NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mental Health Counselor in Kentucky

3,794 NPPES records list mental health counselor with a practice address in Kentucky, 84 per 100,000 residents, the 21st highest rate of 51. Prestonsburg and Corbin have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Kentucky license search. Page 72 of 76.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101YM0800X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Prestonsburg has the most, 1,151

  1. Prestonsburg1,151
  2. Corbin468
  3. Lexington427
  4. Louisville366
  5. Somerset111

Mental Health Counselor records in Kentucky

  1. Christina WardLexington, KY 405111295371847
  2. Dallas WardPrestonsburg, KY 416531790196285
  3. Jessie Ward, PE/MAPikeville, KY 415011659488732
  4. Whitney WardLexington, KY 405081023268885
  5. Cynthia Ware, LPCABowling Green, KY 421031497227789
  6. Patrick Warf, LPCCCovington, KY 410111841132172
  7. Stephen WarnerLexington, KY 405111780244103
  8. Todd Warnick, MA, CADCRichmond, KY 404751770639841
  9. Miranda Warren, LPCCMurray, KY 420711609524552
  10. Natalie WarrenProspect, KY 400591699370866
  11. Peyton WarrenPrestonsburg, KY 416531831804517
  12. Sarah WarrenderPrestonsburg, KY 416531851014138
  13. James WarrixPrestonsburg, KY 416531609287192
  14. Ashley Washburn, LPCCCarrollton, KY 410081952129181
  15. Brittanie WashingtonRadcliff, KY 401601053050039
  16. Wanda Washington, LPCACampbellsville, KY 427181053555052
  17. Miranda WatersHazard, KY 417011215217658
  18. Alice WathenBowling Green, KY 421041336706902
  19. Deanna WathenLouisville, KY 402051295574994
  20. James WathenLouisville, KY 402181982029328
  21. Athea WatkinsStanton, KY 403801467999540
  22. Bryce Watkins, MSSW, CSWLexington, KY 405091295103554
  23. Jessie WatkinsHopkinsville, KY 422401770666901
  24. Darrell Watson, LPCCCorbin, KY 407011366612624
  25. Christopher WattsDanville, KY 404221447833579
  26. Kelly WattsPrestonsburg, KY 416531528781705
  27. Teresa Watts, LPCAHazard, KY 417011326333717
  28. Rhonda WeathersLexington, KY 405111851801492
  29. Hannah Weaver, CSWElizabethtown, KY 427011942939616
  30. Jacklyn Weaver, BS, MHACorbin, KY 407011427278811
  31. Amy WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531861959504
  32. Andrea WebbLexington, KY 405151174091300
  33. Judith Webb, LPCALouisville, KY 402201619306321
  34. Randi WebbPrestonsburg, KY 416531831457993
  35. Elizabeth WeissPrestonsburg, KY 416531447142161
  36. Riley WeiterLexington, KY 405051457229965
  37. Laura Weitkamp, MA, LPCCRichmond, KY 404751083182570
  38. Jaime Welch, BAPaintsville, KY 412401811176522
  39. Stacy WelchPrestonsburg, KY 416531710704036
  40. Ashley WellsMorganfield, KY 424371144192675
  41. Brittany WellsLexington, KY 405111013522929
  42. Jessica WellsLouisa, KY 412301205115201
  43. Kristin WellsLouisville, KY 402171801257571
  44. Rebecca WellsPrestonsburg, KY 416531417648676
  45. Tracy Wells, BSCorbin, KY 407011730309295
  46. David WelscherNewport, KY 410711962284547
  47. Jeffrey Wesley, L.P.C.C., L.M.H.C.Henderson, KY 424201609173459
  48. Bonita West, BSCorbin, KY 407011780928242
  49. Jessalyn WestPrestonsburg, KY 416531942795927
  50. Monica WestPrestonsburg, KY 416531841098688

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YM0800X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Kentucky ranks 21 of 51 per resident

  1. Montana101
  2. Arkansas87
  3. Illinois85
  4. Kentucky84
  5. Maine82
  6. Idaho82
  7. 50 states and D.C.87

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YM0800X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

5.3% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 5.2% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Kentucky5.3%
  2. United States5.2%

Mental Health Counselor records in Kentucky, measured

  • In a Medicare file200 of 3,794 · 5.3% here, 5.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file287 · 7.6% here, 8.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2,068 · 54.5% here, 52.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2016 · the 287 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101YM0800X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

3,794 NPPES records list mental health counselor (101YM0800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Kentucky: 84 per 100,000 residents against 87 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Prestonsburg has 1,151 of them (30%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Michigan3,987
  2. Virginia4,088
  3. Minnesota4,133
  4. South Carolina4,189

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Maine82.5
  2. Idaho82.5
  3. Utah82.3
  4. Illinois85.4

The largest states

  1. California28,617
  2. Florida23,249
  3. New York19,989
  4. Massachusetts18,415
  5. Washington18,094

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.