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    Washington LMFTA hour requirements.

    A Washington Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA) needs 3,000 total, 1,000 direct (≥500 couples/family) and 200 supervision (≥100 individual) before applying for the LMFT license. The accrual period is not less than 2 years.

    Board requirement

    Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA)

    WAC 246-809-130
    Total
    3,000
    supervised hours
    Direct client contact
    1,000
    ≥500 couples/family
    Supervision
    200
    ≥100 one-to-one
    Duration
    Not less than 2 years
    Effective
    Supervisor experience amended WSR 25-11-019, effective 10/1/2025
    What's specific to this track
    • •3,000 hrs over ≥2 years, postgraduate
    • •≥1,000 direct client contact, ≥500 with couples or families
    • •200 supervision · ≥100 one-to-one · ≥100 provided by an LMFT
    • •COAMFTE grads: +500 direct hrs & +100 supervision hrs credit
    • •SUDP (3+ yrs in last 10): total reduces to 2,700; sub-minimums unchanged

    Source: WA Department of Health, RCW 18.225; WAC chapter 246-809. Board web pages occasionally lag rule amendments; where they disagree, the effective-dated rule text controls.

    Washington LMFTA hour tracker.

    HourPath logs LMFTA hours in the exact categories the Washington Department of Health counts, so direct client contact, supervision and the one-to-one supervision floor are separated as you go instead of reconstructed at application time. Progress is measured against WAC 246-809-130 (Supervisor experience amended WSR 25-11-019, effective 10/1/2025), and when the rule changes the tracker changes with it.

    Frequently asked

    Washington · LMFTA

    3,000 total, 1,000 direct (≥500 couples/family), 200 supervision (≥100 individual). Duration: Not less than 2 years. Per WAC 246-809-130.

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