Therapists & Counselors in Charlotte, NC

There are 5,576 licensed providers registered in Charlotte. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (1,728) and mental health counselor (1,104).

With a population of 964,784, that works out to 57.8 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.

That puts Charlotte close to the middle for North Carolina. Expect to contact several providers rather than one, and to find that availability rather than choice is the binding constraint.

Of the 510 places in North Carolina with at least one registered provider, Charlotte ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (1,728), mental health counselor (1,104), professional counselor (624), behavior analyst (460), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

10 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.

Registered addresses are spread across 29 ZIP codes. The map above sizes each ZIP by how many providers are registered there — clustering usually follows medical districts and commercial corridors rather than population.

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.