Therapists & Counselors in Nebraska

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

9,244

Registered providers

235

Places with providers

36th

National rank

of 56

Licence types

How density varies inside Nebraska

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 214 places in Nebraska.

Nebraska has 9,244 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 13 licence types.

Nebraska ranks 36th of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.

By licence type the breakdown is mental health counselor (4,530), clinical social worker (738), addiction (substance use disorder) counselor (607), counselor (587), with 9 further types making up the remainder.

13 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.

The three largest concentrations are Omaha (5,515), Lincoln (2,604), Grand Island (470).

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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska. 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 Nebraska. Annual registrations in 2025 were 219% 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

79% of registered licensed providers in Nebraska 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 Nebraska. Circle position is the ZIP code centroid, not a street address.

By licence type

Mental Health Counselor

4,530

49.0%

Clinical Social Worker

738

8.0%

Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor

607

6.6%

Counselor

587

6.4%

Social Worker

506

5.5%

Behavior Analyst

452

4.9%

Psychologist

382

4.1%

School Psychologist

281

3.0%

Psychiatrist

262

2.8%

Professional Counselor

251

2.7%

Clinical Psychologist

232

2.5%

School Social Worker

110

1.2%

Marriage & Family Therapist

0.9%

Places in Nebraska

182 of 182 have their own page so far

Place	Providers	Population	Per 10k
Omaha	4,099	488,797	83.9
Lincoln	1,997	301,522	66.2
Grand Island	313	53,943	58.0
Kearney	291	34,782	83.7
Norfolk	255	26,677	95.6
Bellevue	178	64,863	27.4
Hastings	166	25,121	66.1
Papillion	135	25,127	53.7
Fremont	134	28,350	47.3
Scottsbluff	131	14,259	91.9
North Platte	122	22,524	54.2
Columbus	121	25,248	47.9
Boys Town	112	616
South Sioux City	87	14,158	61.4
Waterloo	74	917
O'Neill	60	3,567	168.2
La Vista	50	16,543	30.2
Beatrice	49	12,318	39.8
McCook	38	7,157	53.1
Offutt AFB	37
Chadron	37	4,975	74.4
Alliance	33	7,914	41.7
York	30	8,284	36.2
Lexington	29	11,176	25.9
Seward	24	7,892	30.4
Gretna	24	9,207	26.1
Gering	24	8,535	28.1
Sidney	21	6,432	32.6
Nebraska City	21	7,512	28.0
Holdrege	21	5,555	37.8
Wayne	20	6,338	31.6
Plattsmouth	20	6,955	28.8
Geneva	19	2,100	90.5
Ogallala	16	4,698	34.1
Winnebago	15	909	165.0
Rushville	14	767	182.5
Crete	14	7,747	18.1
Aurora	14	4,787	29.2
Wakefield	13	1,527	85.1
Neligh	13	1,551	83.8
Macy	13
Broken Bow	13	3,507	37.1
Gothenburg	12	3,430	35.0
