Therapists & Counselors in Rusk, TX
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15 registered licensed providers
26.9 per 10,000 residents
312th of 921 places in TX
population 5,568
Rusk has 15 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 5 licence types.
Among the 659 places in Texas big enough for the comparison to hold — at least a thousand residents, and a resident population that matches who is registered there — Rusk ranks 208th by providers per resident.
Density is the closest public proxy for how hard it will be to get an appointment, but it is only a proxy. It counts everyone with a registered address here, including people who have retired, moved or stopped taking new clients — nothing forces those records to be updated. Read it as an encouraging upper bound rather than a promise.
Rusk is the 312th largest concentration in Texas by number of providers, accounting for under 0.1% of the state total.
The largest single group is professional counselor, at 6 providers or 40% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how Texas licenses its providers.
5 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.
15 is a small enough number that availability, not choice, will decide how quickly you are seen. Licences are issued at state level, so the practical pool is usually wider than this page shows: 71,925 licensed providers are registered across Texas, and many practices now offer appointments by video. The towns listed further down are the next places to look.
These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.
Licence types in Rusk
Everyone registered in Rusk
| Name | Licence type | Practice address | Phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Mergerson, LMSW | Clinical Social Worker | 296 BONNER ST, 75785 | (903) 941-0324 |
| Stanley Self, MD | Forensic Psychiatrist | 1601 NORTH DICKINSON DRIVE, 75785 | (903) 683-3421 |
| Tamara Lawson | Mental Health Counselor | 125 TALLIE CT LOT 3, 75785 | (903) 284-7243 |
| Joe Colkin, L.P.C. | Professional Counselor | 770 PINEY GROVE RD, 75785 | (903) 521-2957 |
| Jacqueline Cooper, MA, LPC | Professional Counselor | 622 COUNTY ROAD 1608, 75785 | (936) 645-3559 |
| Paul Germany | Professional Counselor | 129 E 6TH ST, 75785 | (936) 556-0013 |
| Alva Jones, LPC | Professional Counselor | 1400 HWY 84 WEST, CHEROKEE CENTER, SUITE 3, 75785 | (903) 683-2459 |
| Donna Rogers, LPC | Professional Counselor | 510 BAGLEY RD, 75785 | (312) 766-6780 |
| Alea Simpson, LPC | Professional Counselor | 142 W 5TH ST, 75785 | (903) 780-1571 |
| Stacey Belcher, M.D. | Psychiatrist | 379 FM 2972 W, 75785 | (903) 683-5781 |
| Troy Caldwell, MD | Psychiatrist | 379 FM 2972, 75785 | (903) 683-5781 |
| Larry Hawkins, MD | Psychiatrist | 1601 N DICKINSON DRIVE, 75785 | (903) 683-3421 |
| Rodolfo Rodriguez, MD | Psychiatrist | 1601 NORTH DICKINSON, 75785 | (903) 683-3421 |
| Gerard Vallejo, M.D. | Psychiatrist | 379 FM 2972 W, 75785 | (903) 683-5781 |
| Young Youn, MD | Psychiatrist | 1601 DICKINSON DRIVE, 75785 | (903) 683-7201 |
Nearby places
| Place | Providers | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | 26 | 21.1 km |
| Cushing | 3 | 29.1 km |
| Bullard | 14 | 41.7 km |
| Elkhart | 4 | 44.8 km |
| Mount Enterprise | 4 | 45.8 km |
| Palestine | 41 | 47.3 km |
| Whitehouse | 15 | 47.6 km |
| Nacogdoches | 123 | 51.3 km |