Scovel Psychological and Counseling Services, LTD

Scovel Psychological and Counseling Services, LTD This is a private practice specializing in depression, neuropsychology, anxiety and mental health issues. This practice provides assessment and therapy.

Attention is a practice built over time. The practice matters because most of what we're processing has taken over while...
08/17/2026

Attention is a practice built over time. The practice matters because most of what we're processing has taken over while we were somewhere else.. running last week's conversation, or rehearsing something we're worried about tomorrow.

None of that means anything is wrong. It's what the mind does. Coming back to the present is the practice.

A lot of what happens in therapy has a version of this in it. Naming what's here.. this body, this room.. before deciding anything else.

Keep on keeping on.. 🌿 605-721-8822

Meet Lindsay Harris, LCSW, QMHP.. one of the licensed clinical social workers on our team. 🌿Lindsay is trained in Trauma...
08/14/2026

Meet Lindsay Harris, LCSW, QMHP.. one of the licensed clinical social workers on our team. 🌿

Lindsay is trained in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing, and draws on Emotionally Focused Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in her practice. She works with children, adolescents, and adults across trauma, crisis management, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and foster care and adoption.

Her practice is strengths-based, collaborative, and committed to LGBTQ+ affirming care. She's also trained to provide community education on Adverse Childhood Experiences and Child Sexual Abuse Prevention curricula.

If Lindsay's approach or specialties feel like a fit, our intake team can walk you through scheduling. 605-721-8822

The nervous system carries stress after the stressor is gone. 🌿Therapy is one of the settings where the pattern gets exa...
08/13/2026

The nervous system carries stress after the stressor is gone. 🌿

Therapy is one of the settings where the pattern gets examined and the response gets slowly changed. The approach looks different across patients.. identifying triggers, building practices that help the system settle, or working on the specific situation that's keeping the loop going.

If any of this describes what you've been carrying, reach out when you're ready. 605-721-8822

Family therapy gets less visible attention than individual therapy, but a lot of what shifts a person's mental health li...
08/12/2026

Family therapy gets less visible attention than individual therapy, but a lot of what shifts a person's mental health lives in the family system around them.

Families come in for many reasons. Sometimes it's a child struggling in ways the parents can't reach on their own, or a blended family working out a new rhythm together. Sometimes it's a grief or illness reshaping the whole family, or a long-stuck sibling or parent-adult-child pattern that finally has room to move.

Our therapists work with the whole family or with the specific relationships that need attention first. Sessions may bring everyone into the room or focus on one relationship at a time, depending on what the situation calls for.

Both in-person and teletherapy sessions are available across the Black Hills region.

If a conversation would help you think through whether family therapy fits, our intake team is here. 🌿 605-721-8822

Most of what we work on in therapy is what happens when hard experiences show up. How we meet them, which patterns kick ...
08/10/2026

Most of what we work on in therapy is what happens when hard experiences show up. How we meet them, which patterns kick in, whether we can build something different with practice.

The waves come whether or not we're ready. Losses, changes, family stresses that don't wait for a good week. Practice builds the response to them.

You matter. 🌿 605-721-8822

Voting is open for the 2026 Best of the Black Hills 🌟Dr. Scovel has won her category four years running, and we'd love y...
08/10/2026

Voting is open for the 2026 Best of the Black Hills 🌟

Dr. Scovel has won her category four years running, and we'd love your help going for the fifth.

Two ways to vote:

• Text 127 to 605-961-2339
• Vote online: https://rapidcityjournal2.secondstreetapp.com/Rapid-City-Journal-2026-Best-of-the-Black-Hills-Voting/gallery?group=554412

Look for Scovel Psychological in the online ballot. You can vote once per day, every day, through August 12th.

If Dr. Scovel or our team has been part of your care, please share this with a friend or family member who'd vote for us too. Thank you 🌿

A quiet note before the week starts. 🌿Our grief support group meets Monday from 5:30 to 7 PM at our Rapid City office, l...
08/08/2026

A quiet note before the week starts. 🌿

Our grief support group meets Monday from 5:30 to 7 PM at our Rapid City office, led by Jan Sanford, LPC-MH. For people adjusting to the death of a loved one.

Grief doesn't respect the calendar. Some weeks are heavier than others, and the group is here for that.

If you or a loved one are in crisis, reach out to the 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline. Veterans can press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line.

Reach out with questions about attending.

605-721-8822

Today is National Purple Heart Day. 🇺🇸The Purple Heart is awarded to United States service members wounded or killed in ...
08/07/2026

Today is National Purple Heart Day. 🇺🇸

The Purple Heart is awarded to United States service members wounded or killed in combat, a tradition dating back to General Washington's 1782 Badge of Military Merit. It's been awarded more than a million times across our country's history.

At Scovel Psychological, we hold today with the weight it deserves. Combat wounds run beyond the physical. The trauma carried home from service.. and the years of adjustment that follow.. deserve the same attention as any other injury.

If you or a loved one are in crisis, reach out to the 988 Su***de and Crisis Lifeline. Veterans can press 1 after dialing to reach the Veterans Crisis Line.

Our team includes providers with clinical focus on trauma, resilience, and the specific experiences of service members, veterans, and military families.

An idea that keeps some people from talking to a therapist about medication.. that using both is somehow either overkill...
08/06/2026

An idea that keeps some people from talking to a therapist about medication.. that using both is somehow either overkill or a sign one isn't working. The slides break down why the two are often used together.

For a lot of what patients bring in.. persistent depression, ongoing anxiety, bipolar patterns, some trauma-related symptoms.. combined treatment is what clinical guidelines recommend as the standard for many of these conditions. Medication can steady the biological floor. Therapy addresses the patterns, relationships, and skills built on top of that floor.

Peter Linde, PMHNP-BC, provides psychiatric medication management at our practice, and our therapists coordinate with him when combined treatment fits the situation.

If you've been carrying something and haven't been sure whether to talk to a therapist, a prescriber, or both, our intake team can walk you through it. 🌿 605-721-8822

August is National Wellness Month. 🌿Wellness has become a word that carries a lot of packaging.. supplement subscription...
08/05/2026

August is National Wellness Month. 🌿

Wellness has become a word that carries a lot of packaging.. supplement subscriptions, morning routines, expensive candles, protocols that feel like more work than the thing they were supposed to help.

The version that holds up over time is usually less photogenic. Restorative sleep, a few relationships where you can be honest, movement your body doesn't dread, meals you sit down for, and the honest conversations about what's stressing you before it becomes a pattern.

For a lot of our patients, therapy fits into that shorter list.. an ongoing practice that helps keep everything else steady rather than a resource reserved for hard moments.

If August is the month you're taking stock, we're here for the conversation.

605-721-8822

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2902 West Main Street Ste 2
Rapid City, SD
57702

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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