calendar months (master's); 1,500 hours (specialist/doctoral)
Remote supervision: paperwork

LMFTLicensed Marital and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist

A minimum fifteen hundred (1,500) hours of supervised experience in marital and family therapy direct client contact, in 24 to 60 calendar months (master's); 750 hours in 12-24 months (doctoral/specialist)
Supervision: minimum 104 hours; at least 75% individual
Remote supervision: paperwork

LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker · clinical social worker

at least three thousand hours of supervised clinical experience ... in no less than twenty-four months and no more than forty-eight consecutive calendar months
Remote supervision: paperwork

PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)

Internship: ≥1,500 hours in a completed internship, finished in 12–24 months
Remote supervision: in-person rules

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