Therapists & Counselors in Minnesota

Psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychiatrists registered with a practice address in this area.

26,784

Registered providers

466

Places with providers

18th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Minnesota

Each bar is the number of places at that level of provider density. A long right tail means a few places carry far more providers per resident than the rest of the state.

Distribution across 408 places in Minnesota.

Minnesota has 26,784 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 12 licence types.

Minnesota ranks 18th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (6,617), mental health counselor (4,168), marriage & family therapist (3,112), professional counselor (2,417), with 8 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.

The three largest concentrations are Minneapolis (6,022), Rochester (2,049), St. Paul (1,462).

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.

How Minnesota got here

new registrations per year

Each registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Minnesota. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.

New registrations per year. licensed providers in Minnesota. Annual registrations in 2025 were 125% higher than in 2008. The final bar is faded because 2026 is still in progress. Starts at 2008 on purpose. The NPI system launched in 2006– 2007 and the whole profession registered at once, so those two years are an artefact of the rollout rather than a measure of anything. Including them would make the following year look like a collapse.

Who they are

self-reported to CMS

76.9% of registered licensed providers in Minnesota are women. Nationally the figure varies a great deal by licence type — occupational therapy at one end, psychiatry at the other. See the national breakdown.

You can filter any city list on this site by gender. We show it because it is one of the most common things people search for and, for some kinds of work, a real need — but it is only ever a filter here, never a ranking.

Where they are registered

circle size = providers in that ZIP code

The highest-count ZIP codes for licensed providers in Minnesota. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Clinical Social Worker

