Therapists & Counselors in Boston, MA

There are 6,503 licensed providers registered in Boston. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (2,039) and mental health counselor (919).

That is roughly 134.5 providers per square mile of land area, or 96.6 per 10,000 residents.

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

Of the 229 places in Massachusetts with at least one registered provider, Boston ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (2,039), mental health counselor (919), psychiatrist (871), clinical psychologist (513), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

No single licence type dominates here — clinical social worker and mental health counselor are within reach of each other. For most common reasons to seek therapy, the distinction between those licences matters less than availability and cost.

Registered addresses are spread across 32 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.