Hi, I’m Angela.

For more than twenty years, I’ve watched extraordinary people lose themselves in repeating cycles of crisis — not because they lacked discipline or desire, but because no one ever taught them how to work with the tangled states.

Most people living with the effects of early childhood trauma don’t even realize it. These invisible “crisis states” quietly shape how we think, feel, and relate — keeping us in survival when what we long for is freedom.

My work is devoted to helping people untangle these internal knots, restore their life force, and reclaim the dignity and aliveness required to become who they were always meant to be.

Every untangle begins as something simple — a room, a routine, a memory — and becomes something profound: a reclamation of self, a return to wholeness.

“With passion and personal engagement, as well as psychological advice which is both current and classic, Untangle is an ambitious project, offering thoughtful and creative new directions.”

Marc Lewis, Neuroscientist, author of Memoirs of an Addicted Brain and The Biology of Desire

Every choice to avoid, escape, or stay stuck—through substances, spending, procrastination, or isolation—serves a protective purpose, but it also keeps your life constrained, disconnected, and cut off from joy. The Untangle Method™ provides the tools and courage to unwind these patterns, creating a grounded, thriving sense of self. It’s your personalized roadmap home to yourself.

Even a single “untangle”—a shelf, a belief, or a relationship—can spark profound breakthroughs, turning chaos into clarity and opening space for purpose, connection, and fulfillment. Using a combination of nature, movement, storytelling, imagination, and decluttering, Angela helps you identify blocks and activate your innate tools to move forward.

This program is designed for those who:

• Hide or stay invisible due to shame and need practical tools to feel safe showing up

• Escape life’s challenges through substances, spending, screens, or isolation

• Have unfulfilled potential in work, creativity, or business because the past is holding them back

• Carry relational, sexual, or childhood trauma and want daily practices to heal and thrive

• Struggle with intimacy, over-earning, or overspending as avoidance

• Feel constantly overwhelmed or in crisis and want structure to regain control

If any of this resonates, Untangle can help you reclaim clarity, confidence, and a purposeful, thriving life

Untangle Home

A Private, Concierge Recovery and Life Reintegration Program

When treatment ends — or life demands a profound reset — structure, discretion, and expert guidance are essential. Untangle Home is a highly personalized, year-long recovery and transformation program designed for individuals ready to rebuild with intention, safety, and meaning.

Created by recovery expert Angela McKinney, Untangle Home bridges the gap between treatment and real-world thriving. Each client receives a custom roadmap integrating:

• Practical life design

• Emotional regulation and crisis-state mapping

• Relational skill-building and boundary work

• Family involvement and systemic healing

• Collaborative care with clinical teams

Through one-on-one coaching, curated skill-building, and a trusted support network, clients learn to stabilize, integrate, and create a life aligned with who they truly are.

Whether you’re navigating early recovery, burnout, a life transition, or a period of crisis, Untangle Home provides the structure and insight needed to sustain success and live with grounded confidence.

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“What sets Angela apart is her ability to combine structure and creativity, science and intuition. She doesn’t just teach recovery; she creates a roadmap. Families are included, so systemic patterns are healed alongside the individual. Angela’s collborative care with the clincial team allows the client’s recovery to build towards a thriving life.”

- Dr. Sullivan, MD Psychiatrist

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About Me

Angela McKinney is a recovery expert, author, and creator of the Untangle Method™, a practical and transformational approach for unwinding the crisis-driven patterns shaped by early trauma. As a practitioner, educator, and somatic guide, Angela has helped countless people reclaim their lives through her integrative, compassionate approach.

With more than thirty years in recovery and two decades working at the intersection of addiction, trauma, and reintegration, Angela brings a rare combination of lived experience, clinical collaboration, and systems thinking. Her work centers on a simple truth: people don’t stay stuck because they’re broken — they stay stuck because no one ever taught them how to work with their tangled emotional states.

Angela helps clients map these “invisible crisis states,” identify the protective patterns wired in childhood, and build daily practices of safety, clarity, emotional regulation, and purpose. Her work integrates nature, movement, storytelling, imagination, and strategic life design to create lasting, embodied change.

She specializes in high-stakes transitions — early recovery, reintegration after treatment, burnout, and identity resets — providing structured, concierge-level support through her signature program, Untangle Home. Her approach is both compassionate and rigorous, blending neuroscience and creativity, structure and intuition, family involvement and collaborative care.

Angela’s book, Untangle, introduces her three-part method and offers a new way to understand how crisis states form, how they shape behavior, and how they can be transformed. Clients and clinicians alike describe her work as grounding, clarifying, and life-restoring. She received her clinical psychology degree from Antioch University and is trained in Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems, Harm Reduction, CRAFT, Motivational Interviewing, and Cognitive Behavioral techniques.