Georgia supervised hours requirements
What Georgia requires for LMFT, LPC, LCSW and psychologist licensure: hours, supervision and time limits from the rule text, with the sections cited and the date checked.
The short answer
Licensing authority: Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists; Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.
- AMFT to LMFT: Post-master's experience toward the Georgia LMFT for an AMFT license holder. Georgia's direct clinical experience includes supervision, case staffing and case consultation as well as client contact, so Accrue counts the 2,000 hours as all experience rather than as direct client contact.
- APC to LPC: total directed experience 4 years.
- LMSW to LCSW: total supervised experience 3,000 hours.
- Psychologist: The postdoctoral supervised work experience toward the Georgia psychologist license. Georgia requires an internship and then this postdoctoral experience; the internship is counted on its own ledger.
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
Post-degree experience · Title while gaining experience: Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (AMFT)
Post-master's experience toward the Georgia LMFT for an AMFT license holder. Georgia's direct clinical experience includes supervision, case staffing and case consultation as well as client contact, so Accrue counts the 2,000 hours as all experience rather than as direct client contact.
| Requirement | Figure |
|---|---|
| Direct clinical experience, as Georgia defines it | 2,000 hours Client contact as therapist or co-therapist, supervision, case staffing and case consultation |
| Experience period | 2 years of full-time experience or its equivalent Full time is at least 20 hours a week of direct clinical experience |
| Supervision | 100 hours Concurrent with your experience |
| Supervision rate | 5 hours per 100 hours of direct clinical experience |
| Individual supervision | At least 50 hours Of the 100; no more than 50 hours of group |
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Post-degree experience · Title while gaining experience: Associate Professional Counselor (APC)
Post-master's directed experience under supervision toward the Georgia LPC. Georgia states this requirement in years of directed experience, so Accrue records your hours without an experience target and counts your supervision hours.
| Requirement | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total directed experience | 4 years Master's route. Or 3 years plus a supervised counseling practicum or internship that was part of the graduate degree program |
| Supervision, 4-year route | 120 hours The rule's definition of four years of supervision. At 35 hours per 12-month period, four years would be 140; confirm with the board |
| Supervision, 3-year route | 90 or 105 hours The rule defines three years of supervision as 90 hours, while 35 hours per 12-month period over three years is 105; confirm with the board |
| Supervision in each 12-month period | 35 hours |
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
Post-degree experience · Title while gaining experience: Licensed Master's Social Worker (LMSW)
Supervised clinical social work experience after the social work master's degree, toward the Georgia LCSW. Georgia states no minimum for direct client contact.
| Requirement | Figure |
|---|---|
| Total supervised experience | 3,000 hours After the social work master's degree |
| Under supervision and direction | The first 2,000 hours |
| Experience period | 36 to 108 months |
| Supervision | 120 hours No more than 50% group; at least 50% from a licensed clinical social worker |
| With a doctorate as well as the MSW | 2,000 hours over 24 to 72 months, with 80 supervision hours A separate route this ledger does not count |
Licensed Psychologist
Post-degree experience · Title while gaining experience: Non-renewable provisional license
The postdoctoral supervised work experience toward the Georgia psychologist license. Georgia requires an internship and then this postdoctoral experience; the internship is counted on its own ledger.
| Requirement | Figure |
|---|---|
| Internship, then postdoctoral experience | An internship of at least 2,000 hours, then 1,500 postdoctoral hours |
| Postdoctoral supervised work experience | 1,500 hours After the internship and the doctoral degree; counted by this ledger |
| Client involvement | 500 hours Face-to-face client contact, document review, test scoring, note or report writing and other activity directly related to client services |
| Period | 11 to 24 months |
| Individual supervision | 1 hour for each 30 hours In the week of the services or the week after |
Common questions
- What does Georgia require for therapist licensure hours?
- APC to LPC: total directed experience 4 years. LMSW to LCSW: total supervised experience 3,000 hours. Each license page lists the supervision rules and time limits.
- Who sets these requirements in Georgia?
- Georgia Composite Board of Professional Counselors, Social Workers and Marriage and Family Therapists; Georgia State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Each figure on these pages cites the rule section it comes from.
- Do these figures mean I am eligible for a license?
- No. Your licensing board reviews your application and your supervisors' verifications and decides. These pages summarize the published rules as Accrue models them, including what Accrue does not check.
Sources
Sources checked
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.05
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.06
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.01
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.02
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.04
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 135-5-.03
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 510-2-.05
- Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. r. 510-2-.01(4)
Accrue is a record-keeping aid and is not affiliated with any licensing board, accreditor or school. Rules change; confirm the requirements that apply to you with the authority that sets them before you rely on a figure.