Anchorage Therapists specializing in Relationship / Marriage Issues

Elly Sanchez

She began her career as a co-therapist running healthy adult relationship groups with adults in the community. Quickly learning that many people benefit from having support both in a traditional therapeutic setting as well as engaging in educational aspects of their personal experiences, she learned the value of creating a plan that the client can then use as a frame for how to begin to change their behavior and especially their communication out in their world.

Deborah Gonzales

When my clients come in feeling like the weight of their world is on their shoulders and they can’t see their way to happiness, I strive to help them clear out the clutter of their mind and to look at things in a new way. When they say, “I hadn’t thought of that”, or “ I never looked at it that way”, I know they are on their way to feeling HOPEFUL. It is beautiful moment when a couple comes in, angry and sad, but smiling when they leave, excited that their relationship CAN be great.

Damito Owen

Laura (Lori) Patin

From my very first class in graduate school in marriage and family systems I was sold on the concept of looking at people not just as individuals but as parts of all the people who have either made them or influenced their lives heavily. Therefore, when couples come to see me I tell them your marriage/relationship is my client, each of you individually are not. We use a variety of methods based on the couple and where there relationship is to decide how to proceed. I do not separate couples.