Dr. Jeremy Van Dyken holds a Bachelor’s in Social Work (Kuyper College), a Master’s in Counseling Psychology (Palm Beach Atlantic University), and a Doctorate of Education in Counseling Psychology (Argosy University). He has nine years of clinical experience in the United States and Canada and ten years as a psychology professor in the Middle East, giving him deep understanding of the challenges of living and communicating in ultra-sensitive environments. He has contributed to Middle East-focused human rights initiatives and church-based efforts to address abuse.

As a Christian, Dr. Van Dyken cultivates relationships across diverse world views—including Christians, atheists, LGBTQ individuals, ex-Christians, Hindus, Muslims, and Buddhists—reflecting the Pathways Counseling value that a worldview should be in part measured by how it facilitates respectful communication across differences. Dr. Van Dyken believes that genuine Christian community makes space for honest doubt, respectful disagreement, and friendly relations with those who have walked away from faith — and that how a community treats those who leave is one of the truest measures of its character.

Dr. Van Dyken emphasizes that trust opens worlds, and worlds beyond those worlds. Many clients have experienced fragile or conditional trust due to relationships, families, workplaces, or belief systems. Pathways Counseling fosters trust gradually and respectfully, creating space for clients to reconnect with their voice, explore growth, and rebuild connection and belonging. Trust becomes both the foundation for counseling and the doorway to a new life of possibilities.