Becoming Licensed·

Requirements by state

New Mexico licensure requirements

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

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

LPCCLicensed Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor · professional counselor
  • 3,000 hours of postgraduate clinical client contact (up to 1,000 may come from internship/practicum)
  • Supervision: 100 hours of face-to-face postgraduate supervision
  • Remote supervision: some limits
LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist
  • Two years' postgraduate MFT experience with at least 1,000 hours of postgraduate marriage and family clinical client contact
  • Supervision: 200 hours postgraduate MFT supervision, including at least 100 hours individual
  • Remote supervision: some limits
LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker · clinical social worker
  • 3,600 hours of licensed masters level social work experience accumulated over no more than 60 months
  • Supervision: 100 hours of supervision (≥70 direct; ≤50 group; ≤30 interdisciplinary)
  • Remote supervision: some limits
PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)
  • Internship: Counts up to 1 year (1,500 h) if APA-approved; non-APA internship counts only 750 h (≥20 h/week, completed within 24 consecutive months)
  • Remote supervision: some limits

Compare New Mexico with every other state on the state explorer, or see the list of all states.

Track your hours, free

Practice Harbor is free while you are pre-licensed. It counts your clinical hours from the sessions you mark as attended, and you can add outside hours by hand.

Start free with Practice HarborAll requirements

General information, not legal advice. Requirements are summarized from each state’s licensing board, statutes and regulations on the date shown; the board decides, and rules change. Becoming Licensed is not affiliated with any licensing board.