Top Therapists in North Dakota

Tori Ngatia

Lead Therapist

Tori Ngatia is the founder and lead therapist at We Thrive Counseling, supporting children, adolescents, teens, and adults with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and behavioral concerns. She creates a safe, nonjudgmental space and uses a compassionate, insight-driven approach to help clients build resilience and deepen self-awareness.

Ashley Bishop

PMHNP-BC, RN, MS • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Ashley Bishop is a board-certified psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner who specializes in children and adolescents, focusing on mood and behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and PTSD.

Mary Gamas

LMSW, MSW • Licensed Master Social Worker

Mary Gamas is a Licensed Master Social Worker who brings a warm, trauma-informed, and identity-centered approach to work with children, teens, and adults. She focuses on trauma, anxiety, depression, family dynamics, and life transitions using evidence-based methods like ACT, EMDR, CBT, and DBT.

Seth Johnson

LPCC, EMDR • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Seth Johnson is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who works with children, teens, and adults, integrating cognitive-behavioral, strengths-based, and person-centered approaches. He has specialized training in EMDR and Play Therapy and treats depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD while supporting LGBTQIA+ clients.

Rachelle Brown

MS, LPCC • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Rachelle Brown is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in North Dakota who provides an affirming, collaborative therapy space for adults. Queer-identified and compassionate, she works with adults of diverse backgrounds and abilities to support autonomy and authentic self-expression.

Alissa Demke

MSW • Licensed Therapist

Alissa Demke is a licensed therapist (MSW) who works with individuals ages 13+ and couples. She specializes in trauma, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, grief, and relationship challenges, drawing on experience in integrated family medicine, corrections, inpatient psychiatry, and community mental health.

Lea Hughes

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Lea Hughes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and PhD candidate specializing in trauma recovery. Her practice and research focus on secondary trauma and posttraumatic growth.

Christine Boulton-Olson

PhD • Licensed Psychologist

Christine Boulton-Olson, PhD, is a licensed psychologist who provides adult individual and couples therapy. She specializes in anxiety, depression, assertiveness, anger management, communication, self‑esteem, relationships, and career concerns.

Jenna Holtz

LCSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jenna Holtz is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing trauma-focused therapy to individuals and groups. She supports youth and adults with mental health concerns, chemical dependency, developmental disabilities, and trauma, including survivors of domestic violence and childhood abuse, and has served as a school-based mental health professional in a rural K-12 setting.

David Jackson

PhD, LP • Licensed Psychologist

David Jackson is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 30 years' experience providing mental health services across diverse settings and to individuals of all ages. He specializes in CBT, interpersonal–existential and object relations approaches and conducts objective personality assessments, including the Rorschach.

Heidi Selby

EMDR

Heidi Selby provides therapy to children, adolescents, and adults for depression, anxiety, mood disorders, grief, trauma, life transitions, and stress. She uses Motivational Interviewing, CBT, DBT, TF-CBT, person-centered and solution-focused approaches, is certified in EMDR, and integrates play and art therapy techniques.

Emmet Kenney

Psychiatrist

Dr. Emmet M. Kenney is a board-certified child & adolescent and general psychiatrist with over 30 years of experience. He focuses on psychiatric diagnosis and medication management for ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and chemical dependency, and is interested in telemedicine and novel treatment approaches.

Erin Anderson

DNP-FNP

Erin Anderson, DNP-FNP, is a Williston native who provides psychiatric medication management to patients ages 12 and up.

Faith Barth

Faith Barth holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and is pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing with a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specialization. She focuses on compassionate, evidence-based mental health care across the lifespan.

Jen Walter

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jen Walter is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in trauma-focused, strengths-based care and integrates mindfulness into her therapeutic approach to support clients' healing.

Toni Abelseth

PMHNP-BC, MSN • Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Toni Abelseth is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who provides holistic, person-centered care to individuals of all ages. She treats depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, substance use disorders, and behavioral concerns across community, crisis, inpatient, and private-practice settings.

Shannon Stremick

FNP • Family Nurse Practitioner

Shannon Stremick is a Family Nurse Practitioner in Minot who specializes in mental health care for individuals aged 12 and up. She provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and medication management and uses genetic testing to inform personalized medication decisions.

Samantha Birrenkott

LAPC, LAC • Licensed Addiction Counselor

Samantha Birrenkott is a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) and Licensed Associate Professional Counselor (LAPC) in North Dakota who provides addiction-focused counseling and is pursuing advanced licensure under supervision.

Andrea Martin

LPCC, CCTP, CCS • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Andrea Martin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who provides counseling and advocacy for survivors of trauma and personal-injury crimes. She brings over 30 years of experience and serves as founder of Soul Survivor and a certified counseling supervisor.

Emilee Luehring

CLT • Occupational Therapist

Emilee Luehring is an occupational therapist in Devils Lake, ND, and founder of a local practice. With over a decade of experience across outpatient, skilled nursing, acute, and home health settings, she supports clients from pediatrics to geriatrics and is certified in lymphedema therapy (CLT).