Ashley Ayers Patrick

Background

About Ashley Ayers Patrick

I have a unique love of helping people and strongly value the family unit. We all start this life with a family, whether that family is composed of blood relatives, adopted parents, a close-knit neighborhood, or a foster family. This family that we acquire when we are born influences every aspect of our lives, from our first moments to our last. Our family affects who we are and who we become, for better and for worse. We also learn how to love and how to interact with others from these first important relationships. If we are born into a healthy family with healthy relationships, we are likely to learn how to maintain healthy relationships. If we are born into a dysfunctional family that struggles to connect, we may also struggle to connect with others. While it is certainly unlucky to be born into the second kind of family, it’s not an unchangeable situation. Nearly all families deal with some sort of dysfunction at one time or another, yet most families retain or regain a sense of wholeness and happiness. Family therapy offers families a way to do this—a way to develop or maintain a healthy, functional family. One of the most appealing factors about marriage and family therapy is getting to work with diverse clients and help them achieve real, positive change in their lives and relationships through a variety of techniques. I look forward to working with such diverse families and clients to help bring calm and peace to any storm they may be facing.