Therapists & Counselors in Mississippi

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

8,383

Registered providers

218

Places with providers

38th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Mississippi

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 179 places in Mississippi.

There are 8,383 licensed providers registered in Mississippi. The two most common licence types are mental health counselor (3,186) and professional counselor (1,076).

Mississippi ranks 38th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

The largest single group is mental health counselor, at 3,186 providers or 38% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Mississippi licenses its providers.

12 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.

Providers are registered in 218 distinct places across Mississippi. The map shows the ZIP codes with the highest counts.

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.

How Mississippi 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 Mississippi. 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 Mississippi. Annual registrations in 2025 were 63% 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

82.7% of registered licensed providers in Mississippi 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 Mississippi. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Mental Health Counselor

3,186

38.0%

Professional Counselor

1,076

12.8%

Clinical Social Worker

1,029

12.3%

Counselor

882

10.5%

Social Worker

860

10.3%

Psychiatrist

280

3.3%

Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor

204

2.4%

Behavior Analyst

200

2.4%

Marriage & Family Therapist

167

2.0%

Clinical Psychologist

166

2.0%

Psychologist

128

1.5%

Counseling Psychologist

0.4%

Places in Mississippi

198 of 198 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Jackson	1,044	141,196	73.9
Tupelo	803	38,087
Oxford	575	26,773
Hattiesburg	517	48,802	105.9
Gulfport	430	76,506	56.2
Vicksburg	283	19,830
Meridian	263	33,370	78.8
Biloxi	263	48,516	54.2
Brandon	242	26,122
Ridgeland	228	24,750	92.1
Greenwood	215	13,429
Southaven	200	57,819	34.6
McComb	193	11,697
Columbus	185	22,792	81.2
Gautier	157	19,069
Starkville	156	25,754	60.6
Clarksdale	138	13,643
Corinth	125	14,345	87.1
Flowood	119	11,003	108.2
Madison	99	28,575	34.6
Laurel	96	17,662	54.4
Pearl	85	28,864	29.4
Ocean Springs	85	18,993	44.8
Clinton	81	26,640	30.4
Greenville	76	26,530	28.6
Hernando	72	18,824	38.2
Olive Branch	69	47,563	14.5
Yazoo City	67	9,867	67.9
Natchez	60	14,880	40.3
Pascagoula	58	21,409	27.1
Booneville	54	9,257	58.3
Brookhaven	52	11,646	44.7
Picayune	47	12,019	39.1
Batesville	47	7,325	64.2
West Point	46	9,743	47.2
Purvis	42	1,969	213.3
Ripley	38	5,377	70.7
Louisville	36	5,921	60.8
Canton	34	10,873	31.3
Iuka	30	3,105	96.6
Long Beach	29	17,309	16.8
Ellisville	29	4,473	64.8
Cleveland	29	10,138	28.6
Philadelphia	28	6,858	40.8
Holly Springs	26	6,402	40.6
Friars Point	26	830
Macon	24	2,432	98.7
Mendenhall	23	2,115	108.7
Byram	23	12,707	18.1
