Florida MQA license verification: check a Florida therapist's license

Official FL therapist license lookup: step by step

1. Open the MQA License Verification search. The board's Verify a License link goes to the MQA search.
2. Choose the Board of CSW/MFT/MHC, or the Board of Psychology for a psychologist, and pick the profession.
3. Search by last and first name, or by license number entered as the prefix and number with no spaces, leading zeros, or colons.
4. Use the License Status filter if needed. MQA separates practicing statuses (for example Clear, Military, Obligations, Probation) from non-practicing statuses (for example Null and Void, Retired, Closed).
5. Match the profession to the clinician's claim and record the date of the lookup.

Official source: Florida MQA License Verification, maintained byFlorida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling.

What to match in the state record

• Board or council
• Profession
• License number
• Last and first name
• City, county, or zip code
• License status

Match the person, profession, and jurisdiction together. A similar name, a practice record, or a credential from another state is not the same evidence.

Interns, provisional licensees, and telehealth registrants are separate records

The MQA search lists Registered Clinical Social Worker Intern, Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern, Registered Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, provisional licensees, and Out-of-State Telehealth registrations as their own professions. Florida says a registered intern registration is valid for five years and cannot be renewed, and that the out-of-state telehealth registration is only for practitioners licensed outside Florida.

Compact membership is not an automatic privilege

The Counseling Compact lists Florida as a member state, and the board says Florida joined in 2022. As of September 24, 2026, the compact says privileges are live only for licensees in Arizona, Minnesota, and Ohio. Membership alone does not prove that a particular clinician holds a privilege to practise in another state.

How Couch Commons uses the result

Couch Commons records the license number, issuing state, profession, source, status, and date checked, and a public profile shows them as a dated receipt. Joining starts a membership and onboarding; it does not purchase verification or placement in the directory.

If the official source cannot give a clear match, we ask it again every day. Until it matches the official record, the clinician does not receive a license-check receipt.Read the complete verification method.

Questions about Florida therapist license verification