Therapists & Counselors in Houston, TX

There are 9,194 licensed providers registered in Houston. The two most common licence types are professional counselor (2,179) and clinical social worker (1,671).

With a population of 2,397,315, that works out to 38.4 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 Texas — 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 921 places in Texas with at least one registered provider, Houston ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is professional counselor (2,179), clinical social worker (1,671), mental health counselor (1,193), psychiatrist (718), 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 101 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.