Top Therapists in South Dakota

Cherise Lerew

Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Cherise Lerew is a Licensed Psychologist who provides assessment and intervention for children, adolescents, and families, with specialized training in ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder. She employs cognitive-behavioral approaches that prioritize trust and connection in the therapeutic relationship.

Butch Steinle

FNP, PMHNP • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Butch Steinle is dual-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner and a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with over a decade of experience in psychiatry, providing mental health and psychiatric care.

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.

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.

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.

Emilia Flint

LP • Licensed Psychologist

Dr. Emilia Flint is a licensed psychologist who provides psychological evaluations for chronic pain and pre-surgical assessments and offers therapy for individuals and families coping with medical issues, trauma, mood, and anxiety disorders. She also serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Black Hills State University.

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.

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.

Jasmine Morgan

Licensed Professional Counselor 6 Mental Health

Jasmine Morgan is a counselor licensed in New York and South Dakota. She focuses on domestic abuse, relationship challenges, trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, grief, and life and cultural transitions.

Tracy Romey

MS • Outpatient Therapist

Haley Keizer is an outpatient therapist with an MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling who uses a warm, direct, collaborative, and strengths-based approach. Her practice is informed by experience in child welfare and supporting individuals with disabilities.

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.

Derek Townsend

LAC, LPCC • Licensed Addiction Counselor

Celeste Apodaca is a Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) and Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC) who brings cultural and existential perspectives to her work, offering bilingual Spanish-English support rooted in her Mexican heritage.

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.

Sherry Bartels

DNP, MSN, MS, RN, LPC • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Dr. Amy Newstrom is a psychiatric and family nurse practitioner and licensed professional counselor who has provided outpatient and inpatient mental health care in Rapid City since 2013. She specializes in treatment‑resistant depression, transcranial magnetic stimulation, and diverse clinical settings including county jail care.

Megan Hulke

LCSW • Licensed Certified Social Worker

Megan Hulke is a Licensed Certified Social Worker who provides warm, supportive therapy for adults using Cognitive Behavioral, Person-Centered, and Solution-Focused approaches. She treats anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, grief, and personality disorders.

Joanna Prewitt

LCSW-PIP, QMHP, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

She provides warm, direct, and interactive therapy for adults and couples, addressing anxiety, depression, grief, relationship stress, trauma, low self-esteem, and major life transitions. She is particularly focused on supporting clients through transitions like starting college, becoming a parent, raising teens, midlife changes, and caring for aging parents.

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.

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.

Katie Husby

Katie Husby provides treatment for youth, adolescents, adults, and families across addiction recovery, outpatient mental health, and clinical support services. She conducts chemical dependency evaluations, facilitates group therapy, and delivers individualized care for substance and gambling addictions.

Rachel Waddell

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

Jennifer A. Erdman is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner who provides outpatient psychiatric care to adolescents and adults, drawing on nearly 30 years of healthcare experience and 20 years in mental health.