Founder
Aron Strong, lmft
Aron has a passion helping couples and individuals find the intimacy, joy, peace and purpose they long for. He has over 20 years combined experience of pastoral and professional counseling and has significant expertise and experience in emotions, relationships, and other attachment traumas and issues.
An AAMFT Approved Supervisor, Aron has personally trained and supervised every therapist at Pathways Counseling. In addition, Aron supervises and regularly trains therapists and professional counselors to utilize integrated therapeutic approaches through his modality Attuned Systemic Repair, working with complex issues including trauma, personality disorders, and complex family system, as well as integrating faith into therapy.
Aron is the founder of Pathways Counseling. He is also the co-founder of inRelationship, a company that provides talks, trainings, workshops, courses, and other resources the public, therapists and other professional counselors, churches, and corporations on topics of relationships, emotions, empathic engagement, restoring intimacy and connection, faith, and more.
Aron works with adults and couples. He is out of network for all major insurances, and his fee is $170 per session.
Director
Lisbeth Vance, lmft
Lisbeth’s own counseling experience led her to the desire to help others grow and live their healthiest life. Lisbeth is experienced in working with emotional and relational distress and trauma of all kinds. She enjoys working with both couples and individuals and is especially experienced in working with marriages, trauma, and complex family systems.
As Director of Pathways Counseling, Lisbeth works closely with our team to foster an environment of integrity, safety, and growth, ensuring that every person who walks through our doors feels truly supported. My role is to guide our practice’s daily operations, uphold our ethical standards, and remove barriers so that our clinicians can focus on what matters most: walking alongside you on your path to healing
Lisbeth is a mom to two boys and a little girl. She loves spending time with her family, cheering her kids on in their various activities, and watching hockey games together. She looks forward to getting to know each one of her clients and working with them to achieve their goals.
Lisbeth sees individuals and couples. For individuals, she accepts BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, Aetna, and Cigna. She is out of network for couples sessions, and her rate is $150 per hour.
Intern Coordinator
Hunter Dycus, LMFT
Hunter has a passion for walking with people through difficult struggles with compassion and understanding. He believes that we all are created to need supportive relationships and connection. Without safe and connected relationships, challenges in life feel even more difficult and hard to navigate. Hunter strives to be a model of safe and connected relationships with his clients.
Trained and experienced in working with attachment issues, he works with adolescents, individuals, couples, and families struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction, boundary issues, family relationship issues, and more. With years of experience as a youth minister and in addiction treatment, he brings a wealth of life experience to his skills as a therapist.
Hunter and his wife have a young son and a dog. They love the outdoors, football, and great food.
Hunter sees individuals and couples. For individuals, he accepts BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, Aetna, and Cigna. He is out of network for couples sessions, and his rate is $150 per hour.
Intake Coordinator
Audrey Dugger, LPC-MHSP
Audrey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in both Tennesse & Texas. In her counseling role, Audrey sees clients virtually in Tennessee and Texas. During her years as a counselor, she walked clients through a variety of difficulties including trauma, anxiety, and general life struggles. She has an ongoing passion for seeing people connect their faith and mental health as they seek healing. As Intake Coordinator, Audrey ensures every potential client is cared for and connected with the right therapist.
Audrey believes connection is imperative to healing and one of the first steps of healing is connecting with a therapist. She knows firsthand the challenges of reaching out to connect with help and to match with the right therapist. Her goal is to make that process as positive as possible for all clients.
Audrey and her husband have two young kids. She enjoys spending time with her family and finding new coffee shops to frequent.
Audrey sees individuals and couples. For individuals, she accepts BCBS, UnitedHealthcare, Optum, Oscar, Aetna, and Cigna. She is out of network for couples sessions, and her rate is $150 per hour.
Jake Glover, LMFT
After more than a decade in professional youth ministry, Jake transitioned to professional counseling. As a therapist, Jake brings his long-standing passion to help others grow to Pathways. Jake’s extensive experience training has prepared him to serve our community by working with individuals, couples, and families.
Trained in attachment science as well as emotion and somatic processing, Jake helps couples and individuals uncover the source of their distress and facilitate new experiences and skills to repair and move forward with security, confidence, and joy. He believes people’s unique experiences and perspectives matter and works with clients to discover the best outcomes for the struggles they face.
Jake and his wife, also a therapist, have two sons. He enjoys sports, puns, and baking cakes.
Jakes sees teens, adults, and couples. He is out of network with all major insurances, and his rate is $150 per session.
Jessica Ricalday, MMFT
Jessica believes everyone should feel connected and supported on their path to healing. Her time working as an advocate for victims/survivors of trauma inspired her to become a therapist.
Jessica is passionate about working with a variety of individuals, particularly children and adolescents who’ve experienced trauma or adversity. She strives to create a safe space where clients can restore a sense of safety through connection. She utilizes an attachment-based approach and incorporates experiential learning such as movement, story, play and expressive arts.
Jessica has twin teenage boys and a cat. She enjoys being active, rock climbing, rollerblading, and being in nature.
Jessica sees kids, teens, and adults. She is out of network with all major insurances, and her rate is $125 per session.
James robinson, MA
James is passionate about helping clients become better connected with themselves and others. He believes that when people are healthy and connected, they can find the freedom to live a life of purpose and passion.
James works with a variety of ages and backgrounds. With over a decade in church ministry and non-profit experience, he is passionate about working with the whole person- mentally, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually.
James has an innately caring and connecting presence. His easy going manner sets clients at ease while helping them engage in their areas of difficulty. He enjoys working with individuals, couples and families.
James received his Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling through Liberty University and is working towards full licensure. He and his wife have three children, eleven chickens, and one dog.
James sees adults and couples. He is out of network with all major insurances, and his rate is $125 per session.
Connie Sygitowicz, Graduate Intern
Connie has a passion for connecting deeply with clients. She works with a variety of clients and issues ranging from stress, anxiety, depression, relational and religious trauma, parenting issues, among others. Out of her own experience, she believes both harm and healing can occur in relationships. Her desire is to bring new experiences to her clients through the counseling relationship that foster healing and hope.
Connie brings a broad range of knowledge and techniques to help her clients including somatic techniques, attachment science, emotion-focused therapy, complex family systems, and intimate partner betrayal. She has a wealth of experience integrating faith and psychology.
Connie and her husband have two amazing adult children who are both artists, and a feisty golden retriever named Joy. They enjoy family walks exploring the outdoors, game days, music, and movies.
Connie sees kids, teens, adults, and couples. She is out of network with all insurances, and her rate is $80 per session.
Sandra Nava, Graduate Intern
Sandra believes therapy makes space for the honest reflection that is often lost amid the pace of daily life. She aims to create a warm, nonjudgmental space where clients can deepen their understanding of themselves, their relationships, and the experiences that have shaped them. Sandra considers it a privilege to walk alongside clients as they navigate growth and change.
Sandra is caring and passionate and enjoys working with life transitions, anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship concerns, and questions of identity and purpose. Guided by her values of faith, authenticity, and meaningful connection, Sandra is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at Lipscomb University.
Outside of the therapy room, Sandra enjoys solving puzzles, playing pickleball and exploring new shops and local restaurants around the city.
Sandra sees adolescents, individuals and couples. She is out of network with all insurances, and her rate is $80 per session.