Expert Therapists Serving South Dakota

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.

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.

Maria Sargent

MSN

Maria Sargent is a psychiatric clinician with a background in cardiology, palliative care, and mental health. She earned her MSN in 2018 and practices in the Black Hills, emphasizing empathetic, patient-centered care.

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.

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.

Jill Janecke

MS, LPC, EMDR-C • Licensed Professional Counselor

Jill Janecke is a Licensed Professional Counselor and EMDR-certified therapist who provides counseling to children, teens, adults, couples, and families. She founded Rising Hope Counseling and expanded services to rural South Dakota.

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.

Tamber White

MSN

Tamber White practices psychiatry with a whole-person, integrative approach. She holds an MSN and draws on nursing, emergency medicine, surgery, and cardiology experience to inform her care.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lacey Olsen

Family and Emergency Medicine Specialist

Dr. John Jones is a family and emergency medicine specialist at Sanford Chamberlain Medical Center in Chamberlain, South Dakota. He provides preventive care, diagnoses, and management of chronic health conditions for patients of all ages, emphasizing long-term, personal relationships.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.