Top Therapists in South Dakota

Maria PougialesPosey

LPCC • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Shelby Adler is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who provides warm, client-centered therapy for individuals and couples facing anxiety, depression, trauma, chronic pain, grief, and major life transitions. She specializes in perinatal mental health, supporting clients through pregnancy, postpartum, and fertility challenges.

Marie Jameson

Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Bruce Fogas is a licensed psychologist who treats children and adolescents with behavioral, emotional, and learning challenges, including ADHD and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. He also addresses the impacts of divorce, social media, and participation in medical research on youth development.

Sarah Shoffner

LPC-MH, NCC, QMHP • Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health

Erin Sanford is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health (LPC-MH) with over 15 years of experience providing therapy to clients from diverse backgrounds and with a wide range of concerns. She holds NCC and QMHP certifications and founded Agape Counseling Center in Brandon, SD.

Kendell Sailer-Dalton

MSN, PMHNP, MAT • Psychiatric and Family Nurse Practitioner

Rachel Waddell is a psychiatric and family nurse practitioner with over 20 years of healthcare experience. She specializes in severe and persistent mental illness, substance use disorders (MAT), mood and personality disorders, PTSD, and ADHD.

LaNae Oyen

MS, CAC • Certified Addiction Counselor

Peggy Hora is a Certified Addiction Counselor with an MS in Administrative Studies who provides addiction counseling and facilitates CBISA groups, including adolescent and aftercare sessions. She has experience in state hospital and community settings and served as a sex offender therapist with the South Dakota State Prison system.

Rita Van Norman

CGC • Clinical Social Worker

Rita Van Norman is a Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience specializing in the mental health needs of older adults, their caregivers, and loved ones. She provides compassionate support for depression, anxiety, grief, and dementia-related challenges and has taught and developed curricula for caregivers.

Kari Rickel

Home Base Therapist

Rhona Paradeis is a Home Base Therapist at Dakota Counseling, providing services to Davison, Hanson, and Sanborn counties. Her social work background includes roles as a domestic violence advocate, family service specialist, and ethnic and racial youth case manager.

Mike Easley

MS, LPC-S • Licensed Professional Counselor/Supervisee

Mike Easley is a Licensed Professional Counselor/Supervisee who works with individuals navigating depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, suicidality, substance use, behavioral addictions, and other mental health challenges. He helps clients discover strengths, explore new perspectives, and create meaningful change.

Erica Gloor

CSW, QMHP, MSW • Licensed Certified Social Worker

Jeremy Sanford is a licensed certified social worker (CSW), qualified mental health provider (QMHP), and holds a Master of Social Work (MSW). He provides person-centered, integrative therapy for teens, adults, and older adults, focusing on anxiety, depression, life transitions, stress, self-esteem, men’s issues, relationship concerns, and addiction.

Cheyenne Spielmann

ABPN • Psychiatrist

Dr. Rajesh Singh is an adult psychiatrist at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, offering behavioral health assessments, medication management, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). He also serves as Adult Psychiatry Medical Director and is an Associate Professor at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Amy Hodge

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Amy Hodge is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who provides mental health care to patients across the lifespan. She began her nursing career in emergency medicine in Rapid City.

Megan Schaefbauer

Megan Schaefbauer is a clinical mental health counselor who supports adolescents and young adults facing grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, addiction, low self-esteem, and relationship challenges. She has experience working with children, adolescents, and adults and completed a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2023.

John McDaniel

LAC, EMT-B • Licensed Addiction Counselor

John Mcdaniel is a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) and registered EMT-B who provides addiction counseling and instructs First Offender DUI and Moral Recognition Therapy courses.

Brenda Eddington

LMFT • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and clinical supervisor practicing in Colorado and South Dakota, she works with individuals and couples on marital and family conflict, trauma recovery, eating disorders, women’s issues, and life transitions.

Erin Sanford

Financial and Life Transition Coach

Derek Townsend is a financial and life transition coach who helps clients achieve financial independence and holistic well‑being. He uses practical strategies, financial literacy, mindfulness, and personalized support to build confidence and sustainable habits.

Kristen Corkle

PMHNP-BC, CNM • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Kristen Corkle is a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse-Midwife who focuses on women’s mental health across all life stages. She treats anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, PMDD, and perinatal mental health concerns, and supports women facing infertility or pregnancy loss.

Jessy Berry

LPCC • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

Maria Pougiales-Posey is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor who provides therapy to clients of all ages in schools, clinics, and hospice settings. She specializes in grief and bereavement, trauma/PTSD, chronic illness, anxiety, depression, gender identity exploration, and body image concerns.

Christina Graham

FNP, QMHP • Family Nurse Practitioner

Christina Graham is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Qualified Mental Health Professional who provides psychiatric and outpatient mental health care. She draws on nursing experience in telemetry, emergency care, cardiothoracic surgery, urgent care, and transplant medicine.

Brenden Kruckenberg

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Marie Jameson is a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, SD, specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry and providing behavioral healthcare for youth.

Erica Fett

MSW • Clinical Social Worker

Erica Fett is a Clinical Social Worker who counsels adolescents and young adults with depression, anxiety, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. She also specializes in athlete mental health and partners with schools, teams, and communities to foster healthier environments for athletes.