Therapists & Counselors in Valley Stream, NY

There are 472 licensed providers registered in Valley Stream. The two most common licence types are social worker (157) and mental health counselor (127).

With a population of 40,379, that works out to 116.9 providers per 10,000 residents. Density is a rough measure: providers register a practice address, which may be a clinic serving a much wider area than the city itself.

A figure well above the median usually means more choice and shorter waits than most of New York — though supply is not the same as availability. Plenty of providers in a well-served area are full, out of network, or private-pay only.

Of the 998 places in New York with at least one registered provider, Valley Stream ranks 24th by count.

By licence type the breakdown is social worker (157), mental health counselor (127), clinical social worker (66), behavior analyst (35), with 5 further types making up the remainder.

The largest single group, social worker, accounts for 34% of licensed providers registered here, so no one licence defines what is available. Training route and areas of focus vary more within a licence type than between them.

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.