Therapists & Counselors in Seattle, WA

Seattle has 11,061 licensed providers with a registered practice address, across 10 licence types.

That is roughly 131.6 providers per square mile of land area, or 140.9 per 10,000 residents.

A figure well above the median usually means more choice and shorter waits than most of Washington — 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 327 places in Washington with at least one registered provider, Seattle ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is mental health counselor (3,182), counselor (2,427), clinical social worker (1,714), marriage & family therapist (626), 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 41 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.