Therapists & Counselors in Rhode Island
Psychologists, clinical social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists and psychiatrists registered with a practice address in this area.
How density varies inside Rhode Island
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.
Rhode Island has 7,186 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 13 licence types.
Rhode Island ranks 42nd of 56 states and territories by the number of registered providers in this field.
By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (2,443), mental health counselor (1,451), addiction (substance use disorder) counselor (566), clinical psychologist (510), with 9 further types making up the remainder.
The largest single group, clinical social worker, accounts for 35% 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.
The three largest concentrations are Providence (3,016), Warwick (1,592), East Providence (645).
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 Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island. 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 CMS78.5% of registered licensed providers in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island
31 of 31 have their own page so far| Place | Providers | Population | Per 10k |
|---|---|---|---|
| Providence | 2,594 | 195,310 | 132.8 |
| Warwick | 1,255 | 84,187 | 149.1 |
| Pawtucket | 497 | 77,065 | 64.5 |
| East Providence | 489 | 48,249 | 101.3 |
| Cranston | 480 | 84,647 | 56.7 |
| Woonsocket | 376 | 44,580 | 84.3 |
| Greenville | 262 | ||
| Wakefield-Peace Dale | 179 | ||
| Newport East | 176 | ||
| Newport | 136 | 24,251 | 56.1 |
| Valley Falls | 109 | ||
| Tiverton | 94 | ||
| Melville | 75 | ||
| Westerly | 71 | ||
| Cumberland Hill | 67 | ||
| Greene | 58 | ||
| Charlestown | 58 | ||
| Narragansett Pier | 24 | ||
| Central Falls | 24 | 23,124 | 10.4 |
| Pascoag | 23 | ||
| Chepachet | 22 | ||
| Kingston | 18 | ||
| Wyoming | 15 | ||
| Hope Valley | 14 | ||
| Clayville | 14 | ||
| Harrisville | 9 | ||
| Hopkinton | 8 | ||
| Foster Center | 8 | ||
| Carolina | 8 | ||
| Ashaway | 4 | ||
| Bradford | 1 |