Columbia	22	6,525	33.7
Collins	22	2,232	98.6
Bay St. Louis	22	10,634	20.7
Pass Christian	21	6,459	32.5
Lucedale	20	3,232	61.9
D'Iberville	20	13,557	14.8
Prentiss	16	896	178.6
Pontotoc	16	6,156	26.0
Petal	16	11,694	13.7
Saltillo	15	5,060	29.6
Moselle	15
Kosciusko	15	6,722	22.3
Horn Lake	15	26,741	5.6
Hazlehurst	15	3,435	43.7
Grenada	15	12,088	12.4
Waynesboro	13	4,495	28.9
Walls	13	1,420	91.5
Mississippi State	13
Wiggins	11	4,316	25.5
University	11
New Albany	11	7,756	14.2
Moss Point	11	11,743	9.4
Magee	11	3,904	28.2
Diamondhead	11	9,441	11.7
Ackerman	11	1,536	71.6
Richton	10	946	105.7
Leakesville	10	3,732	26.8
Fayette	10	1,315	76.0
Vancleave	9
Leland	9	3,555	25.3
Senatobia	8	8,473	9.4
Port Gibson	8	1,155	69.3
Lexington	8	1,395
Eupora	8	2,116	37.8
Collinsville	8
Waveland	7	7,042	9.9
Indianola	7	8,637	8.1
Forest	7	5,433	12.9
Florence	7	4,816	14.5
Winona	6	3,795	15.8
Water Valley	6	3,414	17.6
Summit	6	1,417	42.3
Quitman	6	1,925	31.2
Poplarville	6	2,918	20.6
Newton	6	3,040	19.7
Charleston	6	1,688	35.5
Carthage	6	4,864	12.3
Amory	6	6,386	9.4
Tylertown	5	1,486	33.6
Terry	5	1,557	32.1
Houston	5	3,670	13.6
Hide-A-Way Lake	5
Flora	5	1,677	29.8
Ashland	5	527	94.9
Tunica	4	819	48.8
Sumrall	4	2,299	17.4
Smithville	4	502	79.7
Ruleville	4	2,278	17.6
Pelahatchie	4	1,324	30.2
Pachuta	4	195
Mound Bayou	4	1,381	29.0
Marks	4	1,198	33.4
Hollandale	4	2,090	19.1
Fulton	4	4,640	8.6
Byhalia	4	1,412	28.3
Aberdeen	4	4,799	8.3
Tutwiler	3	1,649	18.2
Sherman	3	680	44.1
Shaw	3	1,337	22.4
Pittsboro	3	155
Pheba	3
Monticello	3	1,378	21.8
Marion	3	1,721	17.4
Lumberton	3	1,656	18.1
Kiln	3
Crystal Springs	3	4,629	6.5
Bogue Chitto	3
Woodville	2	807	24.8
Wesson	2	1,769	11.3
Union	2	2,007	10.0
Sebastopol	2	260
Saucier	2
Rolling Fork	2	1,387	14.4
Richland	2	7,630	2.6
Raleigh	2	1,066	18.8
Nettleton	2	1,934	10.3
Mount Olive	2	883	22.7
Mantachie	2	1,143	17.5
Magnolia	2	1,804	11.1
Liberty	2	532	37.6
Gluckstadt	2	3,500	5.7
Eagle Bend	2
De Kalb	2	834	24.0
Decatur	2	1,878	10.6
Courtland	2	483	41.4
Como	2	1,064	18.8
Braxton	2	181	110.5
Bolton	2	424	47.2
Blue Springs	2	446	44.8
Belzoni	2	1,719	11.6
Winstonville	1	139	71.9
Webb	1	375	26.7
Utica	1	602	16.6
Toomsuba	1
Tishomingo	1	365	27.4
Thaxton	1	692	14.5
Tchula	1	1,659	6.0
Taylorsville	1	1,103	9.1
State Line	1	469	21.3
Soso	1	416	24.0
Shuqualak	1	377	26.5
Shannon	1	1,496	6.7
Seminary	1	295	33.9
Sallis	1	131
Roxie	1	462	21.6
Rosedale	1	1,423	7.0
Raymond	1	1,384	7.2
Pickens	1	810	12.3
New Houlka	1	677	14.8
Myrtle	1	487	20.5
Morton	1	3,694	2.7
Moorhead	1	1,754	5.7
Mooreville	1
Merigold	1	350	28.6
Lyon	1	267	37.5
Louin	1	264	37.9
Lena	1	158	63.3
Lauderdale	1
Itta Bena	1	1,482	6.7
Hickory	1	406	24.6
Hamilton	1
Guntown	1	2,616	3.8
Gloster	1	859	11.6
Fernwood	1
Edwards	1	926	10.8
Durant	1	1,958	5.1
Duck Hill	1	1,414	7.1
Dublin	1
Dennis	1
Crenshaw	1	610	16.4
Crawford	1	415	24.1
Coldwater	1	1,326	7.5
Buckatunna	1
Boyle	1	488	20.5
Bethlehem	1
Bay Springs	1	1,472	6.8
Bassfield	1	180	55.6
Baldwyn	1	3,104	3.2
Anguilla	1	451	22.2

14 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.