Pathways Professional Counseling is open with in-person appointments available across the state. We are also seeing clients via Telehealth. Telehealth is the ability to conduct counseling sessions via live video chat or telephone. Feel free to fill out the form at this link for more information about getting an appointment set up soon.
MEET OUR TEAM
We have 20 professional, highly trained counselors on staff in over 22 locations across the state of Alabama. Read their bios below, as well as those of our entire Pathways team, to learn more, or view our counselors by region.
Michael Bozeman
THERAPIST & Director of Church Engagement | MA, MACE, LPC
BIRMINGHAM & Oxford
Michael Bozeman came to Pathways after serving for over a decade in the local church as a licensed and ordained pastor, ministering to students. His love for the Lord and people are the driving force behind his desire to be a counselor.
Vickie Charpie
Therapist | LPC-S
Mobile
Vickie has been a therapist since 2005 and obtained her license in professional counseling in 2009 and her LPC-S in 2015. She received her Bachelor Degree in Human Development from Southern Christian University in 2005 and her Master Degree in Professional Counseling from Amridge University in 2007.
Nick Coniglio
THERAPIST | MA, M.DIV, NCC, LPC
auburn & MONTGOMERY
Nick recognizes each client is unique and desires to use a tailor-made approach for each person. His approach to counseling includes a biblically informed foundation integrated with empirically based psychotherapies. He also believes the Holy Spirit is the active agent of change used to bring transformation. Nick often uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, narrative therapy, collaborative and proactive solutions, motivational interviewing, and various family systems approaches to help clients meet their goals.
Meg Edney
THerapist | LMSW under the supervision of Mallory Lamm LICSW-S, Supervising Counselor
Birmingham
Meg Edney believes that everyone has a story, and that story informs everything that we experience and do. She comes alongside the client creating a warm and compassionate environment to heal. She helps her clients to process their story utilizing an integrative approach. Her hope for her client is that after working with her, they would be able to see themselves and their stories through a healed gospel lens.
Scott Estes
THERAPIST | M.ED, MACE, LPC
MONTGOMERY & PRATTVILLE
Scott Estes has extensive experience in counseling with couples, individual adults, teenagers, and older children. Scott believes that he is saved by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone and not by any work he has done (Ephesians 2:8–9). Scott has special interest in forgiveness, anxiety, and of application of Scripture in counseling.
Laura Garrett
THERAPIST | MA, LPC // EMDR Trained practitioner
Oxford
Laura Garrett enjoys working with clients of all ages, as well as couples and families. She utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) but also incorporates Strengths-Based, Narrative, and Family Systems therapies, as needed for each client in their unique circumstances. She believes therapy should be a place of understanding, healing, and unconditional acceptance and seeks to provide this environment for each client.
Alisha Lewis
THERAPIST | MS, LPC
DOTHAN, ANDALUSIA & OZARK
Alisha Lewis enjoys working with a diverse population of all ages. She works with individuals, couples and families in crisis. She specializes working with children of divorce, blended families, and parenting children and teens in multi-family systems. Her passion is working with those who have suffered loss, working with them through the grief process. In addition, she specializes in working with women who are dealing with depression and anxiety.
Jami Mak
THERAPIST | LICSW
Huntsville & scottsboro
Jami believes in starting where the client is. She strives to create a safe place where healing and growth can occur. She believes everyone is worthy of compassion and finds that when people feel delighted in and or cared for, walls built up from pain and challenges tend to come down. She firmly believes that humor and laughter are signs of healing, and it brings her joy to see clients start to open up that part of themselves.
Michael Martin
Therapist | M.Ed., LPC, NCC | Certified IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback Provider
SHEFFIELd & HARTSELLE
Michael Martin is a relationally focused counselor who enjoys working with clients of all ages and their families. He utilizes a Christ-centered approach that incorporates techniques from the motivational interviewing approach to counseling, solution-focused brief therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and family systems theory.
Rhett McKenzie
THERAPIST | MAMFC, LPC-S, NCC | Certified IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback Provider/Program Manager
BIRMINGHAM & CLANTON
Rhett McKenzie uses an integrative approach to counseling, pulling from different schools of counseling, along with Biblical Truth, in order to tailor his approach to meet the individual needs of his clients. His two main approaches are brief solution-focused counseling in order to teach clients problem-solving skills to equip them to produce their own solutions in dealing with their daily issues, as well as a cognitive-behavioral approach. He has experience working with children, teens, and adults.
Chelsey Melancon
FAMILY THERAPIST | MSW, LICSW, PIP
BIRMINGHAM
Chelsey Melancon seeks to provide an integrative approach to therapy built on a foundation of gospel truth and grace. She desires to provide a safe space where clients are free to process, explore, and heal. She believes everyone is worthy of respect, love, and security. She has a background in trauma-informed social work in both hospital and outpatient mental health and experience treating anxiety, depression, trauma and loss, critical illness, and relational issues.
