Meet Your Inclusive + Empowering Support Team
You and your family deserve to feel seen, heard, and supported. Our therapists create safe, affirming spaces for individuals of all ages, identities and backgrounds. Whether you're seeking support for yourself or your child we’re here to help you move forward with care and clarity.
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Meet Lilly - Founder
Adult - Ketamine Assisted-EMDR
Business Coaching - EMDRIA-Approved Consultant
Trauma - Attachment - Preverbal Trauma - Adoption - EMDR
Meet Becca
Administrative Support
Supportive practice operations - Trauma-informed care coordination - Systems + workflow support
Meet Kayla
Adult - Teens
EMDR - Restoration Therapy - CBT - Skills training - Religious Trauma - Anxiety
Meet Madisen
Adult
Grief & Loss - EMDR - Emotion Regulation (DBT Skills) - Life Transitions - LGBTQ+
Meet Rockney
Adult - Teen
Anxiety - Depression - CBT -Relationships - Identity - Trauma - EMDR - LGBTQ+ - Anger Management - Solution-Focused - Narrative Therapy
Meet Ashlea
Adult - Young Adults
Trauma - Anxiety - Depression - Brainspotting - Women's Empowerment - Queer-Affirming - Identity Exploration
Meet Lilly - Owner & Therapist
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Lilly Risch, LCSW, is the founder of Forward Healing Therapy, a Wisconsin-based group therapy practice specializing in modern, evidence-based trauma care. As an EMDRIA Approved Consultant, Lilly specializes in EMDR therapy, attachment-focused EMDR, complex trauma and dissociation and supporting clients who are seeking deeper, more lasting change through the integration of EMDR therapy and ketamine-assisted therapy.
Lilly is also a business coach for EMDR therapists, blending strong clinical guidance with ethical marketing strategy and sustainable practice-building support. She helps EMDR clinicians clarify their messaging, strengthen their visibility, market EMDR therapy with confidence, and build profitable, aligned therapy practices. Her work supports therapists in becoming sought-after trauma specialists in their communities while staying rooted in clinical integrity.
Meet Rockney Hudson - Teen & Adult Therapy
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Hello, I’m Rockney Hudson, and I’m excited to be a part of your healing journey. With over a decade of experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, I specialize in empowering individuals, families, and communities through therapy. My approach combines client-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to meet your unique needs and help you navigate challenges.
I’m passionate about trauma-informed care and use EMDR to help you move past traumatic events. My previous roles, including Program Manager at St. Charles Youth and Family Services and Care Coordinator at Alternative Psychological Consultations, have allowed me to work extensively with at-risk youth, individuals with mental health and substance abuse challenges, and victims of violence.
My therapy style is collaborative and supportive. I work with you to set practical goals, develop coping strategies, and create lasting change. Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my dog, Sady, attending concerts, and working on cars and motorcycles. I’m looking forward to supporting you on your path to healing.
Meet Ashlea Kielar - Adult Therapy
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I want to take a moment to acknowledge your bravery in making it to this stage of your journey. There is a good chance that you came across this page because you’re currently carrying something heavy. Maybe it's related to experiences you encountered long ago, or some more recent. It could be that you’ve noticed a change in your relationships or a loud inner-critic that seems to linger. Perhaps you feel disconnected from yourself and desire to feel more confident in all aspects of your life. You’re not alone.
As a licensed professional counselor in-training, I strive to offer a safe and supportive space for individuals to explore themselves and navigate the complex impact of trauma. I recently graduated with my Master of Science in Educational Psychology with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee. For the past year, I have undergone training with the Aurora Healing Center, specializing in working with those from the Milwaukee community to overcome the impact of trauma related to sexual assault and domestic violence.
My approach is collaborative and rooted in the belief that everyone carries the inner strength to heal. I specialize in trauma and its expressions, including relational wounds, chronic self-doubt, and trouble with boundary setting. I am also passionate about supporting women through life transitions, identity exploration, and the challenges that come along with perfectionism. For those that may have explored talk-therapy in the past, and did not feel it was enough to get to the root of what you’ve been feeling, I offer Brainspotting as a part of my trauma-informed services. This intervention is a powerful, neuroscience-based technique that allows for us to access and process trauma stored deep within the brain and body. Together, we’ll work to process your story in order to explore who you are and who you wish to become.
After reading this, if you feel ready to begin your healing journey- or are curious about what it may look like- I would be honored to walk beside you as we tackle the goals you bring to this space. You deserve to feel whole, worthy, and empowered to live authentically without the weight of the past holding you down.
Meet Madisen Stoler - Adult Therapy
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Madisen Stoler is a therapist at Forward Healing Therapy who supports clients navigating grief, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, negative self-talk, and patterns that feel difficult to break. She offers a warm, supportive environment where clients can slow down, better understand their emotional world, identify their needs, and begin to release what feels heavy.
Madisen is especially passionate about working with people who feel deeply. This includes clients who are grieving, moving through major life changes, struggling with emotion regulation, or feeling stuck in old stories, self-criticism, or unhelpful relationship patterns. Her approach is compassionate, curious, and collaborative, helping clients build grounded confidence and move toward a life with more joy, purpose, and intention.
Madisen draws from therapy approaches such as EMDR therapy, grief counseling, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Through this work, she helps clients process painful experiences, strengthen coping skills, and reconnect with themselves.
From Madisen:
“I strive to create an affirming and inclusive therapy space where all identities are welcomed and respected. I believe you already hold wisdom within yourself, even if it feels hard to access right now. I'd be honored to walk alongside you in the hard but meaningful work of healing and growth.”
Meet Kayla Powell - Adult Therapy
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Kayla is a licensed professional counselor who offers clients a safe space to pursue healing in the areas where they’ve felt stuck for far too long. She believes therapy should be a collaborative journey, one where she and her clients work together to navigate life’s challenges in a way that feels right for them.
Step one in Kayla’s therapy room is making sure clients experience warmth, acceptance, and empathy. Her person-centered approach allows her to see each client as a human first, with valid pain and a story worth being heard. From there, depending on each client’s unique goals, she incorporates trauma-informed EMDR along with aspects of Restoration Therapy, CBT, skills training, healthy accountability, and talk therapy to support their progress and healing.
Some of Kayla’s most meaningful work is with high-achievers and perfectionists who appear to have it all together on the outside while struggling with anxiety and self-worth on the inside. She also finds joy in encouraging teenagers and young adults as they build a solid sense of identity in a chaotic world. For clients who identify with faith or spirituality, Kayla is glad to weave it into their work together. She is also honored to support those recovering from religious trauma.
Whatever has been keeping you stuck, Kayla is here to help you move forward and heal.