Top Therapists in South Dakota

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.

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.

Rajesh Singh

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr. Sandra Peynado is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, SD. She specializes in pediatric behavioral health, treating ADHD, anxiety, depression, eating disorders, autism, and family relational challenges.

Nicole Johnson

Physician Assistant

Garet Ford is a board-certified Physician Assistant at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, providing psychiatric evaluations and medication management for children and adults. He specializes in anxiety disorders, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia.

Terrence Jatczak

PMHNP-BC, CNM • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Rebecca Feldman is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife who focuses on perinatal mental health, supporting clients through pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, postpartum periods, infertility, and loss. She founded Brooklyn Parent Support and collaborates with Bloom Mental Health and Wellness.

Rhonda Paradeis

MA, LPC, QMHP, EMDR • Licensed Professional Counselor

Roswitha Konz is Clinical Director at Dakota Counseling Institute and a Licensed Professional Counselor who oversees the outpatient and Pathway programs. She maintains a small individual caseload, specializing in trauma-related issues.

Holly Garrett

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Holly Garrett is a licensed professional counselor in Pierre, South Dakota, who provides community-focused counseling to individuals and families. She is committed to using her skills and experience to make a meaningful impact in her hometown.

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.

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.

Audrey Steinle

LPC, QMHP • Licensed Professional Counselor

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) who provides trauma-informed care for anxiety, stress reduction, life transitions, and LGBTQ-related concerns. Her approach integrates mindfulness, DBT, EMDR training, and polyvagal-informed and humanistic techniques.

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.

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.

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.

Andria Petersen

EMDR • Behavioral Health Counselor

Christie Lueth is a behavioral health counselor at Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, specializing in individual therapy with play-based and narrative approaches. She is trained in EMDR and has more than 16 years of mental health experience, and serves as Board President of NAMI South Dakota.

Susan Terveen

LPC-MH, LAC, RPT-S • Licensed Professional Counselor–Mental Health

Susan Terveen is a Licensed Professional Counselor–Mental Health who provides play-informed, trauma-focused therapy for individuals, couples, and families. She integrates talk therapy with Brainspotting, sand tray, and therapeutic play to address addiction, anxiety, ADHD, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship issues.

Thomas Jewitt

Psychiatrist

Thomas Jewitt is a psychiatrist with over four decades of clinical experience. He provides direct patient care across all ages, using a holistic approach that emphasizes emotional and physical well‑being.

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.

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.

Rhonda Smith

LCSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jessica Sailer‑Dalton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls who provides individual therapy to adolescents and adults for anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, and trauma. She uses a holistic, client-centered approach with interventions such as CBT and DBT and advocates for community mental health and domestic violence awareness.

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.