Therapists & Counselors in Portland, ME

There are 1,551 licensed providers registered in Portland. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (671) and mental health counselor (190).

That is roughly 72 providers per square mile of land area, or 221.9 per 10,000 residents.

That puts Portland close to the middle for Maine. Expect to contact several providers rather than one, and to find that availability rather than choice is the binding constraint.

Of the 146 places in Maine with at least one registered provider, Portland ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (671), mental health counselor (190), professional counselor (163), addiction (substance use disorder) counselor (93), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

The mix here is unusually concentrated: clinical social worker 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 Maine licenses its providers than about what is available to you.

Registered addresses are spread across 8 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.