New Jersey Statutes Title 45. Professions and Occupations 45 § 8B-15

(a) Educational Requirement: At least a master's degree in social work, marriage or pastoral counseling, psychology, sociology of the family, family life education, or another field of study or a closely allied field of a doctor of medicine in which it is established by the applicant's transcripts that an appropriate course of study has been successfully completed; the degree to have been obtained from an accredited institution so recognized at the time of granting of such degrees.

(b) Experience Requirements: Three years of full-time counseling experience, or its equivalent, of a character approved by the board, 2 years of which must have been in marriage counseling.