Falls City	12	3,988	30.1
West Point	11	3,411	32.2
Ralston	11	6,382	17.2
Ord	10	2,121	47.1
Blair	10	7,997	12.5
Bennington	9	1,968	45.7
Bassett	8	536	149.3
Albion	8	1,735	46.1
Wahoo	7	5,023	13.9
St. Paul	6	2,416	24.8
Ashland	6	3,483	17.2
Valley	5	3,412	14.7
Valentine	5	2,635	19.0
Superior	5	1,821	27.5
Gordon	5	1,417	35.3
Fairbury	5	3,812	13.1
Cozad	5	3,924	12.7
Waverly	4	4,533	8.8
Syracuse	4	2,006	19.9
Schuyler	4	6,800	5.9
Red Cloud	4	946	42.3
Ravenna	4	1,397	28.6
Pender	4	1,106	36.2
Palmyra	4	565	70.8
Niobrara	4	362
Minden	4	3,133	12.8
Auburn	4	3,498	11.4
Ainsworth	4	1,585	25.2
Weeping Water	3	1,061	28.3
Walthill	3	713	42.1
Utica	3	831	36.1
Sutton	3	1,466	20.5
Roca	3	213	140.8
Mitchell	3	1,513	19.8
Henderson	3	1,097	27.3
Hebron	3	1,384	21.7
Fullerton	3	1,228	24.4
Firth	3	644
Crofton	3	761	39.4
Wausa	2	579	34.5
Tilden	2	982	20.4
Tecumseh	2	1,695	11.8
Stromsburg	2	1,159	17.3
St. Libory	2
Raymond	2	153	130.7
Pleasanton	2	377	53.1
Oshkosh	2	775	25.8
Milford	2	2,286	8.7
Humboldt	2	768	26.0
Hay Springs	2	555	36.0
Fort Calhoun	2	1,108	18.1
Elmwood	2	684	29.2
Elm Creek	2	983	20.3
David City	2	3,068	6.5
Dannebrog	2	273	73.3
Central City	2	3,184	6.3
Cedar Bluffs	2	615	32.5
Cambridge	2	1,066	18.8
Bridgeport	2	1,421	14.1
Brady	2	365	54.8
Atkinson	2	1,316	15.2
Arlington	2	1,329	15.0
Alda	2	654	30.6
Adams	2	623	32.1
Wymore	1	1,341	7.5
Wood River	1	1,169	8.6
Wisner	1	1,224	8.2
Wilber	1	1,978	5.1
Whitney	1	57
Walton	1
Valparaiso	1	608	16.4
Trenton	1	465	21.5
Tekamah	1	1,705	5.9
Table Rock	1	234	42.7
Stuart	1	506	19.8
Sterling	1	481	20.8
Stanton	1	1,506	6.6
Springfield	1	1,529	6.5
Shelby	1	739	13.5
Randolph	1	892	11.2
Phillips	1	333	30.0
Page	1	165
Oxford	1	701	14.3
Oakland	1	1,337	7.5
North Bend	1	1,263	7.9
Newport	1	69	144.9
Milligan	1	244	41.0
Merriman	1	91	109.9
Maxwell	1	248	40.3
Mason City	1	149	67.1
Marquette	1	237	42.2
Madison	1	2,162	4.6
McCool Junction	1	486	20.6
Lyons	1	805	12.4
Loup City	1	1,026	9.7
Louisville	1	1,419	7.0
Loomis	1	387	25.8
Leigh	1	462	21.6
Laurel	1	961	10.4
Juniata	1	736	13.6
Johnson	1	305	32.8
Ithaca	1	156	64.1
Indianola	1	505	19.8
Hooper	1	793	12.6
Hildreth	1	366	27.3
Hickman	1	3,663	2.7
Heartwell	1	82
Harvard	1	952	10.5
Hartington	1	1,530	6.5
Harrison	1	247	40.5
Greeley Center	1	386	25.9
Grafton	1	108	92.6
Glenvil	1	269	37.2
Franklin	1	883	11.3
Farwell	1	130	76.9
Endicott	1	110	90.9
Elwood	1	615	16.3
Eagle	1	1,206	8.3
Dorchester	1	625	16.0
Doniphan	1	819	12.2
De Witt	1	520	19.2
Denton	1	188	53.2
Dakota City	1	2,080	4.8
Curtis	1	843	11.9
Concord	1	125	80.0
Clatonia	1	260	38.5
Chappell	1	839	11.9
Chapman	1	265	37.7
Cedar Creek	1	476	21.0
Burwell	1	1,018	9.8
Big Springs	1	397	25.2
Bennet	1	1,104	9.1
Belvidere	1	54
Bayard	1	1,087	9.2
Axtell	1	777	12.9
Arnold	1	591	16.9
Arcadia	1	282	35.5
Arapahoe	1	957	10.4
Alexandria	1	140	71.4

8 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.