Sonya Ruth Farr, LCMHC, M.A., LCAS

Primary specialty

Mental Health CounselorTaxonomy code 101YM0800X

License

8785 Issued in NC

Practice address

125 Hendersonville Rd
Asheville, NC 28803-2868

Phone

(828) 398-3601

Fax

(828) 333-5465

NPI assigned

Dec 14, 2011

Last updated

Apr 16, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 2

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NC

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Master of Arts

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• A Caring Alternative, LLC

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1932118551
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc.

  dba MAHEC Family Health Center

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1952356388

  Counselor

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Rha Health Services Inc

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Concord, NC
  • NPI 1447376306
  Medicare reassignment NPD
• A Caring Alternative, LLC

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1720514920
  NPD
• Mountain Area Health Education Center, Inc.

  dba MAHEC Center for Psychiatry and Mental Wellness

  • Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)
  • Asheville, NC
  • NPI 1295390409

  Addiction (Substance Use Disorder)

  NPD
• Rha Health Services, Inc

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Wilmington, NC
  • NPI 1467584953
  NPD
• Rha Health Services, Inc

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Yanceyville, NC
  • NPI 1629489307
  NPD
• A Caring Alternative, LLC

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Marion, NC
  • NPI 1023456803
  NPD (past)
• A Caring Alternative, LLC

  • Community/Behavioral Health Agency
  • Morganton, NC
  • NPI 1740312297
  NPD (past)

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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            "state": "NC",
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• Aaron Farley, OTR/L
• Benjamin Pearson Farlow, LCSW-A
• Jennifer Burke Farmer, M.D.
• Sebastian Farmer, LMFTA
• Dauwd Muhannad Farooqi, MD
• Jason Paul Farrah, M.D.
• Nico Farrar
• Farrell Clinic of Chiropractic, PA
• Brandis Brooke Farrell, LCMHC
• John F Farrell, DC

• Mental Health Counselor in Asheville, NC
• Providers in Asheville, NC by specialty
• Mental Health Counselor in North Carolina

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Apr 16, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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