6,617

24.7%

Mental Health Counselor

4,168

15.6%

Marriage & Family Therapist

3,112

11.6%

Professional Counselor

2,417

9.0%

Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor

1,899

7.1%

Psychologist

1,701

6.4%

Clinical Psychologist

1,541

5.8%

Behavior Analyst

1,471

5.5%

Social Worker

1,027

3.8%

Psychiatrist

1,001

3.7%

Counselor

458

1.7%

Counseling Psychologist

390

1.5%

Places in Minnesota

402 of 402 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Minneapolis	4,832	430,324	112.3
Falcon Heights	1,179	5,071
Rochester	1,172	124,292
St. Paul	1,110	306,684	36.2
Bloomington	820	89,034	92.1
St. Louis Park	816	50,027	163.1
Duluth	728	88,330	82.4
Edina	658	54,356	121.1
Sartell	577	19,918
Minnetonka	567	53,969	105.1
Mankato	449	46,529	96.5
Woodbury	439	81,558	53.8
Burnsville	404	65,244	61.9
Golden Valley	362	21,325	169.8
New Brighton	359	22,159	162.0
Eden Prairie	334	63,075	53.0
Coon Rapids	334	64,193	52.0
Maple Grove	323	73,893	43.7
Moorhead	315	46,533	67.7
Eagan	314	67,109	46.8
Roseville	261	35,663	73.2
Willmar	257	22,001	116.8
Plymouth	257	78,942	32.6
Waite Park	247	8,450
Bemidji	246	15,770	156.0
Brooklyn Center	225	31,846	70.7
Fridley	224	30,829	72.7
Maplewood	222	40,717	54.5
Stillwater	220	19,354	113.7
Lilydale	203	845
Lakeville	203	79,270	25.6
St. Cloud	199	72,647	27.4
Oakdale	195	30,588
Anoka	188	18,169	103.5
Brooklyn Park	171	83,543	20.5
Apple Valley	171	55,248	31.0
Winona	161	26,530	60.7
Grand Rapids	156	11,181	139.5
Brainerd	153	14,428	106.0
Shakopee	149	49,366	30.2
Mendota	143	269
Owatonna	139	26,633	52.2
Richfield	129	36,593	35.3
Baxter	125	9,217	135.6
St. Peter	124	12,275	101.0
Mendota Heights	124	11,475	108.1
Shoreview	123	26,906	45.7
Otsego	122	24,525
White Bear Lake	118	23,392	50.4
Chaska	114	30,513	37.4
Alexandria	113	15,045	75.1
Northfield	110	21,992	50.0
Hutchinson	99	14,655	67.6
Elk River	99	27,896	35.5
Faribault	97	25,040	38.7
New Hope	96	20,807	46.1
Fergus Falls	95	14,246	66.7
Cloquet	95	12,399	76.6
Waconia	93	14,113
Wayzata	89	4,344	204.9
Lake Elmo	88	14,376	61.2
Andover	88	33,874	26.0
Blaine	86	76,603	11.2
Savage	85	32,970	25.8
Cambridge	82	11,090	73.9
Detroit Lakes	79	10,019	78.9
Buffalo	77	16,878	45.6
Austin	76	26,689	28.5
West St. Paul	72	21,950	32.8
Forest Lake	72	20,952	34.4
Crookston	71	7,375
St. Anthony	70	9,989	70.1
Red Wing	68	16,805	40.5
Pine City	67	3,820	175.4
Hibbing	65	15,823	41.1
Monticello	64	15,670	40.8
Virginia	63	8,187	77.0
Little Canada	63	10,567	59.6
Hopkins	63	19,523	32.3
Champlin	63	23,125	27.2
Rogers	60	15,606	38.4
New Ulm	59	13,863	42.6
Cottage Grove	59	43,604	13.5
Hastings	58	22,563	25.7
Chanhassen	58	25,748	22.5
Marshall	57	14,171	40.2
Crystal	55	22,239	24.7
Albert Lea	53	18,217	29.1
Inver Grove Heights	52	36,873	14.1
Center City	50	634
Robbinsdale	49	14,030	34.9
Thief River Falls	48	8,799	54.6
Rosemount	47	31,881	14.7
Little Falls	46	9,277	49.6
Prior Lake	44	28,140	15.6
Mora	44	3,763	116.9
Centerville	43	3,978	108.1
Vadnais Heights	42	13,052	32.2
Wadena	40	4,341	92.1
Princeton	40	5,480
Spring Lake Park	39	7,127	54.7
Arden Hills	39	9,583	40.7
Excelsior	38	2,316	164.1
North Branch	36	12,398	29.0
Park Rapids	34	4,447	76.5
Big Lake	33	12,929	25.5
Hermantown	32	10,110	31.7
St. Michael	31	22,498	13.8
Milaca	28	3,041	92.1
