Therapists & Counselors in Bridgeport, CT

Bridgeport has 702 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 10 licence types.

With a population of 152,273, that works out to 46.1 providers per 10,000 residents. Density is a rough measure: providers register a practice address, which may be a clinic serving a much wider area than the city itself.

Practically, a figure this far below the median means planning for a longer search. Widening the area you are willing to travel to, asking about video sessions anywhere in Connecticut, and looking at community clinics as well as private practice all tend to matter more here than they would in a large city.

Of the 158 places in Connecticut with at least one registered provider, Bridgeport ranks 7th by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (221), social worker (94), mental health counselor (89), professional counselor (86), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

The largest single group, clinical social worker, accounts for 33% of licensed providers registered here, so no one licence defines what is available. Training route and areas of focus vary more within a licence type than between them.

Registered addresses are spread across 6 ZIP codes. The map above sizes each ZIP by how many providers are registered there — clustering usually follows medical districts and commercial corridors rather than population.

One caveat on reading these numbers: the registry records where a provider registered an address, not where they see clients day to day, and addresses are not always kept current. It also says nothing about whether someone is taking new clients.