Therapists & Counselors in Montana
Psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychiatrists registered with a practice address in this area.
How density varies inside Montana
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.
Montana has 5,531 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 11 licence types.
Montana ranks 47th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.
By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (1,593), mental health counselor (1,146), professional counselor (1,095), addiction (substance use disorder) counselor (695), with 7 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 Missoula (1,315), Billings (1,281), Bozeman (980).
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 Montana got here
new registrations per yearEach registration carries the year it was issued, so the registry doubles as a record of when this workforce grew in Montana. A rising line means the constraint is easing; a flat one means today's shortage is likely to be next year's too.
Who they are
self-reported to CMS77.9% of registered licensed providers in Montana 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 codeBy licence type
Places in Montana
136 of 136 have their own page so far| Place | Providers | Population | Per 10k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missoula | 979 | 78,903 | 124.1 |
| Billings | 946 | 121,239 | 78.0 |
| Bozeman | 726 | 58,814 | 123.4 |
| Helena | 491 | 35,138 | 139.7 |
| Great Falls | 396 | 60,208 | 65.8 |
| Kalispell | 380 | 31,851 | 119.3 |
| Butte | 223 | 35,469 | 62.9 |
| Whitefish | 87 | 9,358 | 93.0 |
| Livingston | 87 | 9,290 | 93.6 |
| Hamilton | 84 | 5,451 | |
| Miles City | 62 | 8,450 | 73.4 |
| Polson | 55 | 5,653 | 97.3 |
| Havre | 48 | 9,264 | 51.8 |
| Anaconda-Deer Lodge County | 47 | 9,709 | 48.4 |
| Belgrade | 42 | 13,107 | 32.0 |
| Lewistown | 39 | 6,179 | 63.1 |
| St. Ignatius | 38 | 828 | |
| Browning | 37 | ||
| Libby | 33 | 3,274 | 100.8 |
| Ronan | 31 | 2,209 | 140.3 |
| Helena West Side | 27 | ||
| Glendive | 27 | 4,736 | 57.0 |
| Columbia Falls | 27 | 5,753 | 46.9 |
| Bigfork | 26 | ||
| Dillon | 25 | 4,271 | 58.5 |
| Thompson Falls | 23 | 1,543 | 149.1 |
| Poplar | 22 | 722 | |
| Box Elder | 22 | ||
| Stevensville | 21 | 2,259 | 93.0 |
| Sidney | 19 | 6,217 | 30.6 |
| Eureka | 19 | 1,562 | 121.6 |
| Lame Deer | 14 | ||
| Florence | 14 | ||
| Superior | 13 | 935 | 139.0 |
| Racetrack | 12 | ||
| Laurel | 12 | 7,205 | 16.7 |
| Harlem | 12 | 750 | 160.0 |
| Deer Lodge | 12 | 3,025 | 39.7 |
| Ennis | 11 | 1,126 | 97.7 |
| Cut Bank | 11 | 2,976 | 37.0 |
| Shelby | 10 | 3,313 | 30.2 |
| Hardin | 10 | 3,696 | 27.1 |
| Glasgow | 10 | 3,145 | 31.8 |
| Troy | 9 | 916 | 98.3 |
| Lolo | 9 | ||
| Conrad | 9 | 2,393 | 37.6 |
| Wolf Point | 8 | 2,531 | 31.6 |
| Red Lodge | 8 | 2,723 | 29.4 |
| Marion | 8 | ||
| Lakeside | 8 | ||
| Chinook | 8 | 1,155 | 69.3 |
| Plentywood | 7 | 1,619 | 43.2 |
| Manhattan | 7 | 2,073 | 33.8 |
| Crow Agency | 7 | ||
| Columbus | 7 | 1,964 | 35.6 |
| Choteau | 7 | 1,825 | 38.4 |
| Boulder | 7 | 1,305 | 53.6 |
| Malta | 6 | 1,846 | 32.5 |
| Forsyth | 6 | 1,652 | 36.3 |
| Corvallis | 6 | ||
| Clancy | 6 | ||
| Big Timber | 6 | 1,686 | 35.6 |
| Townsend | 5 | 2,272 | 22.0 |
| Heron | 5 | ||
| Gallatin Gateway | 5 | ||
| East Helena | 5 | 2,325 | 21.5 |
| Clinton | 5 | ||
| Alberton | 5 | 551 | 90.7 |
| Victor | 4 | ||
| Plains | 4 | 1,261 | 31.7 |
| Montana City | 4 | ||
| Fort Benton | 4 | 1,416 | 28.2 |
| Cascade | 4 | 577 | 69.3 |
| White Sulphur Springs | 3 | 1,056 | 28.4 |
| Valier | 3 | 537 | 55.9 |
| Three Forks | 3 | 1,920 | 15.6 |
| Noxon | 3 | ||
| Hot Springs | 3 | 630 | 47.6 |
| Harlowton | 3 | 976 | 30.7 |
| Frenchtown | 3 | ||
| Fairfield | 3 | 797 | 37.6 |
| Colstrip | 3 | 2,091 | 14.3 |
| Big Sky | 3 | ||
| Arlee | 3 | ||
| Trout Creek | 2 | ||
| Somers | 2 | ||
| Sheridan | 2 | 779 | 25.7 |
| Shepherd | 2 | ||
| Seeley Lake | 2 | ||
| St. Regis | 2 | ||
| Roundup | 2 | 2,075 | 9.6 |
| Pablo | 2 | ||
| Joliet | 2 | 613 | 32.6 |
| Huson | 2 | ||
| Huntley | 2 | ||
| Hall | 2 | ||
| Emigrant | 2 | ||
| Ashland | 2 | ||
| Absarokee | 2 | ||
| Wye | 1 | ||
| Worden | 1 | ||
| Winifred | 1 | 178 | 56.2 |
| Whitehall | 1 | 1,131 | 8.8 |
| West Yellowstone | 1 | 1,191 | 8.4 |
| West Glacier | 1 | ||
| Walkerville | 1 | 649 | 15.4 |
| Vaughn | 1 | ||
| Ulm | 1 | ||
| Twin Bridges | 1 | 430 | 23.3 |
| The Silos | 1 | ||
| South Browning | 1 | ||
| Sand Coulee | 1 | ||
| Roscoe | 1 | ||
| Roberts | 1 | ||
| Rexford | 1 | 87 | 114.9 |
| Pioneer Junction | 1 | ||
| Pinesdale | 1 | 882 | 11.3 |
| Philipsburg | 1 | 926 | 10.8 |
| Muddy | 1 | ||
| Monarch | 1 | ||
| Moccasin | 1 | ||
| Martin City | 1 | ||
| Loma | 1 | ||
| Lima | 1 | 221 | 45.2 |
| Jordan | 1 | 348 | 28.7 |
| Hebgen Lake Estates | 1 | ||
| Glen | 1 | ||
| Fort Peck | 1 | 232 | 43.1 |
| Floweree | 1 | ||
| East Missoula | 1 | ||
| Darby | 1 | 888 | 11.3 |
| Charlo | 1 | ||
| Busby | 1 | ||
| Brockton | 1 | ||
| Broadus | 1 | 477 | 21.0 |
| Ballantine | 1 |
3 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.