Worthington	27	13,979	19.3
Cass Lake	27	677
North Mankato	26	14,165	18.4
Lino Lakes	26	23,220	11.2
Victoria	25	12,447	20.1
Litchfield	25	6,528	38.3
Landfall	25	847
Ramsey	24	29,624	8.1
Sauk Rapids	23	13,768	16.7
Mahtomedi	23	8,189	28.1
Isanti	23	7,714	29.8
Hugo	23	17,167	13.4
North St. Paul	22	12,780	17.2
Luverne	21	4,984	42.1
Fairmont	21	10,099	20.8
Delano	21	7,788	27.0
Breckenridge	21	3,323	63.2
Morris	20	5,150	38.8
Montevideo	20	5,335	37.5
Circle Pines	20	4,967	40.3
White Earth	19
International Falls	19	5,481	34.7
Waseca	17	9,035	18.8
Staples	17	3,074	55.3
Onamia	17	839
Farmington	17	25,425	6.7
Columbia Heights	17	22,482	7.6
Albertville	17	8,544	19.9
Windom	16	4,817	33.2
Two Harbors	16	3,443	46.5
Mound	16	9,064	17.7
Chisago City	16	5,955	26.9
Aitkin	16	2,155	74.2
South St. Paul	15	20,532	7.3
Rockford	15	4,827	31.1
Osseo	15	2,534	59.2
East Grand Forks	15	8,906	16.8
Perham	14	3,746	37.4
Moose Lake	14	2,948	47.5
New Prague	13	8,238	15.8
Jordan	13	6,988	18.6
Glenwood	12	2,631	45.6
Cold Spring	12	4,329	27.7
St. Joseph	10	6,846	14.6
Grand Marais	10	1,290	77.5
St. Paul Park	9	5,396	16.7
Roseau	9	2,685	33.5
Pipestone	9	4,100	22.0
Ogema	9	200
Nisswa	9	2,217	40.6
Montgomery	9	3,539	25.4
Ham Lake	9	17,104	5.3
Granite Falls	9	2,691	33.4
Eveleth	9	3,381	26.6
Braham	9	1,789	50.3
Wabasha	8	2,599	30.8
New York Mills	8	1,481	54.0
Jackson	8	3,305	24.2
Glencoe	8	5,632	14.2
Bethel	8	484
Benson	8	3,444	23.2
Annandale	8	3,801	21.0
Walker	7	976	71.7
Spicer	7	1,096	63.9
Sandstone	7	2,543	27.5
Redwood Falls	7	5,040	13.9
Paynesville	7	2,591	27.0
Ortonville	7	1,967	35.6
Oak Park Heights	7	4,625	15.1
Loretto	7	613
Lindstrom	7	5,039	13.9
La Crescent	7	5,261	13.3
Kasson	7	7,350	9.5
Hackensack	7	306	228.8
Crosby	7	2,330	30.0
Wyoming	6	8,121	7.4
Spring Park	6	1,647	36.4
Red Lake	6
Long Lake	6	1,944	30.9
Le Sueur	6	4,210	14.3
Gaylord	6	2,353	25.5
Cosmos	6	496	121.0
Cokato	6	2,793	21.5
Afton	6	2,960	20.3
Wells	5	2,395	20.9
Starbuck	5	1,406	35.6
Slayton	5	1,930	25.9
Sauk Centre	5	4,663	10.7
St. James	5	4,863	10.3
Pine River	5	911
Pine Island	5	3,911	12.8
Newport	5	5,525	9.0
New London	5	1,322	37.8
Motley	5	688	72.7
Long Prairie	5	3,830	13.1
Le Center	5	2,524	19.8
Lauderdale	5	2,328	21.5
Howard Lake	5	2,288	21.9
Hinckley	5	1,992	25.1
Hawley	5	2,285	21.9
Cook	5	515	97.1
Byron	5	6,740	7.4
Belle Plaine	5	7,632	6.6
Tracy	4	2,039	19.6
Pierz	4	1,450	27.6
Pelican Rapids	4	2,608	15.3
Nashwauk	4	957	41.8
Minnetrista	4	9,458	4.2
Medina	4	7,460	5.4
Lakeland	4	1,659	24.1
Eyota	4	2,013	19.9
Deer River	4	926
Cologne	4	2,139	18.7
Carver	4	7,198	5.6
Caledonia	4	2,768	14.5
Blue Earth	4	3,165	12.6
Becker	4	5,425	7.4
Bagley	4	1,310	30.5
Zumbrota	3	4,072	7.4
Woodstock	3	114
Winnebago	3	1,383	21.7
Stewartville	3	6,850	4.4
Stacy	3	4,367	6.9
Shorewood	3	7,620	3.9
Renville	3	1,268	23.7
Preston	3	1,318	22.8
Pine Point	3
Pequot Lakes	3	2,483	12.1
Orr	3	210	142.9
Olivia	3	2,288	13.1
Maple Plain	3	1,653	18.1
Little Rock	3
Fort Ripley	3	83
Foreston	3	581	51.6
Foley	3	2,650	11.3
Fairfax	3	1,203	24.9
Dilworth	3	4,823	6.2
Deephaven	3	3,794	7.9
Corcoran	3	9,269	3.2
Cohasset	3	2,728	11.0
Clearwater	3	2,225	13.5
Chisholm	3	4,625	6.5
Cannon Falls	3	4,209	7.1
Albany	3	2,873	10.4
Zimmerman	2	6,904	2.9
Willow River	2	400	50.0
Westbrook	2	736	27.2
Waverly	2	2,293	8.7
Waubun	2	389	51.4
