Marriage and family therapy requirements / Maine
Maine marriage and family therapy continuing education requirements
What the Maine Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure asks of a licensed marriage and family therapist at renewal.
Verified Read on October 25, 2026
Read from the board’s own source. What follows was read on October 25, 2026 in the source named on this page. Rules change, and the board decides: confirm before you rely on it.
LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
| Requirement | Amount |
|---|---|
| Total contact hours each cycle | 55 contact hours |
| Ethics (the board’s Code of Ethics, Chapter 8-A) Within the total. | 4 hours |
| Informal home study and prerecorded programs, combined A limit, not a target. | At most 5 hours |
| Renewal cycle | Every 2 years |
| Hours are dueThe source as read gives no date that can be worked out for you. | The date on your license |
- Up to 15 of the 55 hours may be peer consultation with a licensed mental health professional, individual or group, including supervision required for licensure.
- Published professional writing counts for no more than 20 hours; teaching or presenting for no more than 5; field supervision of counseling interns for no more than 5.
- Formal home study and online courses count in full; only informal home study and prerecorded programs share the 5-hour limit.
- Supervision received under a board order or consent agreement does not count.
- Conditional licensees are held to the same 55 hours. A registered counselor has no continuing education requirement.
- Who decides
- Maine Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure
- Profession
- Marriage and family therapy
- Licenses on this page
- LMFT
- Read on
- October 25, 2026
- Source
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- 02-514, Rules of the Board of Counseling Professionals Licensure Chapter 7-A, Sections 1-3; Chapter 7, Section 1
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