APA Psychologist Locator Scraper

APA Psychologist Locator Scraper

Scrape psychologist profiles from the APA Psychologist Locator by city, ZIP, specialty, or population served, up to a million per run. Each profile returns name, credentials, address, phone, and accepted insurance. No login or API key. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

The APA Psychologist Locator is the official directory of licensed psychologists in the United States, but browsing it manually means clicking through pages of results and copying details one profile at a time. This Actor reads the public search results directly, filters by specialty, population served, and radius, and returns every matching psychologist in a structured dataset.

Build a referral list, populate a therapist directory, or analyze the psychology workforce by region.

Who uses it	What they scrape APA Psychologist Locator for
Healthcare recruiters	Build a list of licensed psychologists in a target city for outreach.
Therapist directory builders	Populate a searchable directory with verified provider details.
Market researchers	Analyze the supply of psychology specialties across different regions.
Insurance networks	Identify psychologists who accept specific insurance plans in a service area.

What it does

This Actor collects psychologist profiles from the APA Psychologist Locator by location, specialty, and population filter, and returns each one as a flat row.

• 📍 Location search: enter a city, state, or ZIP code to find psychologists in that area.
• 🏷️ Specialty filter: narrow results to a specific focus like anxiety, depression, or trauma.
• 👥 Population filter: target psychologists who serve children, adolescents, adults, seniors, families, or couples.
• 📏 Radius control: set a search radius from 1 to 200 miles around your location.
• 📊 Structured output: every profile returns name, credentials, address, phone, and accepted insurance in a consistent schema.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with APA Psychologist Locator data

🏥 Build a local referral network.

A healthcare recruiter enters a ZIP code and specialty to compile a list of psychologists for a hospital system's referral directory.

📋 Populate a therapist marketplace.

A developer runs the Actor across multiple cities to seed a new online therapy directory with verified APA member profiles.

📈 Analyze workforce distribution.

A market researcher collects psychologists by state and specialty to map where certain mental health services are underserved.

🩺 Verify insurance acceptance.

An insurance network manager scrapes profiles in a region to identify which psychologists accept a given plan before contracting.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API key needed	Reads the public APA Psychologist Locator search results directly.
Specialty targeting	Filter by clinical focus areas like anxiety, depression, or trauma.
Population filtering	Find psychologists who work with specific age groups or relationship types.
Scalable collection	Collect up to a million profiles in a single run.

How it compares

No other Store actor targets APA Psychologist Locator the same way, so the honest comparison is with the alternatives teams actually weigh.

	APA Psychologist Locator Scraper	Build it in-house	By hand
Setup	Run it now, zero config	Days of engineering	None, but hours per pull
When APA Psychologist Locator changes	Maintained for you	You fix it	You re-learn the page
Proxies, retries, anti-bot	Built in	Your problem	Browser only
Output	Fixed JSON schema, CSV/Excel export	Whatever you build	Copy-paste
Cost	Pay per result	Engineering time	Analyst hours

Configure the run

Drive the Actor from a city, state, or ZIP code, and optionally filter by specialty, population served, and search radius so only matching psychologists reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "location": "10001",
 "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
 "location": "10001",
 "maxItems": 200
}

Pricing

Pay-per-result: $0.0085 per result collected. You pay only for the results written to your dataset.

Results collected	Approximate cost
100 results	$0.85
1,000 results	$8.50
10,000 results	$85.00

New Apify accounts start with $5 in free credit.

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the APA Psychologist Locator Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to APA Psychologist Locator through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/apa-psychologist-locator-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check that your location string is valid. Try a well-known ZIP code like 10001 or a major city name. Also, if you set a specialty filter, try removing it to see if results appear without the filter.

The Actor returns fewer results than my maxItems setting.

The APA directory only returns psychologists that match your search criteria. If your location, specialty, population, or radius combination is narrow, there may be fewer matching psychologists. Try broadening your filters.

Some profiles are missing phone numbers or insurance data.

The APA Psychologist Locator relies on psychologists to maintain their own profiles. If a psychologist did not provide a phone number or insurance information, those fields will be empty in your dataset.

The run is taking a long time.

Large maxItems values and broad searches can take time because the Actor paginates through results. Reduce the maximum psychologists or narrow your filters to speed up the run.

FAQ

Question	Answer
What is the APA Psychologist Locator?	It is the American Psychological Association's official online directory of licensed psychologists in the United States. Each profile includes credentials, contact information, specialties, and accepted insurance.
Do I need an APA membership or login to scrape it?	No. This Actor reads the public search results from the APA Psychologist Locator website. No account, login, or API key is required.
What data does each psychologist profile include?	Each row returns the psychologist's name, credentials, practice address, phone number, and a list of accepted insurance plans. The exact fields are shown in the sample output on the Actor's page.
Can I filter by insurance accepted?	The APA website does not expose insurance as a search filter, so the Actor cannot pre-filter by it. However, the accepted insurance field is included in every profile row, so you can filter the dataset after the run.
How do I search by specialty?	Enter a specialty slug in the Specialty input field, such as 'anxiety', 'depression', or 'trauma'. The Actor passes this to the APA search and returns only matching psychologists.
What population filters are available?	You can filter by children, adolescents, adults, seniors, families, or couples. Leave the field blank to include all populations.
How many psychologists can I collect in one run?	You set the maximum with the 'Maximum psychologists' input. The Actor can collect up to one million profiles per run, limited only by the number of results the APA directory returns for your search.
What export formats are supported?	You can export your dataset as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML from the Apify platform.
Is this Actor affiliated with the American Psychological Association?	No. This is an independent scraping tool that reads publicly available data from the APA Psychologist Locator website. It is not endorsed by or affiliated with the APA.
Can I run this on a schedule?	Yes. Apify supports scheduled runs, so you can refresh your psychologist dataset daily, weekly, or monthly to catch new listings.

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⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by American Psychological Association. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.