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Research Outline
Prepared for Lainy P. | Delivered November 13, 2019
Mental Health Patient Flow
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Goals
The number of patients the average therapist sees per week , how many of those clients are "intakes", or first time visitors, and how many recurring clients a therapist adds to their patient slate per year.
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Early Findings
Therapists
On average, private practice therapists in the US see between
15 to 30 patients a week
, with most seeing
20 to 25
patients weekly.
Over
20% of first time
patients do not return after their initial session, while up to
45% attend
therapy twice before stopping completely.
Psychologists
There are over
152,000 clinical
and counseling psychologists in the US.
Currently,
44.8% of psychologists
in the US have their private practice with 85.8% "actively working in
license-required positions."
On average, psychologists have
18 patients weekly.
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