About Kendhal

About Dr. Kendhal Hart

I'm a trainer, consultant, and trauma educator who specializes in helping therapists integrate Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). My work centers around offering nuanced, experiential learning that helps clinicians develop confidence, deepen their clinical intuition, and apply these models in ways that are both structured and adaptive.

I support therapists through a range of offerings—including live and on-demand trainings, consultation groups, demo-based learning, and immersive retreats. Whether you’re just beginning to explore integration or you’re refining advanced skills, my goal is to help you build a practice that is clinically grounded, ethically attuned, and personally sustainable.

What sets my work apart is the balance of depth and practicality I bring to the teaching space. I emphasize how to adapt the models—not just follow protocols—so that you can respond to your clients with precision, compassion, and creativity. I also support therapists in doing their own internal work along the way, knowing that integration isn’t just about models—it’s about the therapist’s system too.

Credentials & Professional Background

  • IFS Institute Approved Clinical Consultant

  • IFS Certified Therapist & Level 3 Trained

  • EMDRIA-Approved Provider of EMDR Basic Training

  • EMDRIA-Approved Consultant & Certified EMDR Therapist

  • Author of the forthcoming book Treating Trauma with EMDR and IFS: A Clinician’s Guide to Integrating Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy with Internal Family Systems (due out October 2025)

  • International trainer with virtual and in-person workshops reaching clinicians across the U.S., Canada, and Europe

  • Former group practice owner and clinical director

  • Doctorate in Psychology

  • 15+ years’ experience specializing in complex trauma, OCD, addiction, and legacy and cultural burdens

  • Committed to anti-oppressive frameworks, accessibility, and supporting therapist sustainability

Therapy Services

Would you like a personal referral?

While I’m not currently accepting new therapy clients, I continue to focus on supporting therapists through training, consultation, and professional development. Below are some trusted referrals:

Therapy Intensives for Therapists

In addition to consultation and training, I offer EMDR + IFS intensives for therapists who want to do their own internal healing work. These extended-format sessions create space to explore your system in depth—whether you're carrying legacy burdens, navigating therapist parts, or feeling stuck in a way that impacts your personal or clinical life.

These are not consultation sessions—they are therapy. Using the same EMDR and IFS integration model I teach, we follow your system’s lead and go wherever it needs us to go. This work can be especially powerful for therapists preparing to step into something bigger—whether that's launching a new offering, beginning to teach, or reclaiming clarity in your clinical presence.

I typically offer intensives in a two-day format: 4 hours per day over two consecutive days (8 hours total). The cost is $250 per hour.

I am not currently accepting new therapy clients, but when availability opens up, it will be announced on this website. I am licensed to practice in California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, Florida, and South Carolina. Therapy intensives are provided via secure Zoom-based telehealth to clients located in those states. However, due to a noncompete agreement, I am unable to accept new therapy clients who are physically located in Texas at the time of services.

Integrating EMDR and IFS

Why Integrate EMDR and IFS?

Integrating EMDR and IFS allows therapists to access the precision and structure of EMDR while honoring the complexity and inner intelligence of the client’s system through IFS. When used together, these models can transform the therapeutic process—moving beyond symptom resolution toward deeper healing, greater self-understanding, and lasting internal change.

IFS offers a compassionate framework for understanding how clients’ internal systems organize around trauma. EMDR provides an efficient and evidence-based method for reprocessing traumatic memories. When blended thoughtfully, IFS helps clients access targets more safely and clearly, while EMDR allows them to process those targets in a way that respects the pacing and protectiveness of their parts.

This integrated model empowers therapists to:

  • Facilitate deeper access to target material by building trust with protective parts before attempting reprocessing

  • Improve client readiness by preparing internal systems—not just external coping tools

  • Navigate blocked processing with more nuance, using parts language to explore resistance rather than override it

  • Reduce re-traumatization risk by honoring the function of symptoms and slowing down when systems aren’t ready

  • Support true unburdening—where exiled parts can release their pain and protective parts can take on new roles

  • Help clients build inner trust and Self-leadership, not just achieve symptom relief

Therapists often find that this integration expands their clinical range and increases their confidence when working with complex trauma, dissociation, OCD, legacy burdens, and systems that don’t respond to standard protocols. It supports ethical attunement, trauma-informed pacing, and a relationship-driven approach—all while staying grounded in EMDR’s powerful structure.