NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC

Professional Counselor · Lake Charles, LA

Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC is a professional counselor with a practice address in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and NPI 1144750159, issued on Jun 13, 2017. Check the license (Louisiana 8078, as entered in NPPES) with the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1144750159
Name
Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga
Credential
M.S. LPC
Primary taxonomy
Professional Counselor 101YP2500X
License number
8078 LA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
4510 Common St Apt 75, Lake Charles, LA 70607
Phone
(337) 414-3397
Enumerated
Jun 13, 2017
Record last updated
Feb 3, 2025
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240730004290); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Louisiana board licenses this profession
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Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Geode Health OF Texas, PLLCRound Rock, TX

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga among 2,906 professional counselor records in Louisiana

Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC is one of 2,906 professional counselor records with a practice address in Louisiana. 8% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 57% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 57% of these records are older, 36% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 8% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 13% of these records are
  • Graduated2019 · median 2014 among the 387 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 49% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YP2500X and a Louisiana practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

100 professional counselor records list a practice address in Lake Charles

They are 100 of the 2,791 NPPES records with a practice address in Lake Charles, and 2,906 professional counselor records in Louisiana.

The 8 professional counselor records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Phyllis Bennett, LPCLake Charles, LA 706071689713927
  2. John Boudreaux, MALake Charles, LA 706071417669763
  3. Carolyn Davis, LPC, NCC, CCDP-DLake Charles, LA 706071104964543
  4. Tonya EaglinLake Charles, LA 706071669668976
  5. Amber Finley, LPCLake Charles, LA 706071578721973
  6. La Shonda KennersonLake Charles, LA 706071538697644
  7. Courtney Kerlegon, LPCLake Charles, LA 706071457649915
  8. Madison Lanthier, PLPCLake Charles, LA 706071912821273

Common questions

What is Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC's NPI number?

Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1144750159, issued on Jun 13, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4510 Common St Apt 75, Lake Charles, LA, 70607. Phone: (337) 414-3397. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Lilian Wanjiku Gathanga, M.S. LPC's license?

NPPES lists Louisiana license number 8078, as entered by the provider. Search the Louisiana board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.