About Dakota Family Services
Dakota Family Services was founded in 2005 as an outpatient clinic to serve children and adolescents after they completed residential treatment at Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch. It has grown to provide community outpatient therapy and psychiatric services.
Dakota Family Services, with clinics in Fargo and Minot, ND, provides full-spectrum mental and behavioral health care to children, adolescents, and adults experiencing complicated situations. Our mental health providers also work with patients who want help dealing with everyday life challenges, before they become crises.
Comprehensive psychological and psychiatric services include assessment, evaluation, individual therapy, medication management, and psychological testing.
We Believe in You
We believe every person deserves the opportunity to become their best self. At Dakota Family Services, we walk beside you on that journey with compassionate, evidence-based mental health care. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, life changes, or family challenges, our trusted team is by your side—helping you feel heard, understood, and empowered to move forward.
We tailor care to your unique story, offering therapy, psychiatric services, and psychological testing for adults, children, and teens.
You can do this. We believe in you, and we’ll support you every step of the way.
Training Strong
Mental Health Providers
Dakota Family Services helps train the next generation of mental health professionals by providing practicum and internship locations. We are committed to increasing access to mental health services throughout North Dakota by providing behavioral health care experiences to college students.
Our Medical Director and Psychiatrist, Wayne Martinsen, MSW, MD, oversees medical students and residents at our Minot, ND, clinic. He is also a Clinical Clerkship Director for the UND Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Science.
Mission and Commitment
Dakota Family Services is a highly trusted and respected psychology, psychiatry, and therapy clinic that helps people feel better through its personalized approach, trusted expertise, and unconditional presence. Dakota Family Services provides excellent integrated mental health care for children and adolescents.
We are committed to helping you meet your goals whether its developing healthy coping skills, exploring thoughts and feelings, recognizing patterns in behavior that may be harming you or others, and relieving stress in all parts of your life. If you are struggling with your mental or emotional health, connect with one of our therapists today. You can feel better, and we can help.
