Therapists & Counselors in Chicago, IL

There are 15,383 licensed providers registered in Chicago. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (4,382) and professional counselor (2,417).

Among the 534 places in Illinois big enough for the comparison to hold — at least a thousand residents, and a resident population that matches who is registered there — Chicago ranks 101st by providers per resident.

A figure well above the median usually means more choice and shorter waits than most of Illinois — though supply is not the same as availability. Plenty of providers in a well-served area are full, out of network, or private-pay only.

Of the 756 places in Illinois with at least one registered provider, Chicago ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (4,382), professional counselor (2,417), mental health counselor (2,144), clinical psychologist (1,479), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

10 distinct licence types are registered here. The letters after a provider's name describe their training route rather than a ranking, and several of them do substantially overlapping work.

Registered addresses are spread across 64 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.