Therapists & Counselors in Shirley, MA

There are 22 licensed providers registered in Shirley. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (12) and mental health counselor (3).

That is roughly 16.7 providers per square mile of land area.

Shirley is the 185th largest concentration in Massachusetts by number of providers, accounting for under 0.1% of the state total.

The largest single group is clinical social worker, at 12 providers or 55% 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.

8 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.

22 is a small enough number that availability, not choice, will decide how quickly you are seen. Licences are issued at state level, so the practical pool is usually wider than this page shows: 70,683 licensed providers are registered across Massachusetts, and many practices now offer appointments by video. The towns listed further down are the next places to look.

There is no per-resident figure on this page because Shirley is a census designated place rather than an incorporated town — a community the Census Bureau names and draws boundaries for, but does not publish a population estimate for. The provider count is unaffected; only the ratio is missing.

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.