Top Therapists in South Dakota

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.

Leslie Moss

MSN, FNP, CNP • Certified Nurse Practitioner

Leslie Moss is a certified nurse practitioner practicing psychiatry at Manlove Brain + Body Health. She uses a compassionate, holistic approach and draws on prior experience in medical/oncology, infusion therapy, gastroenterology, and hepatology.

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).

Emily Christensen

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Brenda Eddington is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Supervisor with over 20 years of experience providing culturally sensitive, strengths-based therapy to individuals and couples. She specializes in depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, substance use, eating disorders, and emotional dysregulation using evidence-based, personalized tools.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stephen Manlove

Psychiatrist

Dr. Stephen Manlove is a psychiatrist in Rapid City, South Dakota with over 30 years of experience. He specializes in forensic psychiatry and integrates research-backed, whole-body and brain-focused approaches to mental health care.

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.

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.

Becky Dornheim

Psychiatrist

Dr. Abbey Bauman is an adult psychiatrist at Sanford Psychiatry & Psychology Clinic in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She provides medication management and diagnostic psychiatric evaluations for conditions such as anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, OCD, PTSD, schizophrenia, and substance use disorders.

Cori Haag

Therapist

Cori Haag is a therapist specializing in EMDR therapy, providing compassionate care for clients experiencing grief, depression, and anxiety. She integrates Solution-Focused and CBT techniques and draws on personal experience to foster trust and resilience.

Carolyn Short

MSW, CSW, RPT • Certified Social Worker

Carolyn Short is a Certified Social Worker in private practice who offers a grace-based, faith-friendly, and values-honoring approach. She provides trauma-informed adult therapy, Gottman couples work, and therapeutic play for children 12 and under, and is trained in EMDR (Level 2) and TF-CBT.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.