[[Marriage & Family Therapy]]
## Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited university
- Completion of a supervised practicum or internship
- 24 months post graduate experience
- 1,000 direct client contact hours
- 100 post-graduate supervision hours by an MFT
- 50 must individual supervision, remaining 50 can be group
- Licensing exam
Please note that applicants who hold a current license in another state may be exempt from documenting a practicum or internship and the 24 months of work experience as outlined above provided the applicant can document at least 3 years of licensed work experience as a marital and family therapist.
Source: https://portal.ct.gov/dph/practitioner-licensing--investigations/mft/marital-and-family-therapist-licensure-requirements
## Response to my email that I sent the CT gov email:
Question: I intend to become licensed in Connecticut. However, can I earn post-graduate client contact/supervision hours in New York, or must they be earned in Connecticut?
>We do accept hours from other states.
>As long as we will receive Ct forms signed from your supervisors.
## Thoughts
The hours I earn while in school don't really matter, so I should feel empowered to intern anywhere, with anyone.
What matters is being supervised by an LMFT during my post-graduate work. Whether that is in NY or CT, it doesn't matter.
It also sounds like I can double dip my hours and apply to both a CT and NY license after graduation. But I'll need to investigate this more.