Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychologist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A psychologist who develops and applies scientific knowledge to the delivery of psychological services to infants, toddlers, children and adolescents within their social context. Of particular importance to the specialty of clinical child psychology is an understanding of the basic psychological needs of children and adolescents, and how the family and other social contexts influence the socio-emotional adjustment, cognitive development, behavioral adaptation and health status of children and adolescents.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, the 31.8% figure is the share of active records whose holders reported sole-proprietor status in NPPES, not the share of psychologists working independently. Because the field is self-reported and an NPI may represent a person or an organization, it is an imperfect proxy for private practice and does not establish ownership, employment arrangement, or clinical capacity.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• An NPI record is not necessarily a distinct practicing clinician, and active status does not establish current clinical availability.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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