Supervised hours for psychologists in every state
| State | License | Supervised experience | Postdoc required? | By video? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Psychologist | No supervised-experience total beyond the pre-doctoral internship; no postdoctoral year required | No | Yes, fully |
| Alaska | Psychologist | Pre-doctoral internship (≥1,500 h) + one year of postdoctoral supervised experience (≥1,500 clock hours) | Yes | With limits |
| Arizona | Psychologist | 3,000 hours supervised professional experience: ≥1,500 internship + 1,500 from pre-internship, additional internship, and/or postdoctoral hours | optional (alternative route): postdoc counts only toward the second 1,500 hours, which may be met entirely pre-doctorally | Yes, fully |
| Arkansas | Psychologist | 2,000-hour predoctoral internship + 2,000 hours of supervised postdoctoral experience | Yes | With limits |
| California | Psychologist | Two years of supervised professional experience (SPE) = 3,000 hours (1 year = 1,500 h); at least 1,500 h postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Colorado | Psychologist | One year of postdoctoral supervised experience: ≥1,500 clock hours over ≥12 months, with 75 hours of supervision | Yes | With limits |
| Connecticut | Psychologist | At least one year of supervised work experience, pre- or postdoctoral: ≥35 h/week for ≥46 weeks within 12 months, or ≥1,800 h within 24 months | No | With limits |
| Delaware | Psychologist | Predoctoral internship (≥1,500 h) + ≥1 year postdoctoral supervised experience (1,500 h) | Yes | Partly in person |
| Florida | Psychologist | 2 years or 4,000 hours of supervised experience: internship (1 year/2,000 h) + ≥1 year/2,000 h postdoctoral | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Georgia | Psychologist | Statute: two years of qualifying experience; rules: internship (2,000 h) + 1,500-hour postdoctoral supervised work experience (SWE) | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Hawaii | Psychologist | Two years of supervised health-service experience = 3,800 hours: 1,900 h internship/organized training + 1,900 h postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Idaho | Psychologist | Two years of supervised experience; one may be predoctoral practicum/internship, one must be postdoctoral; each year = ≥1,000 hours in 12–36 months | Yes | With limits |
| Illinois | Psychologist | 2 years of satisfactory supervised experience, one an internship and one postdoctoral; a year = 1,750 hours in ≥50 weeks within 36 months | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Indiana | Psychologist | HSPP: not fewer than 2 years — 1,500-hour internship + 1,600 hours supervised experience (≥900 direct patient contact) in ≥12 months via doctoral practicum, post-internship experience, or both | No | Partly in person |
| Iowa | Psychologist | At least one year of supervised professional experience (statute), defined as a postdoctoral residency of ≥1,500 hours completed in no less than 10 months | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Kansas | Psychologist | Two years of supervised experience: one may be predoctoral (the internship), at least one must be postdoctoral; a year = at least 1,800 clock-hours | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Kentucky | Psychologist | 3,600 hours: 1,800 predoctoral internship + 1,800 pre- and/or postdoctoral (statute: 2 years, one an internship) | No | After board approval |
| Louisiana | Psychologist | Two years full-time (4,000 hours); up to one year (2,000 hours) may be predoctoral internship, all remaining hours postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Maine | Psychologist | Two years: 1,500 hours predoctoral (internship) + 1,500 hours postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Maryland | Psychologist | 2 years = minimum 3,250 hours; practice-oriented: up to 1,500 pre-internship/post-internship predoc + internship ≥1,750 + up to 1,500 postdoc | only if pre-doctoral hours total less than 3,250 | Partly in person |
| Massachusetts | Psychologist | 2 years = ≥3,200 clock hours within 60 consecutive months; at least one year before the doctoral degree | No | Yes, fully |
| Michigan | Psychologist | Internship + 1 year postdoctoral experience = not less than 2,000 clock hours in ≤2 consecutive years | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Minnesota | Psychologist | 1,800-hour predoctoral internship + one full year (≥1,800 h) of postdegree supervised psychological employment | Yes | Yes, fully |
| Mississippi | Psychologist | Internship only: ≥1,800-hour APA/CPA-accredited predoctoral internship; no postdoctoral experience required | No | Yes, fully |
| Missouri | Psychologist | 1,500 internship hours + ≥2,000 hours from any mix of pre-internship, predoctoral post-internship, up to 750 extra internship hours, or postdoctoral | optional (alternative route) | Partly in person |
| Montana | Psychologist | 2 years supervised experience (3,200 hours minimum); one year may be predoctoral internship; ≥1,600 hours postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Nebraska | Psychologist | Two years of supervised professional experience: one year APA-standard internship + one year supervised postdoctoral experience | Yes | With limits |
