Reference
Hour Categories - Supervised Hours Tracker Docs Docs
The category taxonomy every logged hour maps to, and the constraint each category feeds.
The tracker records hours at a finer grain than the BBS’s own weekly log form (Form 37A-525), because the regulations impose caps the form can’t express on its own. The form you export is always a projection of this internal model — never the other way around.
| Category | Feeds constraint |
|---|---|
| Direct clinical counseling — individual | Part of the 1,750-hour direct clinical floor |
| Direct clinical counseling — group therapy/counseling | Part of the 1,750-hour floor |
| Direct clinical counseling — couples, families, children | Part of the 500-hour CFC floor (subset of the 1,750) |
| Direct supervisor contact — individual or triadic | Non-clinical; capped at 6 credited hours/week |
| Direct supervisor contact — group | Non-clinical; capped at 6 credited hours/week (combined with above) |
| Administering or evaluating psychological tests | Non-clinical |
| Writing clinical reports | Non-clinical |
| Writing progress or process notes | Non-clinical |
| Client-centered advocacy | Non-clinical; your supervisor determines what qualifies |
| Workshops, seminars, trainings, conferences | Non-clinical |
| Personal psychotherapy received | Tracked separately; historically subject to its own cap |
Every category also carries a telehealth tag, even where nothing currently constrains it — a prior rule capped telehealth counseling at 375 hours before it was repealed, and history says a constraint like that can return.
Why the extra granularity matters
The Board has changed its own form before: the older nine-category forms (37A-524/524a) were replaced by today’s five-line form without changing what actually counts toward licensure. If the internal model only captured what the current form asks for, a future form change could leave you unable to reconstruct hours the Board now wants broken out differently. Recording at the regulation’s grain, not the form’s, is what makes re-export possible after a form change.
Ceilings to watch
- 1,250 hours — non-clinical ceiling.
- 1,300 hours — total pre-degree (trainee) hours that may count, of which at most 750 may be counseling and supervision.
- 1,200 hours — hours supervised by a Licensed Educational Psychologist.
Your dashboard’s Compliance page shows how close you are to each ceiling, not just the 3,000-hour total.