Trailheads
IFS Skills + Self-Energy Consult Group
Come as you are—new to IFS or experienced.
For Students + Emerging Clinicians
If you’re early in your career, Trailheads can offer a rare bridge between graduate training and real-world clinical confidence.
Learn practical tools, ask real questions, explore your own system, and grow alongside other clinicians on the path.
A Self-of-the-Therapist Space for Depth, Attachment, or Trauma-Oriented Clinicians
A twice-monthly experiential consultation space for clinicians working with trauma, attachment, and depth-oriented approaches.
2nd and 4th Fridays at Noon CT | $25/month
This group is designed to give clinicians a grounded space for their own inner work and a supportive place to deepen skill, clarity, and confidence with IFS in clinical practice — your pace is welcome here.
We explore parts, practice curiosity, and build confidence using IFS together.
*Membership is subscription based. There are no refunds for missed sessions. Cancel membership any time.
Is This Space For You?
You May Benefit if you:
✔ Are curious about IFS and want practical experience
✔ Feel stuck with complex or protector-heavy clients
✔ Want more confidence using parts language
✔ Want support with trauma or attachment cases
✔ Need a professional community that feels warm and real
✔ Know your own inner work supports your clinical work
Ready to Join Trailheads?
Come for consultation.
Stay for community.
Grow into the clinician you’re becoming.
Founding Membership: $25/month
Twice-monthly live consultation circles + community support
2nd & 4th Fridays at Noon CT
What We’ll Do
Self-of-the-Therapist IFS Work
Experiential practices to help you feel more grounded, clear, and regulated in the therapy room.
May include:
- Parts mapping
- Guided inner work
- Countertransference through an IFS lens
- Burnout prevention
- Strengthening Self-leadership
- Reconnecting with your purpose
Optional sharing. Gentle pacing. No pressure.
Case Consultation and IFS Q&A
Bring real questions like:
- How do I work with this protector?
- How do I pace trauma work safely?
- What if a client intellectualizes everything?
- How do I navigate attachment dynamics?
- What feels stuck here?
This is collaborative teaching rooted in curiosity, nuance, and practical application.
Students absolutely welcome.
Why Trailheads?
Because learning IFS in isolation is hard.
Many clinicians understand the model intellectually—but need a space to practice, ask questions, explore their own parts, and grow confidence in real time.
That’s what this space is for.
Questions? Email me at Contact@HeidiMcKinley.com
About Heidi
I’m a therapist, writer, and educator specializing in attachment trauma, parts work, and experiential healing.
My work integrates:
- IFS Level 1
- EMDR Trained
- AEDP Level 1
- M.S. Clinical Counseling, Loyola University New Orleans
I help clinicians deepen Self-energy, understand protective systems, and bring IFS into practice with more confidence and compassion.
Important Boundaries & Scope
Trailheads is a consultation and learning space. It is not psychotherapy, supervision, or a substitute for formal IFS training.
Participants are responsible for confidentiality, scope of practice, and clinical judgment.