Therapists & Counselors in Durham, NC

Durham has 3,096 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 10 licence types.

With a population of 305,561, that works out to 101.3 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 North Carolina — 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 510 places in North Carolina with at least one registered provider, Durham ranks 3rd by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (1,209), mental health counselor (505), clinical psychologist (280), psychiatrist (222), with 6 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.

Registered addresses are spread across 10 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.