Top Therapists in Alaska

Sonya Smith

LPC, CCDC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Sonya Smith is a Licensed Professional Counselor who supports individuals with severe mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, PTSD, and substance use. She uses evidence-based approaches (CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, CPT) and a strength-based, individualized style.

Ashley Barrera

LMFT-S • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Ashley M. Barrera is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT-S) and clinical supervisor who founded Coastal Wellness and Counseling. She provides therapy for individuals, couples, and families, specializing in couples and family therapy using Relational Life Therapy, the Gottman Method, and Internal Family Systems.

Katie Bell

LPC, BAS, ATR • Licensed Professional Counselor

Katie Kajdan Bell is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist with more than 20 years of experience. She works with clients ages 12 through adulthood, specializing in anxiety disorders, ADHD, and eating disorders, and offers individual therapy, workshops, groups, and supervision.

Maria Belozertseva

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Maria Belozertseva is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Alaska who provides individual therapy to adults and teens 16+, specializing in trauma, grief and loss, perinatal mental health, disordered eating, and major life transitions. She uses a body-centered, integrative approach drawing from somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, yoga, CBT, DBT, and solution-focused methods to support emotional regulation and resilience.

Amanda Sousa

LICSW, MSW • Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker

Amanda Sousa is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker who provides trauma-informed therapy to adolescents and adults. She is trained in Internal Family Systems and draws on DBT, CBT, psychodynamic, and solution-focused approaches to address depression, anxiety, suicidality, personality disorders, and trauma.

Erin Mingrone

PMHNP, MSN • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Erin Mingrone, PMHNP, MSN, is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who provides integrated psychiatric care for pediatric and adult patients, drawing on a decade of pediatric cardiology and oncology experience. She practices at Alaska Serenity Clinic in Anchorage, Alaska.

Emily Bullard

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Emily Bullard is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over a decade of experience in mental health. She offers trauma-informed, evidence-based therapies including DBT, CBT, TF-CBT, IFS, somatic approaches, and solution-focused therapy, and now practices in Anchorage, Alaska.

Amber Warden

Amber Warden earned master's training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and a master's in yoga therapy, integrating mind–body practices to help clients build healthier relationships with food, body acceptance, and supportive therapeutic connections.

Aleta Wilson

CCDC-S • Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor Supervisor

Aleta Wilson is an Anchorage-based Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor Supervisor with experience in substance use and mental health since 2007. She has extensive experience in counseling and program management across nonprofit and private agencies statewide.

A'lise Bruns

LCSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

A’Lise Bruns is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who provides individual therapy for adults, specializing in maternal mental health. She supports women through preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum stages, combining clinical expertise with lived experience as a mother of five.

Brittany Oaks

LPC-S, PMHC, MS • Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor

Brittany Oaks is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor who specializes in crisis, trauma, and perinatal mental health. She uses IFS, CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing to provide compassionate, nonjudgmental support through conception, pregnancy, and postpartum.

Lauren Anderson

MSW, LCSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Lauren Anderson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Alaska with 17 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families. She focuses on anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, family dynamics, parenting and maternal mental health using CBT, DBT, mindfulness, strengths-based, crisis counseling, and brief solution-focused therapy.

Kelly Eggleston

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Kelly Eggleston is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Director with extensive behavioral health experience, providing client-centered care for adults and youth, including substance abuse counseling and individualized treatment planning.

Johnette Weinberger

MS, LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Johnette Weinberger is a Licensed Professional Counselor who supports children, adolescents, families, and adults, with experience in residential treatment and community mental health. She uses an integrative approach blending CBT, DBT, and interpersonal therapy to build healthier thoughts, behaviors, and relationships.

Bailey Reichard

LPC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Bailey Reichard is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 30 years of experience providing individual therapy for anxiety, depression, substance use, and bipolar disorder. He uses Cognitive Behavioral and Interpersonal approaches in a supportive, nonjudgmental environment.

Paul Gaines

LCSW, LPC-S, MEd, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Paul Gaines is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor who provides trauma-informed psychotherapy. He uses Gestalt and Rational Emotive Therapy alongside evidence-based approaches such as EMDR, TF-CBT, and DBT to support veterans, first responders, healthcare professionals, and active military.

Sayaka Maas

MS, LPC, CMAC • Licensed Professional Counselor

Sayaka Maas is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Master Addiction Counselor who supports adults with trauma, PTSD, anxiety, dissociation, mood and eating disorders, substance use, grief, chronic pain, and major life transitions. She integrates EMDR, Brainspotting, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, and parts work to tailor individualized care.

April Savage

LCSW, LCAS, MAC, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

April Savage is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Master Addiction Counselor who provides supportive, present-centered therapy for individuals navigating addiction, healing, and personal growth. She draws on experience in military and medical settings to help clients build resilience and clarity.

Rachael Knarr

Provider

Rachael Knarr is a healthcare provider with over 20 years of nursing experience who works with clients ages 16 and up. She specializes in mood disorders and provides integrated medication management and psychotherapy with a compassionate, collaborative approach.

Reeve Bowling

MA • Art Therapist

Reeve Bowling, MA is a pre-licensed art therapist and psychotherapist who supports children and teens with neurodevelopmental disorders and adults, including veterans, with substance use challenges. She offers individual, couples, and family sessions that blend talk therapy with expressive approaches (art therapy, CBT, DBT, EMDR, mindfulness, and play therapy).