Jennings Napper
THERAPIST | MAMFC, LPC
DOTHAN & ANDALUSIA
Jennings (Jen) Napper enjoys working with children, adolescents, individuals, and couples. Through her counseling ministry, she wants to convey to others their worth and value, knowing that God works in their lives to help them change, grow, and cope during difficult times. In her counseling practice, the models and theories she uses are cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), Solution Focused Therapy, and family systems therapies.
Leah Owens
THERAPIST | ED. S, MA, LPC-S, NCC, Rpt-s | Certified IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback Provider
DECATUR
It is Leah Owens’ desire to offer hope for the hopeless and help for the helpless; to treat everyone with dignity and respect and to pass no moral judgment, but offer God's love, grace, and forgiveness. She believes that God has a plan for everyone, and it is to prosper, not to harm, and to give hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11).
Mollie Park
THERAPIST | LICSW
BIRMINGHAM & JASPER
Mollie Park works with children, adults, couples, and families as they navigate and process some of the most challenging experiences of their lives. Mollie strives to create a supportive and calming environment while being a safe and secure base for clients to process their most vulnerable memories. She believes that there is much healing that comes when we live in community with others and share our stories, just as Jesus demonstrated while on Earth. Mollie counsels from a trauma informed approach and works with clients who are navigating a variety of issues such as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, traumatic events, and foster and adoption-related issues.
Jason Reasor
THERAPIST | DPC, MA, M.DIV, NCC, LPc
MOBILE & SILVERHILL
Jason Reasor enjoys helping individuals of all ages and stages of life who are dealing with struggles such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and trauma. Jason’s approach is holistic in nature, and he works from an assimilative integrative approach which is based from a behavioral standpoint.
Billy Thornton
THERAPIST | MDIV, DMIN, MA, NCC, LPC (CSAT Candidate)
BIRMINGHAM & COLUMBIANA
Billy enjoys working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. He desires to walk beside those he counsels, as Christ walks with them through the process of healing. He hopes they experience the love and grace of Christ. He utilizes CBT, DBT, and is trained in various couple’s modalities.
Steve Trader
THERAPIST | TH.M, MS, LPC, NCC, D.MIN
Birmingham
Steve uses an integrative and relational approach as he counsels. He focuses on the individual needs of the client or couple. In doing so, he wants them to experience the love of Christ within the therapeutic process. He employs a variety of approaches from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Transactional Analysis and the Motivational Interviewing Approach.
Beth Ann Wilbur
THERAPIST | MS, LPc
Birmingham and gadsden
Beth Ann Wilbur is a former military spouse and had the opportunity to serve in numerous support organizations throughout the Marine Corps. These organizations introduced her to various cultures and life experiences which influenced her decision to begin a career in counseling. She joins Pathways after several years in forensic inpatient mental health where she performed group, individual and family therapies to help her clients understand and cope with life’s challenges. Beth Ann uses different modalities to assist her clients; however, she knows God is the source of all healing.
Heather D. Windham
THERAPIST | PHD, NCC, LPC
MOntgomery and Prattville
Heather works primarily with children and adolescents, as she feels passionate about this population being given a voice in the therapeutic setting. It can be difficult for children to communicate with adults, when developmentally they can barely understand what is going on inside their minds and hearts. It is for this reason that Heather uses play therapy interventions with children, allowing them to process their emotions at their own pace and with their own language.
Julie Curry
INSURANCE SPECIALIST
Julie Curry manages insurance and billing for our clients. She is thankful for the opportunity to use her skills to serve our clients daily. Julie attended Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology.
Stephanie Gooch
Certified IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback Technician
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Stephanie Gooch serves our Pathways team with excellence, efficiency, and grace. She took courses in accounting and business administration in college and has nearly 20 years experience in administration and communication-related duties. In 2024, Stephanie became a Certified IASIS Micro Current Neurofeedback technician and serves Pathways in dual roles. She feels working for Pathways has been extremely rewarding and is very excited to see the incredible things ABCH and Pathways will accomplish in the future.
Hannah James
ADMINISTRATive & FINANCial director
Hannah James was born and raised in central Florida. After getting married, she and her husband moved to Birmingham, Ala., which brought her to Pathways Professional Counseling as the Insurance Billing Specialist. After a few years, Hannah was promoted to Administrative and Financial Coordinator.
Ross Hickman
Pathways President // MBA, LPC-S, REGISTERED PLAY THERAPIST-SUPERVISOR
Ross Hickman utilizes a prescriptive pragmatic approach that involves tailoring interventions to fit a client’s specific needs in hopes of maximizing positive results. His work typically involves some cognitive-behavioral interventions. He has experience working with children, teens, adults, and is passionate about helping those who have experienced trauma.
Kelly Arant
Clinical Director // THERAPIST | M.ED, NCC, LPC-S, REGISTERED PLAY THERAPIST-Supervisor™, CERTIFIED MICRO CURRENT NEUROFEEDBACK PROVIDER
Kelly Arant enjoys working with persons of all ages, dealing with a variety of issues. She practices from a trauma-informed perspective, utilizing interventions from several counseling theories. This allows her to tailor the counseling to the unique needs of her clients.