Heidi McKinley · Telehealth · Wisconsin & Louisiana

Your parts have been working hard for a long time. This is where they get to be heard.

IFS Therapy · Trauma Intensives · IFS & EMDR Reprocessing · Accepting Therapist Referrals

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Heidi McKinley, IFS therapist

Your therapist

Heidi McKinley,
IFS Therapist

I specialize in attachment patterns and relational childhood trauma — helping people get curious about the parts of themselves that carry old pain, and find deep, transformative change.

Using Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and AEDP, I guide clients in building a genuine relationship with the parts of themselves that carry pain, fear, and self-doubt — so they can reconnect with their most grounded, compassionate Self.

IFS EMDR AEDP Attachment Trauma KAP
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How I work

Healing happens through relationship.

Many of the patterns that bring people to therapy are not problems to eliminate — they are parts of you that developed for a reason.

I work with your parts rather than against them. Rather than trying to push difficult feelings or behaviors away, I get curious about them — where they came from, what they're protecting, what they actually need.

My approach is experiential and rooted in IFS, attachment, and emotion-focused therapy. This means I go beyond insight and help you connect with your emotions in real time — where change actually happens.

Together, we build a more grounded, compassionate relationship with yourself — so you can feel more regulated, connected, and fully you.

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Ways to work together

This isn't just talk therapy.

Whether you're looking for ongoing weekly therapy or something more focused and short-term — there's a path here.

Ongoing · Weekly

Individual Therapy


Weekly 55-minute sessions rooted in IFS and EMDR — for the patterns that keep showing up, the exhaustion of never feeling like enough, and the parts that have been waiting to be heard.

Currently full — waitlist open · Telehealth · Wisconsin & Louisiana

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Explore & Map

IFS Depth Sessions


Single 90-minute sessions for mapping your inner world, meeting your parts, and understanding what they've been carrying. A welcoming entry point for anyone curious about parts work.

$250 · No ongoing commitment · Telehealth

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Process & Unburden

EMDR/IFS Reprocessing Sessions


A focused series of 90-minute sessions using IFS and EMDR integrated — going toward exiles, processing unresolved trauma, and supporting real unburdening at a pace your system can hold.

$165 intake · $250 / session · Telehealth · Requires existing support

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Specialized Protocol · Wisconsin

Ketamine Assisted EMDR Therapy™️


For trauma that's been hard to access in standard EMDR. A structured protocol using ketamine's neuroplastic window to support deeper reprocessing — conducted via telehealth from your own home.

Fees on consult call · Telehealth · Requires existing support · *Louisiana with own provider

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Internal Family Systems & EMDR

What experiential therapy can do for you.

Deep healing

Go beneath the surface of symptoms and patterns to understand the parts that carry them — and use EMDR to reprocess the memories and experiences that keep those parts stuck. This isn't just insight. It's change you can feel.

Mind-body connection

Trauma lives in the body as much as the mind. We work with what you feel somatically — learning to recognize activation, process it at the nervous system level, and cultivate a felt sense of safety and peace that doesn't depend on everything going right.

Reconnect with Self

At the center of this work is Self — your most grounded, wise, compassionate way of being. IFS helps you access it. EMDR helps clear what's in the way. Together they create conditions for a life that actually reflects who you are.

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What colleagues say

"
She is constantly learning new things and it's been an honor to not only witness her progress as a professional as we've worked together, but to benefit from everything she's collected over the years.

— April Sunshine Hawkins

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She integrates IFS and EMDR in an intuitive way and has a natural ability to listen without judgment, making every part of me feel welcomed. She's also continually learning and bringing new tools into our sessions.

— Walt Chefitz

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Warm, deeply insightful and knowledgeable, and utilizes practical tools including IFS to create self-awareness and guide healing.

— Kelly Mullins · Certified Life Coach, IFS Informed Practitioner

Weekly individual therapy

Ongoing weekly therapy is currently full. Join the waitlist and I'll be in touch when a space opens. Already have a therapist? IFS Depth Sessions and Intensive Sessions are available now — no waitlist required.

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