LPCLicensed Professional Counselor · professional counselor
- a minimum of 3000 hours of supervised counseling experience, after earning a master's degree (1500 hours after a doctoral degree in counseling)
- Supervision: 1 hour direct supervision per 20 hours of practice (≈150 hours for 3,000)
- Remote supervision: in-person rules
- a minimum of 3000 hours of supervised marriage and family therapy experience, after earning a master's degree (1500 after a doctoral degree)
- Supervision: 1 hour direct individual supervision per 20 hours of practice (≈150 hours for 3,000)
- Remote supervision: paperwork
- at least two years in full-time employment, or three thousand hours under the supervision of an independent clinical social worker
- Supervision: 100 hours face-to-face clinical supervision; ≥50% individual
- Remote supervision: paperwork
- Internship: APA-approved pre- or post-doctoral internship 'or its equivalent' (formal one year, full time, done within 24 months); the statute references 1,800 predoctoral internship hours
- Remote supervision: in-person rules
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