Greg Swenson

Greg Swenson

Credentials: PhD
Practice: Greg Swenson, PhD
Phone: (605) 341-5436
E-mail: gregswensonphd@gmail.com
Location: 929 Kansas City Street, Suite 201 Rapid City, SD 57701
Website: http://gregswensonphd.net/
Insurance Accepted: Avera Health Plans, BlueCross and BlueShield, DAKOTACARE, Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, Wellmark, Out of Network
Fees: $135

Specializing In—
Marital and Premarital, Depression, Anxiety

About

I am a psychologist, licensed to practice in South Dakota. I have maintained a private practice in Rapid City since 1983. I work with adults and occasionally adolescents, dealing with a wide range of life problems. My primary interests lie in marriage therapy, and working with people struggling with anxiety, depression, or anger. I provide psychological evaluations for a variety of purposes.

I received a BA degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, with a major in psychology, in 1971. I attended Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis for one year, where I studied theology and completed an internship in pastoral counseling. I attended Rosemead School of Psychology, a graduate school of Biola University in La Mirada, California, which provided a unique focus on the integration of Christian theology with a traditional program in professional psychology practice. I received a PhD from RSP in 1976.

I was employed by Bethany Christian Services in Sheldon, Iowa, and by Pine Rest Christian Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for the first seven years of my career, before beginning a practice in Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1983. I was first licensed to practice in Iowa, then Michigan, and finally in South Dakota up to the present time.

I have a strong interest in enabling people to preserve and nurture their marriages. The value that I place on marriage comes largely from my own experience, having been married since 1971. I view marriage as a privilege, a gift from God that requires cultivation, care, and conscious maintenance.

I also have a strong interest in helping people deal more effectively with their emotions, which are a much bigger factor in our lives than we often realize. Depression, chronic anger, and anxiety can result from the accumulation of emotions that are common to all of us. They can deprive people of pleasure and satisfaction, or hinder people from accomplishing what is most important to them.