Find a therapist in Connecticut

Finding a therapist in Connecticut: the numbers

Connecticut has 21+ licensed mental health professionals across 3 cities, including Hartford, New Haven, and Stamford. That puts Connecticut 28th of the 48 states with listings on FindSupport.

Few of the therapists listed in Connecticut mention online sessions yet, while 6% do nationwide. A therapist licensed in Connecticut can generally see you by video anywhere in the state, so ask. Session fees across Connecticut's guides run $100–$300; the middle of our city guides nationally is $90–$200.

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What therapy costs in Connecticut

The city guides for Connecticut list typical session costs from $100 in Bridgeport to $300 in Stamford.

Bridgeport is Connecticut's largest city on Long Island Sound; its city guide covers local therapists and costs in more detail.

Online therapy and therapist licenses in Connecticut

What decides who can see you online is the license. A therapist licensed in Connecticut can work with you by video wherever you are in the state; one licensed only elsewhere generally can't, however close their office is.

Profiles list each therapist's license type: psychologist, licensed professional counselor (LPC), clinical social worker (LCSW), or marriage and family therapist (LMFT). All of them provide talk therapy; they differ in training, and any license can be looked up with the Connecticut board that issued it.

People near the edge of Connecticut often look at therapists in Massachusetts, New York, or Rhode Island too. That works for in-person visits across the border, but for video sessions from home the therapist still needs a Connecticut license.

City guides for Connecticut

City guides for Connecticut: Hartford (6+ therapists), New Haven (8+ therapists), Stamford (7+ therapists). More city guides: Bridgeport. Each city page has detailed information about local therapists, specializations, and costs.

No guide for your town? Video sessions with a therapist licensed in Connecticut work from anywhere in the state.

Comparing therapists across Connecticut's cities

Listings in Connecticut are spread as 8 in New Haven, 7 in Stamford, and 6 in Hartford, so New Haven has 38% of them. Bridgeport has a city guide but no local listings yet.

None of the profiles in New Haven, Stamford, and Hartford mention online sessions yet. Some therapists offer video on request, so ask when you reach out.

Hartford has the most profiles that mention working with children (1), and it also leads for couples (1). By city, the focus area named most often is anxiety (Hartford).

Listings across Connecticut's borders

Across Connecticut's borders, Massachusetts has 44 in 3 cities (most in Cambridge); New York has 45 in 2 cities (most in Buffalo); Rhode Island has 8 in 2 cities (most in Providence). Connecticut itself has 21 listed therapists in 3 cities.

Massachusetts has the highest online share among them (3% of its listings). Typical fees in their city guides range from $90 (New York) to $300 (Massachusetts), next to $100–$300 in Connecticut.

Worth a look if Cambridge, Massachusetts is closer than the nearest city in Connecticut. For in-person visits that's fine; check whether your plan covers out-of-state providers.

Specialties and local concerns in Connecticut

Across the profiles listed in Connecticut, the specialties tagged most are anxiety (5%), trauma (5%), and stress (5%). Anxiety leads nationally too. What brings people in differs by city. Bridgeport's guide mentions urban poverty stress, immigrant adjustment challenges, and industrial community health concerns; Hartford's guide mentions corporate pressures from the insurance industry, historical preservation anxieties, and university student stress; New Haven's guide mentions academic pressure, healthcare worker burnout, and the stress of urban inequality.

5% of Connecticut's listed therapists say they see couples, which is where to start for marriage counseling. Of all Connecticut profiles, 5% work with children and 5% with families.