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Oregon licensure requirements

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

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

LPCLicensed Professional Counselor · professional counselor
  • 36 months of supervised clinical experience including no less than 1,900 hours of supervised direct client contact
  • Supervision: Monthly minimum: 2 hours (months with ≤45 direct hours) or 3 hours (months with ≥46); no lifetime total stated
  • Remote supervision: some limits
LMFTLicensed Marriage and Family Therapist · marriage and family therapist
  • 36 months of supervised clinical experience including 1,900 hours of supervised direct client contact, ≥750 with couples and families in the same session
  • Supervision: Monthly minimum: 2 hours (months with ≤45 direct hours) or 3 hours (months with ≥46); no lifetime total stated
  • Remote supervision: some limits
LCSWLicensed Clinical Social Worker · clinical social worker
  • minimum of 3,500 practice hours of which at least 2,000 hours must involve direct contact with a client
  • Supervision: 100 hours, of which ≥50 individual; ≥50 with an OAR 877-020-0012(1) or (3)(a) supervisor; ≤50 with an alternate supervisor
  • Remote supervision: some limits
PsychologistLicensed Psychologist · psychologist (phd/psyd)
  • Internship: Organized internship within the degree: ≥1,500 hours completed within 24 months; ≥25% direct client contact
  • Postdoc required
  • Remote supervision: some limits

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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.