The P.A.T.H. Model™:
A Framework to Address Mental Health Stigma in Christian Communities

The P.A.T.H. Model™ equips faith-based communities, therapists, and ministry leaders to overcome mental health stigma and lead others with compassion, clarity, and confidence.

What Is The P.A.T.H. Model™?

The P.A.T.H. Model™ was created to help faith-based communities move beyond mental health stigma and into deeper alignment with both their values and their emotional truth.

It’s a trauma-informed, Christ-centered model that integrates neuroscience and soul work. Each principle—Presence, Alignment, Truth, Healing—guides people toward spiritual clarity and emotional wholeness.

Whether you’re a therapist, pastor, or someone seeking emotional healing, PATH gives you a language and framework that respects your faith and honors your story.

The P.A.T.H. Model™ exists to help faith-based communities move beyond mental health stigma and embrace healing that honors both science and spirituality.

The P.A.T.H. Model™ Live Online Training is open!

A guided, live experience to help you bring faith and mental health together in a grounded way—using Presence, Alignment, Truth, and Healing.

What Past Trainees Are Saying

What You Can Expect from The P.A.T.H. Model™

Move Beyond Stigma and Shame

If you’ve ever felt torn between your faith and mental health support, you’re not alone. The P.A.T.H. Model™ helps faith-based communities release shame around therapy and embrace emotional healing as a sacred process. You’ll discover how faith and mental healthcare can work together to strengthen lives, not stand in conflict.

Get Equipped to Lead Healing Work

Whether you’re a therapist, pastor, peer mentor, or a first responder holding sacred space for others — you don’t have to figure it out alone.

We offer two distinct training paths:

  • Clinical Integration — for licensed professionals looking to apply the P.A.T.H. Model™ within therapeutic settings

  • Non-Clinical Application — for pastors, lay leaders, coaches, and frontline workers navigating emotional care in high-stress environments

Each path offers grounded tools, spiritual depth, and ethical clarity tailored to your role.

Join a Movement Toward Wholeness

The P.A.T.H. Model™ isn’t just a method. It’s a movement of faith-based healing — a bold vision for communities where emotional health and spiritual depth are no longer in conflict.

We believe healing shouldn’t require you to choose between your faith and your mental well-being. PATH helps you hold both — with integrity.

Get the Right Support for What You Do

We offer multiple ways to engage with the model, whether you serve clients, congregations, or your community:

  • Clinical Trainings for therapists, counselors, and social workers

  • Organizational Consulting for churches, agencies, and faith-based teams

  • Workshops & Education for pastors, lay ministers, peer supporters, and first responders

  • Coaching for individuals and couples seeking soul-aligned clarity

  • The P.A.T.H. Transformation Index — an 80-item tool to measure impact and alignment

Move Beyond Stigma and Shame

If you’ve ever felt torn between your faith and mental health support, you’re not alone. The PATH Model™ helps faith-based communities release shame around therapy and embrace emotional healing as a sacred process. You’ll discover how faith and mental healthcare can work together to strengthen lives, not stand in conflict.

Whether you’re a therapist, pastor, peer mentor, or a first responder holding sacred space for others — you don’t have to figure it out alone.

We offer two distinct training paths:

  • Clinical Integration — for licensed professionals looking to apply the P.A.T.H. Model™ within therapeutic settings

  • Non-Clinical Application — for pastors, lay leaders, coaches, and frontline workers navigating emotional care in high-stress environments

Each path offers grounded tools, spiritual depth, and ethical clarity tailored to your role.

The PATH Model™ isn’t just a method. It’s a movement of faith-based healing — a bold vision for communities where emotional health and spiritual depth are no longer in conflict.

We believe healing shouldn’t require you to choose between your faith and your mental well-being. PATH helps you hold both — with integrity.

We offer multiple ways to engage with the model, whether you serve clients, congregations, or your community:

  • Clinical Trainings for therapists, counselors, and social workers

  • Organizational Consulting for churches, agencies, and faith-based teams

  • Workshops & Education for pastors, lay ministers, peer supporters, and first responders

  • Coaching for individuals and couples seeking soul-aligned clarity

  • The P.A.T.H. Transformation Index — an 80-item tool to measure impact and alignment

Meet the Founder

Dr. Jack Gatti Hilton, DSW, LCSW

Jack is a licensed clinical social worker, educator, and trauma specialist passionate about bridging faith, neuroscience, and soul work. He created The P.A.T.H. Model™ to help others move from fragmentation to spiritual alignment—whether they’re sitting in the therapy chair, leading a church, or simply seeking clarity.

Jack leads all clinical trainings, consultations, and teachings for the P.A.T.H. Model™.

Let's Work Together!

If you’re ready to explore how The PATH Model can support your work, I’d love to connect.

Live Training Dates Are Open!

Learn the P.A.T.H. Model in a live, guided session.