How long does the LPC period take?

24 months minimum. The Ohio CSWMFT Board sets a floor, not a ceiling: accumulate faster and you still can't apply before the duration minimum.

Does HourPath format Ohio hours for the board?

Yes. Categories, ratios, and totals are encoded directly from ORC 4757.22 · OAC 4757-13-03. When a rule changes, the tracker changes with it.

What is the Ohio LSW hours requirement?

3,000 total, Not specified in rule, 150 supervision. Duration: 24 months minimum. Per OAC 4757-23-01 · 4757-19-08.

What is the Ohio MFT hours requirement?

1,000 face-to-face, 1,000 direct (≥500 couples/family), 200 supervision (≥100 individual). Duration: 24 months (2 full years). Per ORC 4757.30 · OAC 4757-25-04.

ORC 4757 · OAC chapter 4757

Ohio clinical hour requirements.

What the Ohio CSWMFT Board actually asks for, encoded from the statute, not paraphrased from a summary page. All 3 tracks below: Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Social Worker (LSW), pre-independent Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).

Board requirement

Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)

ORC 4757.22 · OAC 4757-13-03

Total

3,000

supervised hours

Direct client contact

1,500

minimum

Supervision

150

supervision hours

Duration

24 months minimum

What's specific to this track

•3,000 supervised work hours over ≥2 years post-LPC
•Max 1,500 work hrs claimable per 12-month period
•At least 50% (1,500 hrs) must be face-to-face clinical counseling, including diagnosis and treatment (OAC 4757-13-03(A)(4)(a))
•Supervisor evaluation required at the 1,500-hour midpoint (OAC 4757-13-03(B)(3))
•1 supervision hr per 20 work hrs (OAC 4757-17-01); board guidance puts that at ~150 hrs, by an LPCC-S
•As of 1/1/2026: NCMHCE no longer required for LPCC upgrade

Source: Ohio CSWMFT Board, ORC 4757; OAC chapter 4757. Board web pages occasionally lag rule amendments; where they disagree, the effective-dated rule text controls.

Every Ohio track, answered

Ohio supervision hour requirements by license.

Ohio LPC hours requirement

An Ohio Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) needs 3,000 total, 1,500 direct and 150 supervision before applying for the LPCC license. The accrual period is 24 months minimum, per ORC 4757.22 · OAC 4757-13-03.

Ohio LPC hour tracker

HourPath logs LPC hours in the exact categories the Ohio CSWMFT Board counts, so direct client contact, supervision and the supervision total are separated as you go instead of reconstructed at application time.

•3,000 supervised work hours over ≥2 years post-LPC
•Max 1,500 work hrs claimable per 12-month period
•At least 50% (1,500 hrs) must be face-to-face clinical counseling, including diagnosis and treatment (OAC 4757-13-03(A)(4)(a))
•Supervisor evaluation required at the 1,500-hour midpoint (OAC 4757-13-03(B)(3))
•1 supervision hr per 20 work hrs (OAC 4757-17-01); board guidance puts that at ~150 hrs, by an LPCC-S
•As of 1/1/2026: NCMHCE no longer required for LPCC upgrade

Ohio LPC to LPCC requirements

Ohio LSW hours requirement

An Ohio Licensed Social Worker (LSW) needs 3,000 total and 150 supervision before applying for the LISW license. The accrual period is 24 months minimum, per OAC 4757-23-01 · 4757-19-08.

Ohio LSW hour tracker

HourPath logs LSW hours in the exact categories the Ohio CSWMFT Board counts, so direct client contact, supervision and the supervision total are separated as you go instead of reconstructed at application time.

•3,000 employment hours over ≥2 years post-master's
•No direct-contact sub-minimum in rule, count total employment hours
•1 supervision hr per 20 work hrs (OAC 4757-17-01); board guidance puts that at ~150 hrs, by an LISW-S
•Supervisor signs/acknowledges the log at least quarterly

Full Ohio LSW requirements

Ohio MFT hours requirement

An Ohio pre-independent Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT) needs 1,000 face-to-face and 200 supervision (≥100 individual) before applying for the IMFT license. The accrual period is 24 months (2 full years), per ORC 4757.30 · OAC 4757-25-04.

Ohio MFT hour tracker

HourPath logs MFT hours in the exact categories the Ohio CSWMFT Board counts, so direct client contact, supervision and the one-to-one supervision floor are separated as you go instead of reconstructed at application time.

•1,000 face-to-face client contact, ≥500 relational (couples/families)
•200 face-to-face training supervision · ≥100 individual
•Supervisor: IMFT-S, or an independent licensee who is also an AAMFT-Approved Supervisor

Full Ohio MFT requirements

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