NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Pastoral Counselor in Virginia

61 NPPES records list pastoral counselor with a practice address in Virginia, 0.7 per 100,000 residents, the 23rd highest rate of 51. Richmond and Hampton have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Virginia license search. Page 2 of 2.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 101YP1600X · method

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

Richmond has the most, 5

  1. Richmond5
  2. Hampton3
  3. North Chesterfield3
  4. Triangle3
  5. Virginia Beach3

Pastoral Counselor records in Virginia

  1. Cheryl SimsGoochland, VA 230631205703931
  2. Thomas Tascone, B.C.P.C.Rustburg, VA 245881518658640
  3. Tori ThomasonHaymarket, VA 201691922821503
  4. Shante ThompsonNorth Chesterfield, VA 232341811889181
  5. Jean-Paul Thorne, MAWilliamsburg, VA 231881538900691
  6. Douglas Thorpe, PHDMc Lean, VA 221011346455383
  7. James Truxell, M.DIV.Fairfax, VA 220331811225089
  8. Russell Waldrop, LPCWaynesboro, VA 229801417165390
  9. Steven Whetzel, MA PSYCHOLOGISTLouisa, VA 230931487856068
  10. Angela Willson-Quayle, PASTORAL COUNSELORVienna, VA 221801477278158
  11. Caryn Woodard, MASTER OF ARTSMechanicsville, VA 231161346873957

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP1600X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Virginia ranks 23 of 51 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.8
  2. Pennsylvania0.7
  3. Kentucky0.7
  4. Virginia0.7
  5. Washington0.6
  6. New Jersey0.6
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.6

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 101YP1600X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

1.6% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 0.7% 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. Virginia1.6%
  2. United States0.7%

Pastoral Counselor records in Virginia, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 61 · 1.6% here, 0.7% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 1.6% here, 1.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more30 · 49.2% here, 53.4% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 101YP1600X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

61 NPPES records list pastoral counselor (101YP1600X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Virginia: 0.7 per 100,000 residents against 0.6 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Richmond has 5 of them (8%).

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. Oklahoma63
  2. Arizona58
  3. New Jersey58
  4. Illinois65

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.7
  2. Pennsylvania0.7
  3. Ohio0.8
  4. Washington0.6

The largest states

  1. Florida180
  2. California143
  3. Texas139
  4. Georgia136
  5. North Carolina118

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.