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North Dakota licensure requirements

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

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

LPCCLicensed Professional Clinical Counselor · professional counselor
  • Two years (three thousand hours) of post-master's clinical experience in a clinical setting
  • Supervision: 100 hours face-to-face supervision, minimum 60 individual (LPCC); LPC step also 100 hours, ≥60 individual
  • Remote supervision: some limits
LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist
  • a minimum of three thousand hours, of which one thousand five hundred hours of direct clinical client contact
  • Supervision: at least 200 hours face-to-face, ≥100 individual
  • Remote supervision: easy
LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker · clinical social worker
  • within a four-year period, three thousand hours of supervised post-master's clinical social work experience
  • Supervision: minimum of 150 hours of face-to-face clinical supervision
  • Remote supervision: some limits
PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)
  • Internship: 1,500 hours supervised predoctoral internship; ≥100 h supervision (≥50 one-to-one); APA/CPA-accredited internship accepted
  • Remote supervision: some limits

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