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Psychoanalysis
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License Statistics

Licenses Issued, Past 5 Calendar Years

Profession Title 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Creative Arts Therapist 0 120 936 93 68
Marriage & Family Therapist 0 42 593 62 40
Mental Health Counselor 0 233 3,542 335 109
Psychoanalyst 0 67 722 45 9


Geographic Distribution of Registered Licensees*

As of January 13, 2009

Creative Arts Therapist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 11 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 4
Allegany 0 Kings 148 Schenectady 8
Bronx 19 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 9 Livingston 1 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 1 Madison 4 Seneca 0
Cayuga 1 Monroe 72 Steuben 2
Chautauqua 2 Montgomery 1 St. Lawrence 2
Chemung 3 Nassau 89 Suffolk 78
Chenango 0 New York 237 Sullivan 4
Clinton 3 Niagara 3 Tioga 1
Columbia 2 Oneida 3 Tompkins 3
Cortland 0 Onondaga 8 Ulster 25
Delaware 2 Ontario 7 Warren 2
Dutchess 21 Orange 14 Washington 0
Erie 25 Orleans 2 Wayne 3
Essex 2 Oswego 0 Westchester 90
Franklin 1 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 9 Yates 0
Genesee 1 Queens 76 NYS TOTAL 1034
Greene 1 Rensselaer 3 OTHER US 176
Hamilton 0 Richmond 8 NON-US 6
Herkimer 0 Rockland 22 TOTAL 1216


Marriage & Family Therapist

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 9 Jefferson 1 Saratoga 8
Allegany 1 Kings 33 Schenectady 2
Bronx 9 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 5 Livingston 1 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 6 Seneca 1
Cayuga 1 Monroe 60 Steuben 2
Chautauqua 3 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 1 Nassau 62 Suffolk 49
Chenango 1 New York 116 Sullivan 2
Clinton 0 Niagara 1 Tioga 4
Columbia 1 Oneida 5 Tompkins 10
Cortland 2 Onondaga 64 Ulster 10
Delaware 3 Ontario 5 Warren 6
Dutchess 6 Orange 11 Washington 0
Erie 7 Orleans 1 Wayne 4
Essex 2 Oswego 3 Westchester 55
Franklin 2 Otsego 5 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 9 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 32 NYS TOTAL 644
Greene 2 Rensselaer 3 OTHER US 89
Hamilton 0 Richmond 7 NON-US 3
Herkimer 2 Rockland 8 TOTAL 736


Mental Health Counselor

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 89 Jefferson 33 Saratoga 64
Allegany 17 Kings 288 Schenectady 61
Bronx 119 Lewis 6 Schoharie 5
Broome 19 Livingston 11 Schuyler 1
Cattaraugus 29 Madison 12 Seneca 6
Cayuga 16 Monroe 203 Steuben 11
Chautauqua 51 Montgomery 8 St. Lawrence 47
Chemung 18 Nassau 358 Suffolk 252
Chenango 2 New York 447 Sullivan 27
Clinton 39 Niagara 37 Tioga 6
Columbia 7 Oneida 24 Tompkins 22
Cortland 10 Onondaga 113 Ulster 75
Delaware 6 Ontario 23 Warren 20
Dutchess 62 Orange 68 Washington 5
Erie 259 Orleans 5 Wayne 26
Essex 13 Oswego 21 Westchester 203
Franklin 14 Otsego 9 Wyoming 4
Fulton 6 Putnam 32 Yates 5
Genesee 12 Queens 331 NYS TOTAL 3849
Greene 10 Rensselaer 38 OTHER US 348
Hamilton 0 Richmond 66 NON-US 5
Herkimer 4 Rockland 74 TOTAL 4202


Psychoanalyst

County Number County Number County Number
Albany 1 Jefferson 0 Saratoga 1
Allegany 0 Kings 58 Schenectady 0
Bronx 12 Lewis 0 Schoharie 0
Broome 0 Livingston 0 Schuyler 0
Cattaraugus 0 Madison 0 Seneca 0
Cayuga 1 Monroe 1 Steuben 0
Chautauqua 0 Montgomery 0 St. Lawrence 0
Chemung 0 Nassau 33 Suffolk 19
Chenango 0 New York 471 Sullivan 1
Clinton 0 Niagara 0 Tioga 0
Columbia 3 Oneida 0 Tompkins 1
Cortland 0 Onondaga 1 Ulster 4
Delaware 0 Ontario 0 Warren 0
Dutchess 8 Orange 1 Washington 0
Erie 1 Orleans 0 Wayne 0
Essex 0 Oswego 0 Westchester 38
Franklin 0 Otsego 0 Wyoming 0
Fulton 0 Putnam 3 Yates 0
Genesee 0 Queens 27 NYS TOTAL 706
Greene 0 Rensselaer 0 OTHER US 129
Hamilton 0 Richmond 10 NON-US 4
Herkimer 0 Rockland 11 TOTAL 839

* County of location reflects the licensee's primary mailing address on record with the State Education Department. This address may either be the licensee's home or practice address. Licensees must be registered in order to practice and use a professional title within New York State; being registered, however, does not necessarily mean the licensee is actively engaged in practice.


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