Therapists & Counselors in Providence, RI

There are 2,594 licensed providers registered in Providence. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (845) and mental health counselor (379).

That is roughly 141 providers per square mile of land area, or 132.8 per 10,000 residents.

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

Of the 31 places in Rhode Island with at least one registered provider, Providence ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (845), mental health counselor (379), psychiatrist (282), clinical psychologist (239), with 6 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.

Registered addresses are spread across 13 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.