South Haven	2	184
Scandia	2	3,979	5.0
St. Bonifacius	2	2,171	9.2
Rushford	2	1,849	10.8
Rice	2	2,212	9.0
Ranier	2	541	37.0
Randall	2	625	32.0
Parkers Prairie	2	1,031	19.4
Orono	2	8,301	2.4
Minneota	2	1,357	14.7
Medford	2	1,377	14.5
Marine on St. Croix	2	661	30.3
Madelia	2	2,488	8.0
McGregor	2	374	53.5
Lonsdale	2	5,117	3.9
Littlefork	2	530	37.7
Lake Shore	2	1,127	17.7
Henderson	2	995	20.1
Hayfield	2	1,358	14.7
Hampton	2	714	28.0
Fountain	2	400
Emily	2	870	23.0
Ely	2	3,231	6.2
Elko New Market	2	5,300	3.8
East Gull Lake	2	1,184	16.9
Dodge Center	2	2,951	6.8
Dayton	2	11,402	1.8
Crosslake	2	2,412	8.3
Courtland	2	714	28.0
Columbus	2	4,356	4.6
Coleraine	2	1,998	10.0
Clear Lake	2	689	29.0
Chatfield	2	3,018	6.6
Bovey	2	805	24.8
Big Lake	2
Bayport	2	3,721	5.4
Baudette	2	924	21.6
Barnesville	2	2,767	7.2
Avon	2	1,777	11.3
Akeley	2	423	47.3
Wilton	1	267	37.5
Wheaton	1	1,330	7.5
West Concord	1	842	11.9
Watertown	1	4,789	2.1
Warroad	1	1,976	5.1
Wanamingo	1	1,111	9.0
Wabasso	1	750	13.3
Vernon Center	1	315
Verndale	1	508	19.7
Utica	1	274
Tower	1	422	23.7
Tamarack	1	59	169.5
Sturgeon Lake	1	464	21.6
Spring Valley	1	2,431	4.1
Soudan	1
Silver Bay	1	1,767	5.7
Shafer	1	1,212	8.3
Sebeka	1	751	13.3
St. Clair	1	707	14.1
Rush City	1	3,300	3.0
Royalton	1	1,274	7.8
Ronneby	1
Rice Lake	1	4,169	2.4
Remer	1	380	26.3
Red Lake Falls	1	1,348	7.4
Prinsburg	1	507	19.7
Plainview	1	3,482	2.9
Pine Springs	1	381	26.2
Osakis	1	1,739	5.8
Osage	1
Oronoco	1	2,043	4.9
Norwood Young America	1	3,777	2.6
North Oaks	1	5,283	1.9
New Auburn	1	416	24.0
Nevis	1	393	25.4
Nett Lake	1
Morton	1	396	25.3
Montrose	1	3,986	2.5
Minnesota City	1	188	53.2
Mapleton	1	1,622	6.2
Mantorville	1	1,106	9.0
Madison Lake	1	1,315	7.6
McIntosh	1	577	17.3
McGrath	1	42
Lester Prairie	1	1,881	5.3
Laporte	1	148	67.6
Lamberton	1	774	12.9
Lake St. Croix Beach	1	1,005	10.0
Lake Crystal	1	2,470	4.0
Knife River	1
Kimball	1	924	10.8
Kerkhoven	1	790	12.7
Kenyon	1	1,885	5.3
Karlstad	1	679	14.7
Ivanhoe	1	540	18.5
Hoyt Lakes	1	1,978	5.1
Houston	1	970	10.3
Hoffman	1	704	14.2
Hills	1	656	15.2
Harmony	1	1,028	9.7
Hanska	1	378	26.5
Hancock	1	846	11.8
Hamburg	1	547	18.3
Hallock	1	865	11.6
Green Isle	1	723	13.8
Greenfield	1	2,962	3.4
Graceville	1	508	19.7
Glyndon	1	1,393	7.2
Gilman	1	255	39.2
Garden City	1
Fulda	1	1,303	7.7
Frazee	1	1,310	7.6
Fosston	1	1,383	7.2
Finlayson	1	332	30.1
Finland	1
Evansville	1	584
Esko	1
Ellsworth	1	493	20.3
Elgin	1	1,137	8.8
Elbow Lake	1	1,276	7.8
Dunnell	1	131	76.3
Dundas	1	1,833	5.5
Dover	1	761	13.1
Dexter	1	329
Dennison	1	220	45.5
Deerwood	1	572	17.5
Dassel	1	1,524	6.6
Clinton	1	369	27.1
Clarks Grove	1	682	14.7
Claremont	1	500	20.0
Carlton	1	965	10.4
Burtrum	1	123
Buhl	1	946	10.6
Brownton	1	702	14.2
Brookston	1	113	88.5
Brook Park	1	126	79.4
Bigfork	1	405	24.7
Avoca	1	105
Aurora	1	1,643
Audubon	1	567	17.6
Appleton	1	1,361	7.3
Amboy	1	507	19.7
Alpha	1	96
Adrian	1	1,219	8.2

33 places have no per-resident figure. Those are office districts inside a larger urban area, rural towns whose practices serve a whole region, or places where most registrations share one employer's address — dividing by the resident population there produces a number that looks precise and describes nothing. The provider counts are unaffected; the test is described in the methodology.