NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Mental Health Counselor in South Carolina

4,189 NPPES records list mental health counselor with a practice address in South Carolina, 78 per 100,000 residents, the 28th highest rate of 51. Columbia and Charleston have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the South Carolina license search. Page 72 of 84.

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).

Columbia has the most, 468

  1. Columbia468
  2. Charleston371
  3. Greenville335
  4. Anderson253
  5. Lexington228

Mental Health Counselor records in South Carolina

  1. Tanya Smith, MA, LPCGreenville, SC 296151952959280
  2. Tasha SmithLexington, SC 290721013837053
  3. Terry SmithConway, SC 295261366986176
  4. Tonya SmithSimpsonville, SC 296811932665387
  5. Trena Smith, MAColumbia, SC 292031902689615
  6. Lucina Smith-Brooks, PH.D, LPCOrangeburg, SC 291181780618454
  7. Joy Smith-Dailey, MSW, LISW-CPLexington, SC 290721174669329
  8. Shawn Smith-RobinsonSumter, SC 291501699235283
  9. Melissa Smith-Venters, MA, LPC-A, NCCFlorence, SC 295011184321523
  10. Jean SmoakLexington, SC 290721598529414
  11. Kimberly Smoak, CPSSLexington, SC 290721194068098
  12. Teresa Smoak, MS, LPC, MACAiken, SC 298011225450448
  13. Vanessa Smyth, LPC-IFlorence, SC 295011205106176
  14. Angela SneedGreenville, SC 296161184457129
  15. Nicole Snell, LPCColumbia, SC 292011588639652
  16. Bertha SnowWinnsboro, SC 291801982772562
  17. David SnyderN Charleston, SC 294051881787794
  18. Diego Sojo, STUDENTAiken, SC 298011881375210
  19. Verna Soles, LPCARidgeland, SC 299361730070194
  20. Brenda SolomonHartsville, SC 295501700906799
  21. Tiffany Solter, MABennettsville, SC 295121568740348
  22. Lesley Sorin, LPCColumbia, SC 292011932659919
  23. Kaz SortinoSumter, SC 291501942938238
  24. Xiomara Sosa, LPCASummerville, SC 294831528702263
  25. Michael Sosa-CalixtoColumbia, SC 292031922973254
  26. Justine SotoLexington, SC 290721114670262
  27. Melissa Soule, MANorth Charleston, SC 294061417682543
  28. Nicole SouthgateRock Hill, SC 297301740466267
  29. Jaquoy SowellCharleston, SC 294141336894625
  30. Andria Sowells, MA, NCC, LPCBennettsville, SC 295121083273551
  31. Ellery SpaldingAiken, SC 298011164350922
  32. Gretchen Sparacino, MA, LPCCharleston, SC 294121558311787
  33. Amy Spear, LPCCharleston, SC 294071285356972
  34. Anne SpearmanSpartanburg, SC 293031659625952
  35. Jessicka Spearman Childs, LPCAGreenville, SC 296171003246463
  36. Kendra SpeckmanLexington, SC 290721043730757
  37. Jennifer Spell, MS, LPCFlorence, SC 295011851735229
  38. Audrey SpellsCharleston, SC 294141811385693
  39. Delaney SpenceCharleston, SC 294141245069350
  40. Margaret Spence, M.S.Lexington, SC 290721346309366
  41. Chad Spencer, M ED.Greenville, SC 296071073115739
  42. Jeffrey Spencer, B.SGreenwood, SC 296461770684839
  43. Amanda Sprouse, MSW, LISW-CPLexington, SC 290721982763843
  44. Gerald StaatsAnderson, SC 296251124680814
  45. Tashia Stackhouse-Geiger, LPC, LPCS, LMHC,Summerville, SC 294851033730569
  46. Kaytlin Stackpole, MRCLexington, SC 290721588356620
  47. Ruth Staggers-WilsonMarion, SC 295711568588473
  48. Amanda Stair, MA, LPC/AColumbia, SC 292091427459403
  49. Viola StaleyAnderson, SC 296251376738617
  50. Carol StammersGaffney, SC 293401023171170

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

South Carolina ranks 28 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota82
  2. North Carolina82
  3. Iowa80
  4. South Carolina78
  5. Pennsylvania77
  6. Nevada77
  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.

3.0% 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. South Carolina3.0%
  2. United States5.2%

Mental Health Counselor records in South Carolina, measured

  • In a Medicare file124 of 4,189 · 3.0% here, 5.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file202 · 4.8% here, 8.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more2,501 · 59.7% here, 52.6% nationally
  • Median graduation year2014 · the 202 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

4,189 NPPES records list mental health counselor (101YM0800X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in South Carolina: 78 per 100,000 residents against 87 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Columbia has 468 of them (11%).

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. Maryland4,201
  2. Minnesota4,133
  3. Virginia4,088
  4. Michigan3,987

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Pennsylvania77.3
  2. Nevada77.3
  3. Delaware76.8
  4. Iowa80.0

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.