Therapists & Counselors in Salem, MA

Salem has 987 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 11 licence types.

Among the 53 places in Massachusetts big enough for the comparison to hold — at least a thousand residents, and a resident population that matches who is registered there — Salem ranks 8th by providers per resident.

Density is the closest public proxy for how hard it will be to get an appointment, but it is only a proxy. It counts everyone with a registered address here, including people who have retired, moved or stopped taking new clients — nothing forces those records to be updated. Read it as an encouraging upper bound rather than a promise.

Salem is the 19th largest concentration in Massachusetts by number of providers, accounting for 1.2% of the state total.

The largest single group is mental health counselor, at 380 providers or 39% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Massachusetts licenses its providers.

No single licence type dominates here — mental health counselor and 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.

These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.