How many licensed mental health professionals are there in Utah?
Which mental health profession has the most licensed members?
I was curious so I looked it up. The Utah Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing (DOPL), part of the Utah Department of Commerce, provides the data on an easy-to-access web page.
I have found the Utah DOPL to be proactive, consumer-friendly, and technologically up-to-date, which is refreshing!
I took the data from the DOPL site and deleted all the professions except for mental health professionals to produce the chart below.
This data is from 5 Nov 2018 and will undoubtedly change over time. See the DOPL website for up-to-date numbers.
| PROFESSION NAME | LICENSE NAME | COUNT |
| Social Work | Licensed Clinical Social Worker | 3,936 |
| Clinical Mental Health | Clinical Mental Health Counselor | 1,364 |
| Social Work | Certified Social Worker | 1,295 |
| Psychologist | Psychologist | 998 |
| Marriage & Family Therapy | Marriage & Family Therapist | 720 |
| Clinical Mental Health | Assoc Clinical Mental Health Counselor | 392 |
| Substance Use Disorder | Licensed SUDC | 244 |
| Psychologist | Behavior Analyst | 233 |
| Marriage & Family Therapy | Associate Marriage & Family Therapist | 158 |
| Substance Use Disorder | Licensed Advanced SUDC | 125 |
| Psychologist | Psychology Resident | 51 |
| Substance Use Disorder | Certified SUDC | 47 |
| Psychologist | Assistant Behavior Analyst | 40 |
| Substance Use Disorder | Certified Advanced SUDC | 39 |
| Social Work | Certified Social Worker Intern | 25 |
| Clinical Mental Health | Assoc Clinical Mental Hlth Cnslor Extern | 20 |
| Psychologist | Behavior Specialist | 17 |
| Psychologist | Assistant Behavior Specialist | 6 |
| Marriage & Family Therapy | Associate MFT Extern | 3 |
| Substance Use Disorder | Certified SUDC Intern | 3 |
| Clinical Mental Health | Volunteer Clinical Mental Hlth Counselor | 2 |
The table above shows the number of licensed mental health professionals in the State of Utah as of 5 Nov 2018. Up-to-date data for all licensed occupations and professions is available at:
https://dopl.utah.gov/licensee_count.html