Who we are

Gina Kincade Piland is a Licensed Professional Counselor, EMDR-trained clinician, and the founder of ALIRA Pathways, a counseling and consulting practice in Edmond, Oklahoma. She has extensive training in working with individuals and couples navigating trauma, grief, relational distress, identity challenges, and major life transitions.

Gina’s path to counseling is deeply personal. After earning her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling with a concentration in crisis and trauma from Walden University, she experienced a life-altering loss—the death of her husband Lt. Col. Matt Kincade in a tragic military aviation accident in 2019. This season of grief profoundly shaped her understanding of trauma, identity, and the silent weight of secondary losses. It also deepened her compassion and gave her a new lens through which to connect with others facing their own pain.

Through time, faith, and hard work—including wrestling with God, asking tough questions, and purposeful self-reflection—Gina came to understand the need for personal healing and wholeness, while discovering what it means to find beauty in the ashes. She has since remarried and now shares life with her husband, Cally. Together, they work every day to love each other well, blend their families, and strive to live boldly. Watching her two sons become strong, compassionate, and resilient young men has been one of her greatest joys and ongoing sources of inspiration.

At ALIRA Pathways, Gina offers a safe, grace-filled space where clients are invited to heal, grow, and reconnect with their true, God-given identity and purpose. Her work is grounded in the values of Acceptance, Love, Intimacy, Resilience, and Authenticity—the foundational pillars of the ALIRA approach. With warmth, wisdom, and a trauma-informed lens, she helps individuals and couples move from survival to restoration.