New Jersey · LMFT
New Jersey LMFT hour tracker
Track the 4,500 supervised hours required for Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist licensure in New Jersey — against the actual State Board of Social Work Examiners rules. ClearPath audits every entry the same week you log it, and auto-fills the official board form when you're ready to submit.
At a glance
New Jersey LMFT requirements
From State Board of Social Work Examiners's current published rules. ClearPath encodes every row below as a real-time validation check.
| Requirement | New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Total supervised hours | 4,500 |
| Total supervision hours | 100 |
| Minimum duration | 36 months |
| Supervisor qualifications | A New Jersey LMFT or another New Jersey licensee acting within scope who holds qualifying graduate family-therapy coursework and at least 5 years of full-time professional marriage and family therapy practice. |
| Out-of-state hours accepted | Yes |
| Exam required | AMFTRB National Exam |
Source: State Board of Social Work Examiners. ClearPath revalidates state rules against published board materials regularly.
The fine print most trackers miss
New Jersey-specific rules
These are the rules that catch LMFT associates off-guard at submission. ClearPath flags each one in real time as you log.
- At least 2 of the 3 required 1,500-hour years must occur after the qualifying degree or certificate
- For the required marriage and family therapy experience, client contact may total up to 1,150 hours, face-to-face supervision must total at least 50 hours, and no more than 25 of those supervision hours may be group supervision
- No board-stated MINIMUM on direct client contact hours specifically was found (N.J.A.C. 13:34-2.4; board's own experience-documentation form) — only the 1,150-hour/year MAXIMUM captured in hour_categories.marriage_family_therapy_maximum. minimum_direct_client_contact_hours was previously (incorrectly) set to 1500, the per-year TOTAL (contact + supervision + other work), not a client-contact-specific floor. Fixed PR #140, 2026-08-07 — flagged for opus-agent review.
Built for New Jersey
How ClearPath handles New Jersey LMFT
- Live rule validation. Every entry is checked against the 4,500-hour total, the direct-client requirements, and the supervision ratios — at the time you log it.
- Auto-filled official form. When you're ready to apply, ClearPath fills the actual State Board of Social Work Examiners form from your records. Not a reproduction — the same PDF the board accepts.
- Supervisor portal. Your supervisor logs in, reviews your weekly entries, and e-signs without printing. No paper PDFs, no scanning.
- AI hour reviewer. Ask plain-language questions about your log ("what week did I miss a supervision hour?") and get the exact answer in seconds.
- $25/year. One quarter the price of the legacy tracker. 50% of every Pro subscription goes to Shane's Coffee — a vocational training program for people living with mental health challenges and disabilities.
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