| Nevada | Psychologist | 2 years of supervised experience equivalent to full-time: year 1 = doctoral internship; year 2 = postdoctoral, ≥1,750 hours | Yes | With limits |
| New Hampshire | Psychologist | At least 2 years of supervised clinical experience: 1 pre-degree internship year + 1 post-doctoral year; each ≥1,500 clock hours in 12–24 consecutive months | Yes | With limits |
| New Jersey | Psychologist | 2 years full-time or equivalent supervised experience = 3,500 hours (1,750/year: 1,000 client contact, 200 supervision, 550 other); may be completed before the doctorate | No | With limits |
| New Mexico | Psychologist | 2 years (3,000 hours) of supervised experience: up to 1,500 h practicum + up to 1,500 h APA internship; any remainder must be postdoctoral | only for any remainder of the 3,000 hours not covered by practicum + internship | With limits |
| New York | Psychologist | Two years full-time (3,500 clock hours) supervised experience; ≤1 year (1,750 h) from doctoral internship, remainder post-degree | Yes | With limits |
| North Carolina | Psychologist | 2 years / at least 3,000 hours supervised practice; ≥1 calendar year (≥1,500 h) postdoctoral | Yes | Yes, fully |
| North Dakota | Psychologist | Two full years: 1,500 h predoctoral internship + 1,500 h postdoctoral OR 1,500 h additional predoctoral training (or a combination) | optional (alternative route) | With limits |
| Ohio | Psychologist | Two years (3,600 hours total): predoctoral internship + second sequence (postdoc, post-internship, or qualifying doctoral placements) | optional (alternative route) – required only for non-accredited/foreign-degree applicants (≥1 postdoctoral year) | Yes, fully |
| Oklahoma | Psychologist | Two years supervised experience as a psychologist, in line with the doctoral program; at least one year postdoctoral | Yes | Partly in person |
| Oregon | Psychologist | Statute: two years of supervised employment; rules: pre-doctoral internship (≥1,500 h) plus one post-doctoral year (≥1,500 h, ≥12 months) | Yes | With limits |
| Pennsylvania | Psychologist | Not less than two years of supervised experience acceptable to the Board (statute); internship = year 1 | optional (not required for APA-accredited program entrants from fall 2015 with ≥12 months/1,750 h practicum; otherwise a post-internship year is required) | Yes, fully |
| Rhode Island | Psychologist | At least two years / 3,000 hours of supervised experience, one year (1,500 h) post-doctoral | Yes | With limits |
| South Carolina | Psychologist | Two years of supervised experience, one of which may be pre-doctoral; 3,000 hours total minimum, ≥1,500 per year | Yes | Partly in person |
| South Dakota | Psychologist | Supervised psychology internship (≥1,800 h) plus one year of supervised post-doctoral psychology practice | Yes | With limits |
| Tennessee | Psychologist | HSP: qualifying internship (≥1,900 h) + one year postdoctoral supervised experience (≥1,900 h). Psychologist (non-HSP): no supervised-experience rule | required for HSP designation only; not required for Psychologist license without HSP | Partly in person |
| Texas | Psychologist | 3,500 hours: ≥1,750 formal internship + ≥1,750 as a provisionally licensed psychologist (statute: two years, one may be in doctoral program) | optional (alternative route) | Yes, fully |
| Utah | Psychologist | 4,000 hours of psychology training under an approved psychologist supervisor; may be accrued in doctoral program, internship, postdoc, or as psychology resident | No | Partly in person |
| Vermont | Psychologist | 4,000 hours of supervised practice, of which no fewer than 2,000 hours were completed after the doctoral degree | Yes | With limits |
| Virginia | Psychologist | Clinical: internship + residency of ≥1,500 supervised hours; internship hours do not count toward the 1,500 | optional (alternative route) — clinical candidates may satisfy the 1,500-hour residency with qualifying pre-internship practicum; school psychologists must complete it post-degree | With limits |
| Washington | Psychologist | 3,300 supervised hours: practicum ≥300 h (≥9 months) + ≥2 years/3,000 h incl. 1,500 h internship + 1,500 h practicum/internship/postdoc | No | Yes, fully |
| West Virginia | Psychologist | One year of Board-approved supervised experience (two years without an internship); may be waived with ≥1,800-hour predoctoral internship | optional (waivable): one year of supervision is required unless the Board waives it for a ≥1,800-hour predoctoral internship; two years if no internship | Partly in person |
| Wisconsin | Psychologist | 3,000 hours supervised graduate-level experience: 1,500 h internship + 1,500 h of pre-internship, excess internship, post-internship pre-degree, and/or postdoctoral hours | No | With limits |
| Wyoming | Psychologist | 3,000 hours supervised professional experience in no less than two years (1,500 hours = one year), including a pre-doctoral internship | No | 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.