West Virginia Marriage and Family Therapist License Requirements
State-board requirements, fees, and renewal cycle drawn from official regulator records.
Specializes in treating relationship and family issues.
What the West Virginia data shows for Marriage and Family Therapists
West Virginia sets the entry bar for marriage and family therapists at 2,784 training hours and a passing score on MFT National Examination, with 2 years of supervised work experience expected. A background check is a standard part of the process, and applicants must be 18 or older. The credential is administered under West Virginia's licensing regime, which classifies the training track as "Masters or Doctoral Degree".
Budget $139 to get started, plus $125 at each renewal on a 2-year cycle. Maintaining the license requires 36 hours of continuing education per 2-year cycle, an ongoing cost applicants often underestimate when budgeting the career.
Reciprocity for this profession works like this: MFT Licensure Compact: adoption underway.
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A higher score means this specific license is LESS burdensome to obtain and maintain here than the national requirement corpus, based on education hours, fees, continuing education, and experience requirements, not an overall judgment of the profession or the state.
Licensing Requirements in West Virginia
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What to do with this marriage and family therapist license
Marriage and Family Therapist in West Virginia, with a documented reciprocity path, is one requirement row in a marriage and family therapist-wide, 50-state comparison.
- See how West Virginia's marriage and family therapist requirements compare to every other state before relocating. Marriage and Family Therapist in every state
- Confirm whether your out-of-state marriage and family therapist license transfers under an interstate compact before starting a new application. Reciprocity guide
- See how West Virginia's overall licensing burden compares to other states, not just this one profession. West Virginia overview
Requirements shown are compiled from NCSL and Institute for Justice research; verify current rules with the West Virginia licensing board before making career decisions.
Source: NCSL Occupational Licensing Database, Institute for Justice License to Work (3rd Ed.), state licensing board websites
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Institute for Justice, the PlainCredential comparison corpus (current as of May 15, 2026) maps 4,947 state licensing requirement records; see the methodology.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.