Counseling Psychologist
9,604 active US providers register Counseling Psychologist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.1% of every provider in the registry, and the 138th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 103TC1900X
- Grouping
- Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
- Classification
- Psychologist
- Specialization
- Counseling
- Active providers
- 9,604
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
A psychologist who specializes in general practice and health service. It focuses on how people function both personally and in their relationships at all ages. Counseling psychology addresses the emotional, social, work, school and physical health concerns people may have at different stages in their lives, focusing on typical life stresses and more severe issues with which people may struggle as individuals and as a part of families, groups and organizations. Counseling psychologists help people with physical, emotional and mental health issues improve their sense of well-being, alleviate feelings of distress and resolve crises. They also provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of more severe psychological symptoms.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 699 | |
| California | 696 | |
| Texas | 654 | |
| Minnesota | 478 | |
| Pennsylvania | 454 | |
| New York | 450 | |
| Florida | 386 | |
| Massachusetts | 370 | |
| Colorado | 295 | |
| Ohio | 261 | |
| North Carolina | 247 | |
| Georgia | 236 | |
| Washington | 209 | |
| Kansas | 182 | |
| New Jersey | 181 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
8,036 of these are people and 1,568 are organisations, so 16% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2014, and 2,724 registered in the last five years, 28% of the current population.
That is close to the pace of the registry as a whole.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- NEW YORK, NY133
- AUSTIN, TX112
- HOUSTON, TX91
- SAINT PAUL, MN89
- MINNEAPOLIS, MN88
- KALAMAZOO, MI78
- GRAND RAPIDS, MI76
- DENVER, CO74
- PHILADELPHIA, PA69
- PITTSBURGH, PA69
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Counseling Psychologist most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Psychologist | 377 | 3.9% |
| Mental Health Counselor | 281 | 2.9% |
| Clinical Psychologist | 228 | 2.4% |
| Professional Counselor | 190 | 2.0% |
| Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist | 112 | 1.2% |
| Marriage & Family Therapist | 111 | 1.2% |
| Group Psychotherapy Psychologist | 109 | 1.1% |
| Family Psychologist | 101 | 1.1% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Psychologist.
- Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist5,759
- School Psychologist14,896
- Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist2,400
- Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Psychologist1,234
- Health Service Psychologist1,138
- Forensic Psychologist913
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.