Licensure guides

Plain-language walkthroughs of the hour requirements, supervision rules, and board reporting for associate-level clinicians in Oregon and Washington — sourced from the OARs, WACs, and board pages, with links to the originals.

• Oregon · Social Work

  Oregon CSWA to LCSW: Hours, Supervision, and Reporting Requirements

  The full CSWA requirements picture — hour targets, the twice-monthly supervision rule, birth-month reporting windows, and the LCSW transition.

• Oregon · LPC & LMFT

  The OBLPCT Annual Supervision Report, Explained (Oregon LPC & LMFT Associates)

  Annual reporting anchored on your plan approval date, the month-by-month grid, and the zero-credit rule that can erase a month of direct hours.

• Washington · Counseling

  Washington's LMHCA Six-Renewal Limit: What It Means and How to Plan

  The associate license is not open-ended — six annual renewals, then you must transition. How to pace 3,000 hours against that runway.

• Washington · Social Work

  LSWAIC to LICSW: Washington's Clinical Social Work Hour Requirements

  No periodic reports in Washington — just cumulative targets, two overlapping supervision floors, and one DOH 670-011 form per supervisor at the end.

• Oregon & Washington · MFT

  MFT Couples & Family Hours: What Counts in Oregon and Washington

  Both states carve a couples/family subset out of your direct hours — with different targets, supervisor rules, and accreditation credits.