NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mental Health Counselor in Louisiana

5,286 NPPES records list mental health counselor with a practice address in Louisiana, 116 per 100,000 residents, the 12th highest rate of 51. New Orleans and Shreveport have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Louisiana license search. Page 74 of 106.

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).

New Orleans has the most, 709

  1. New Orleans709
  2. Shreveport695
  3. Baton Rouge619
  4. Lafayette310
  5. Monroe203

Mental Health Counselor records in Louisiana

  1. Tara Pate, PLPCNew Orleans, LA 701241811715766
  2. Khyati PatelNew Orleans, LA 701181093265092
  3. Dianna PatenBaton Rouge, LA 708161568985695
  4. Annie PattersonDelhi, LA 712321992161376
  5. Barbara PattersonNew Iberia, LA 705601679025431
  6. Bradley PattersonNew Orleans, LA 701191417499245
  7. Demarcus PattersonGonzales, LA 707371750827085
  8. Shalandra PattersonShreveport, LA 711081861941247
  9. Jasmine PattonNew Orleans, LA 701191902354368
  10. Brenda PattumJennings, LA 705461033582499
  11. Juanita Paul, MHSMansfield, LA 710521639603962
  12. Kanisha PaulBoutte, LA 700391275034761
  13. Trina PaulLake Charles, LA 706011780158543
  14. Tyanna PaulBaton Rouge, LA 708061396397568
  15. Paula Pauley, MS, PLPCFarmerville, LA 712411942876388
  16. Adrian PayneShreveport, LA 711041710400973
  17. Claudia PayneRuston, LA 712701629528500
  18. Kimberly Payne, MHSShreveport, LA 711181902348758
  19. Laquinta PayneOpelousas, LA 705701598282378
  20. Norma PayneBoyce, LA 714091629554324
  21. Quentin PayneNew Roads, LA 707601497275655
  22. Linda PaytonMansfield, LA 710521730693730
  23. Zoe Pearl, MS, LPCShreveport, LA 711051447090568
  24. Bazellano PearsonNew Orleans, LA 701271366979114
  25. Carissa PearsonIndependence, LA 704431477969426
  26. Kayla Pearson, BAAlexandria, LA 713011376053967
  27. Miriam PecotMadisonville, LA 704471245938778
  28. Mardosha PeekBossier City, LA 711121144690363
  29. Latora PegrossMonroe, LA 712031861932386
  30. Alyssa PellegrinLafayette, LA 705081659105468
  31. Virginia Pellegrin, LCSWHouma, LA 703601245317718
  32. Roxanne PeltierLake Charles, LA 706051659817245
  33. Connie PennBaton Rouge, LA 708161487010898
  34. Kathryn Pennings, MS, PLPCNew Orleans, LA 701151770234858
  35. Christy Pennison, LPC-SAlexandria, LA 713031346616380
  36. Mariana PennyShreveport, LA 711041962057737
  37. Maria PennywellSterlington, LA 712801497298863
  38. Shmeshia PeoplesMansfield, LA 710521447784640
  39. Breizen PeraltaMandeville, LA 704711568996189
  40. Michelle PerazaRuston, LA 712701548981434
  41. Christian Pere, LPCMetairie, LA 700011386493997
  42. Sunethra Perera BenoitChurch Point, LA 705251447182837
  43. Michelle Peres-Tenorio, M.A., PLPC,NCCNew Orleans, LA 701121306292479
  44. Jonette Peretik, LPCBossier City, LA 711111750075701
  45. Andrew PerkinsLake Charles, LA 706011750733390
  46. April PerkinsNew Orleans, LA 701151831647106
  47. Ashford PerkinsMonroe, LA 712011992175657
  48. Danielle Perkins, M.A., LPCBaker, LA 707141144689910
  49. Dena PerkinsAlexandria, LA 713031780133157
  50. Dimeka PerkinsBaton Rouge, LA 708091780121418

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

Louisiana ranks 12 of 51 per resident

  1. Colorado147
  2. Rhode Island131
  3. New Mexico129
  4. Louisiana116
  5. District of Columbia111
  6. New Jersey108
  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.

1.4% 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. Louisiana1.4%
  2. United States5.2%

Mental Health Counselor records in Louisiana, measured

  • In a Medicare file73 of 5,286 · 1.4% here, 5.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file137 · 2.6% here, 8.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more3,816 · 72.2% here, 52.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2013 · the 137 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

5,286 NPPES records list mental health counselor (101YM0800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Louisiana: 116 per 100,000 residents against 87 nationally (50 states and D.C.). New Orleans has 709 of them (13%).

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. Indiana4,962
  2. Georgia4,878
  3. Tennessee4,698
  4. Nebraska4,490

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. District of Columbia110.6
  2. New Jersey107.7
  3. Mississippi107.6
  4. Florida102.8

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.