Hello, I'm
Heather Rankin
Licensed Mental Health Practitioner
I grew up in rural Nebraska and attended college at UNK, where I received my Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Criminal Justice in 1999. I continued my education at UNK and received my Master of Science in Education degree, specifically in Community Counseling, in 2002. I completed my internship in California at a program for adults living in a long-term care facility following a traumatic brain injury. In addition to being the case manager there, I was also able to observe and participate in both individual and group sessions with the clinical psychologist and co-owner of the program.
My one-semester internship led to residence in California for the next ten years. While there, I worked with foster youth in Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties. As a foster family agency social worker, I worked with the department, foster families, and the children to ensure proper care and growth while in placement.
Missing my family, aging grandparents, and new additions to the family brought me back to Nebraska in 2013. I met my husband and we started our family along with raising his two older children. We live on a farm and spend a lot of time outdoors. I enjoy reading, exercising, taking long walks on country roads, gardening, and spending time with our families who all live close by us.
I started at Wholeness Healing Center in June of 2019. I was going to the Grand Island office 2-3 times per week until COVID-19 and then started doing telehealth for the next year. I currently am in the Grand Island office once a week and am in our Albion office all other days of the week. I am trained in many areas with children, play therapy, sand tray therapy, as well as modalities for all populations. I was trained in EMDR, Level I & II in 2020, and in Hypnosis in 2023. I stay current with EMDR by attending ongoing advanced training and meeting for regular group consultations. I work a lot with trauma, PTSD, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, childhood abuse, marital issues, and eating/weight management.
To make an appointment, call 308-382-5297 Ext 110.
Recent posts by Heather
Making Peace with Food
