Therapy that meets you where you are.
Mental health support for children, teens, adults, and families in Brookings, SD.
You don't need to have the right words or know exactly what kind of therapy you need before you reach out. Our clinicians bring different specialties, approaches, and experiences to their work, allowing us to provide personalized care based on where you are and what you're navigating.
How we can help
Adult Therapy
Life can change quickly, and sometimes the ways we've learned to cope no longer feel like they're working. Therapy provides space to slow down, understand what's happening, and develop tools for moving forward.
We support adults navigating:
Anxiety
Depression
Stress & overwhelm
Trauma
Grief & loss
Relationship challenges
Life transitions
Self-esteem
Emotional regulation
Family conflict
Work and school stress
Children and Teen Therapy
Children and teens don't always have the words to explain what they're feeling. Therapy can give them a safe place to understand their emotions, build coping skills, and navigate relationships and work through difficult emotions.
Common areas of support include:
Anxiety & worry
Emotional regulation
Parent-child relationships
Behavioral concerns
ADHD
School-related challenges
Self-esteem
Social challenges
Trauma
Grief & loss
Family changes
Depression
Life transitions
Play Therapy
Sometimes talking isn't enough.
Children often communicate through play before they're able to communicate through words.
Play therapy gives children a developmentally appropriate way to express emotions, process experiences, build coping skills, and develop a greater understanding of themselves.
At The Growth Collective, play therapy is provided in a warm, supportive environment where children can explore and work through what they're experiencing with the guidance of a trained therapist.
Play is serious work.
Our Approach
Different approaches. Personalized care.
There isn't one approach that works for everyone.
Our clinicians draw from a variety of evidence-based and therapeutic approaches depending on the individual, their goals, and what they're experiencing,
Approaches used within The Growth Collective may include:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Explores the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and develops practical skills for change.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Builds skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal relationships.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A structured approach that can help people process traumatic or distressing experiences.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Explores different parts of ourselves with curiosity and compassion.
Play Therapy
Uses play as a child's natural language to support emotional expression, processing, and growth.
Mindfulness-Based Approaches
Develops awareness and skills for navigating thoughts, emotions, and experiences.
Professional Supervision
Growing Clinicians too.
The Growth Collective offers licensure supervision for mental health professionals working toward full LPC licensure in South Dakota.
Kelsey Borchard provides supervision that is encouraging, thoughtful, and appropriately challenging, with a focus on developing clinical skills, ethical practice, confidence, and professional growth.
Supervision is designed to provide a safe and supportive learning environment while giving supervisees the experience and guidance they need to become competent, confident clinicians.
Not Sure What You Need?
That's okay.
You don't have to know what type of therapy you need—or which therapist is the right fit—before reaching out.
Tell us a little about what you're looking for, and we'll help you figure out the next step.