Table Revision date: 6/25/2025
| State | License Type1,2 | La Salle MFT Program Meets Licensure Requirements if no, see notes! Yes, STATE may have variation to present COAMFTE Accepted ProgramS | Notes |
| Alabama (AL) | AMFT,LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted Must have 500 clinical hours with 250 of those relational |
| Alaska (AK) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | |
| Arizona (AZ) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| Arkansas (AR) | LAMFT, LMFT | Can petition board to accept COAMFTE requirements. Completion of an internship (12-month minimum) during the program | |
| California (CA) | AMFT, LMFT | NO | Must have at least 500 clinical hours. Additional coursework including CA-specific law, psychopharmacology, and ethics required |
| Colorado (CO) | MFTC, LMFT | YES | |
| Connecticut (CT) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program Accepted 500 direct clinical hours, 100 of which must be clinical supervision. |
| Delaware (DE) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| District of Columbia (DC) | LMFT only | YES | COAMFTE Program Accepted |
| Florida (FL) | RMFT, LMFT | YES | Meets Register MFT, Additional course requirements for LMFT |
| Georgia (GA) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program Accepted 500 clinical hours needed |
| Hawaii (HI) | MFT Intern designation & LMFT | YES | |
| Idaho (ID) | LAMFT,LMFT | YES | |
| Illinois (IL) | ALMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| Indiana (IN) | LMHCA, LMHC | YES | |
| Iowa (IA) | Temporary LMFT,LMFT | YES | Degree must say Marital and Family Therapy |
| Kansas (KS) | LMFT, LCMFT | NO | 500 hours of supervised clinical experience providing therapy. 100 hours of supervision with a qualified supervisor. Must complete 4,000 hours of supervised clinical experience for LCMFT |
| Kentucky (KY) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | |
| Louisiana (LA) | PLMFT, LMFT | NO | Up to 220 of the required 500 hours of supervised direct client contact and 44 of the required 100 hours of face-to-face supervision not completed during a practicum and/or internship during the completion of the qualifying degree program or postgraduate training institute may be completed once an applicant is provisionally licensed as a provisional licensed marriage and family therapist and is under the supervision of an LMFT board-approved supervisor. These hours shall be added to the required 1500 hours of supervised direct client contact required for licensure. |
| Maine (ME) | LMFT-C, LMFT | NO | A full academic year of supervised marriage and family counseling experience consisting of at least 900 clock hours, including a minimum of 360 clock hours of direct client contact. |
| Maryland (MD) | LGMFT, LCMFT | YES | A supervised clinical practice that includes at least 60 hours of approved supervision and 300 hours of direct client contact with couples, families, and individuals, at least 100 hours of which are relational therapy; |
| Massachusetts (MA) | LMFT | YES | |
| Michigan (MI) | LLMFT, LMFT | NO | Completion of a one-time training to identify victims of human trafficking is required for individuals seeking licensure that meets the standards of Administrative Rule 338.7202. |
| Minnesota (MN) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| Mississippi (MS) | LMFTA, LMFT | NO | Clinical practicum of no less than 12 consecutive months that provided a minimum of 500 face to face clinical client contact hours of which no less than 200 were relational contact hours with couples and/or families. Supervision with a ratio of no less than one (1) hour of supervision for each six (6) hours of clinical client contact |
| Missouri (MO) | PLMFT,LMFT | NO | At least two hours of training in suicide assessment, referral, treatment, and management training, as a condition of initial licensure. 6 semester hours at least 500 hours of client contact |
| Montana (MT) | MFLC, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Nebraska (NE) | PLMHP, LMHP,LIMHP | YES | Certification in MFT is offered |
| Nevada (NV) | MFT- Intern, LMFT | YES | Grief, Loss & Trauma course & Sex Therapy course needed |
| New Hampshire (NH) | MFT-Interns, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| New Jersey (NJ) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| New Mexico (NM) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | Supervised Practicum:300 hours of direct client contact for 12 months |
| New York (NY) | Limited permit, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted Must complete coursework or training in the identification and reporting of child abuse |
| North Carolina (NC) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| North Dakota (ND) | LAMFT, LMFT | COAMFTE Program accepted | |
| Ohio (OH) | RMFT, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Oklahoma (OK) | LMFTC, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Oregon (OR) | MFT Associate; LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Pennsylvania (PA) | LAMFT, LMFT | YES | |
| Rhode Island (RI) | LMFTA, LMFT | NO | COAMFTE Program accepted Has completed a minimum of twelve (12) semester credit hours of supervised practicum Has completed a one (1) calendar year of supervised internship consisting of twenty (20) hours per week deemed equivalent by the Board. |
| South Carolina (SC) | LMFT Associate, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| South Dakota (SD) | LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Tennessee (TN) | LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Texas (TX) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Utah (UT) | AMFT, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted 400 hours, 100 direct supervision, 300 client contact, 150 of those hours are with couples or family, at least two people in the room |
| Vermont (VT) | LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program accepted |
| Virginia (VA) | LMFT | NO | COAMFTE Program courses accepted along with Assessment and Treatment (appraisal, assessment and diagnostic procedures) Supervised internship of at least 600 hours to include 240 hours of direct client contact, of which 200 hours shall be with couples and families. internship hours earned after completion of 30 graduate semester hours may be counted towards residency hours. |
| Washington (WA) | LMFTA, LMFT | YES | (AAMFT) clinical membership status is considered to have met the education requirements |
| West Virginia (WV) | PLMFT, LMFT | NO | 300 clinical hours with half focused on couples and families |
| Wisconsin (WI) | MFT Training, MFT Temporary License, LMFT | YES | COAMFTE Program Accepted |
| Wyoming (WY) | PMFT, LMFT | YES |