The Counselor specialty is generally very female-friendly with a large majority (74%) of providers reporting as female compared to only 25% reporting as male. People living in California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Oklahoma enjoy living in one of the 5 most popular states/territories where Counselor providers practice. In all, there are 77,595 registered Counselor providers in the United States with over 12,521 of those located in California alone while around 4,023 chose to practice in Massachusetts.
Counselor providers have been assigned the 101Y00000X taxonomy code in the NPI registry, which is a Level II Classification. Click here for more information about medical specialty types.
Overall, Counselor specialists practice in 56 different states/territories and can be categorized into 5 different Counselor sub-specialties: Addiction (Substance Use Disorder), Mental Health, Pastoral, Professional, and School.
A provider who is trained and educated in the performance of behavior health services through interpersonal communications and analysis. Training and education at the specialty level usually requires a master?s degree and clinical experience and supervision for licensure or certification.