Meet Our team
Melissa Smith LPC-MH, LMHC, MA
Melissa specializes in community healing and trauma recovery. She creates a non-judgmental environment where clients can work through their challenges honestly.
Her experience includes EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing), ERP, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, CBT, Narrative Therapy, Existential Therapy, Mindfulness and more. She adapts these evidence-based approaches to fit each client's specific needs.
Melissa works with people dealing with anxiety, emotional distress, and past trauma providing practical support for building resilience and moving forward.
Rebekah Kindall LPC, MA
Rebekah is passionate about guiding others toward healing and wholeness. She offers a compassionate, body-based approach that honors each person’s natural instincts and inner guidance. Her work blends trauma-informed care with holistic practices like Somatic Therapy, EMDR, Motivational Interviewing, CBT, and mindfulness to awaken the body’s innate capacity to heal.
As a certified Trauma-Sensitive Kids’ Yoga instructor, she also helps children build emotional resilience through movement and breath. Rebekah is a published contributor with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), using her voice to support mental health awareness.
Outside her practice, she finds inspiration in writing music, exploring nature, and creating alongside her children—experiences that shape the intuitive, heart-centered care she brings to her work.
Dr. Sarah Rogers
Sarah (Ohlen) Rogers recently returned home to Rapid City with her daughter after venturing west and falling into her own healing and spiritual journey. She holds a BA in biology and Spanish from Concordia College and a doctorate in neuroscience from Montana State University. Through her own experiences, Sarah discovered breathwork as a powerful tool for clearing blockages, accessing insight, and finding freedom. Now, she is dedicated to sharing its transformative effects with her community.
She finds joy and purpose in nature, motherhood, food, live music, art, fantasy books, and movement—through yoga, running, and gym time. Honored to call the Black Hills home, she is especially passionate about supporting women in this sacred place with finding safety and joy in their bodies.
Heather Avery
Heather is a Certified Group Exercise Instructor with a passion for holistic well-being. She specializes in Pilates, yoga, kickboxing, and balance training as an ACE-certified instructor and is certified in Level I and II Biblical Christian Counseling through Christian Life Ministries.
Her background includes an Associate of Science in Veterinary Medicine and certifications as a CNA and Lifeguard. She enjoys blending physical fitness, mental health, and spiritual growth to help others thrive. In her free time, she loves hiking, kayaking, camping with her dog Rocky, baking, reading, and spending time with family.
One of her guiding inspirations is Helen Keller’s quote: “Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.”
Julianne Doherty
Julianne is an emerging art educator and entrepreneur focused on fostering creativity and emotional growth in young artists. Currently studying Art Education and Commercial Art at BHSU, she combines academic knowledge with practical experience in teaching. In 2023, she founded See Your Beauty LLC, a photography business empowering individuals through creative expression, and authored The D.O.G.: Doodling Our Grumpies, a book to help children navigate emotions through art.
Artist Statement:
I am an interdisciplinary artist who explores emotion and interpersonal connection through ceramics, painting, photography, and mixed media.