LMFT CE hours calculator

It depends on the state, and marriage and family therapy varies more than most professions: authored board rules range from 15 to 45 hours per cycle. Most boards ask for some ethics, and many ask for hours specific to systemic or relational practice. Enter your state's totals in the calculator, or look them up on the LMFT requirements by state page.

Not necessarily. A required category such as ethics counts on its own. You can reach the total and still be short on ethics, which is the single most common reason a renewal is rejected. That's why this calculator tracks ethics separately from your overall total.

In a number of states one combined board runs a single continuing-education cycle covering both counselors and marriage and family therapists, so the hours, ethics, and cycle come from that shared rule. The LMFT requirements by state page shows the board rule that actually governs your license in each state, including those combined-board states.

This tool works from the numbers you enter, so treat it as an estimate. For board-sourced totals, ethics, and categories for your state, see the LMFT requirements by state page, which we keep current as boards change their rules.

Run the calculator once per license. Each state sets its own hours, ethics, and cycle, so a course that satisfies one board may not transfer to another. certification.app tracks each license and its deadline separately once you save your record.