Therapists & Counselors in Madison, WI

3,299 licensed providers are registered in Madison — about 115.3 for every 10,000 residents.

Among the 330 places in Wisconsin big enough for the comparison to hold — at least a thousand residents, and a resident population that matches who is registered there — Madison ranks 17th by providers per resident.

A figure well above the median usually means more choice and shorter waits than most of Wisconsin — 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 480 places in Wisconsin with at least one registered provider, Madison ranks 1st by count.

By licence type the breakdown is clinical social worker (598), mental health counselor (444), professional counselor (402), social worker (337), with 6 further types making up the remainder.

The largest single group, clinical social worker, accounts for 20% 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 17 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.