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.

Lindsey Krueger

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

Sarah Shoffner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (CSW-PIP) and Qualified Mental Health Provider (QMHP) who provides client-centered, strengths-based support. She draws on a diverse career background to connect with clients and nurture their potential.

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.

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.

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.

Peggy Hora

Licensed Addiction Counselor

Janae Oetken is a Licensed Addiction Counselor at Dakota Counseling Institute who directs the Stepping Stones drug and alcohol program. She also serves as an adjunct professor at Dakota Wesleyan University, teaching alcohol studies and supervising interns in the addictions field.

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.

Briana Powell

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

Sherry Bartels is Executive and Clinical Director of Bartels Counseling Services, Inc., with over 30 years of experience in mental health and addictions. She holds qualifications as a Qualified Mental Health Professional, Licensed Professional Counselor–Mental Health, Licensed Addiction Counselor, Approved Clinical Supervisor, and National Certified Counselor.

Jennifer Erdman

MBA, ANCC • Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Jennifer Erdman is a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner who provides psychiatric care across the lifespan, including children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. She has experience in outpatient, inpatient, correctional, long-term care, and telepsychiatry settings.

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.

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.

Jason Ellwein

LPC-MH, QMHP, EMDR • Licensed Professional Counselor in Mental Health

John Daniel is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Mental Health (LPC-MH) and QMHP who treats depression, attachment difficulties, PTSD, trauma, and co-occurring disorders. He utilizes Adlerian and DBT approaches and is trained in EMDR.

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.

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.

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.

Christy Schroder

Licensed Social Worker

Jasmine Morgan is a licensed social worker and specialized therapist at Dakota Counseling Institute, practicing since 2017. She focuses on trauma, attachment, and child and family mental health, using evidence-based approaches like EMDR and play therapy.

Rebecca Feldman

MS, LPC, NCC, ACT • Licensed Professional Counselor

Rebecca Feldman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor with a master’s in Clinical Mental Health, bringing over a decade of experience in mental health and addiction counseling.

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.

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.

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.