Top Therapists in South Dakota

Kay Foland

Psychiatrist

Dr. Kay Foland is a psychiatrist at Manlove Brain + Body Health who has practiced psychiatry since 2002 and brings over 35 years of nursing experience. She also teaches at South Dakota State University and focuses on collaborative care to help patients build healthier, more positive lives.

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.

Shelby Adler

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Emily Christensen is a Licensed Professional Counselor who helps individuals and couples rediscover authenticity and build resilience, connection, and purpose. She works with clients facing burnout, PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, codependency, women’s issues, self-esteem struggles, and major life transitions, and previously spent six years as a high school counselor.

Ashley Woodley

MSW, CSW-PIP • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Mandy Sieck is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CSW-PIP) in South Dakota with a Master of Social Work. She works with adolescents and adults on life transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and social skills challenges using a client-centered, mind-body approach.

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.

Megan Burgard

DNP, FNP • Family Nurse Practitioner

Megan Burgard, DNP, FNP, is a family nurse practitioner practicing psychiatry at Manlove Brain + Body Health. She has experience in pediatrics, home health, women’s health, and clinical informatics and focuses on holistic mental wellness and nurse education.

Patty Jonas

Licensed Professional Counselor

Patty Jonas is a licensed professional counselor who provides trauma-informed care for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and their families. She uses client-centered therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

Megan Mitchell

NP • Nurse Practitioner

Nichole Johnson is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in psychiatry at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls. She provides diagnostic psychiatric evaluations and medication management for patients receiving behavioral healthcare.

Christie Ellwein

Case Manager

Christie Ellwein is a case manager at Dakota Counseling who has provided case management since 1998. She holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology from Mount Marty College.

John Jones

AANP, ANCC • Nurse Practitioner

Kristen Corkle is a Nurse Practitioner board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner (AANP) and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (ANCC). A South Dakota native, she brings experience across inpatient, outpatient, emergency, urgent care, palliative, and primary care settings.

Abbey Bauman

PA-C • Physician Assistant

Alyssa Peterson, PA-C, is a physician assistant in psychiatry at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, providing medication management and personalized treatment for anxiety, ADHD, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and psychotic spectrum disorders.

Karen VonEye

LPC-MH, LAC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Karen Voneye is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addiction Counselor with a master's in Educational Psychology and Counseling. She provides counseling focused on mental health and addiction.

Jessica Ruzicka

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

Heather Janvrin is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health (LPC-MH) and Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC) providing outpatient therapy at Ensō Mental Health. She offers integrative, trauma-informed individual, couples, and family therapy for adults (18+), drawing on modalities such as Person-Centered Therapy, SFBT, the Gottman Method, ACT, IFS, and CBT.

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.

Mandy Sieck

MSW, CSW-PIP • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Lindsey Krueger is a licensed clinical social worker (CSW-PIP) who provides individual and group counseling for trauma, chronic illness, grief, depression, anxiety, and life stressors. She has experience developing therapy programs for medical rehabilitation patients and families adjusting to strokes, brain injuries, cancer, and serious injuries.

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.

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.

Brenda Davenport

Brenda Davenport works in the mental health and chemical dependency field, is trained in Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) and Aggression Replacement Training (ART), and has 17 years of experience.

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.

Whitney Nordvold

LCSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Whitney Nordvold is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive care. A member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, she integrates Lakota/Dakota and mixed European-American heritage into her work with individuals, families, and communities.