Therapists & Counselors in Shreveport, LA

Shreveport has 2,249 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 10 licence types.

With a population of 175,902, that works out to 127.9 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.

A figure well above the median usually means more choice and shorter waits than most of Louisiana — 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 304 places in Louisiana with at least one registered provider, Shreveport ranks 2nd by count.

By licence type the breakdown is mental health counselor (964), professional counselor (300), counselor (251), social worker (220), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

The mix here is unusually concentrated: mental health counselor outnumber the next largest group by more than three to one. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training, so a lopsided mix usually says more about how Louisiana licenses its providers than about what is available to you.

Registered addresses are spread across 14 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.