Therapists & Counselors in Richmond, VA

There are 3,128 licensed providers registered in Richmond. The two most common licence types are clinical social worker (1,124) and professional counselor (440).

With a population of 237,257, that works out to 131.8 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 Virginia — 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 431 places in Virginia with at least one registered provider, Richmond ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (1,124), professional counselor (440), mental health counselor (380), clinical psychologist (283), 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 26 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.