Cognitive & Behavioral Psychologist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A psychologist who reflects an experimental-clinical approach distinguished by use of principles of human learning and development and theories of cognitive processing to promote meaningful change in maladaptive human behavior and thinking.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 1,434 of 3,522 active records, or 40.7%, carry the NPPES sole-proprietor flag. Because the field is self-reported, it is an imperfect proxy for private practice and does not by itself establish a psychologist's ownership, employment arrangement, or practice setting.

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.
• - Counts are active NPI records, not a direct count of practicing psychologists, workload, or available appointments.
• - The count uses the primary taxonomy reported for an NPI, so providers using another primary classification may not appear in this specialty total.
• 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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