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My Approach & Areas of Practice

My Approach

  • I am known for being kind and perceptive.

  • I support individuals to develop psychological tools and flexibility.

  • I work to demystify the therapeutic process and promote an individual’s sense of efficacy and agency.

  • It is clinically important to slow down and take the time to explore the details surrounding thoughts, feelings/emotions, behaviours and contexts.

  • I typically work with a focus on the present and a view to the future; however, sometimes there are events from the past that continue to colour the present in unhelpful ways (via memories, thoughts, emotions, sensations, behaviours & patterns) and these events will require attention.

  • I am primarily non-directive in my work, though I will say something if I think you are making a mistake.

  • Depending on the issue being addressed in our work, I may recommend commitments for you to make in-between session, such as a written or active exercise.

Areas of Practice

  • Emotional well-being (identifying emotional triggers and patterns in living that are causing difficulties; working together to create meaningful change).

  • LGBT/TS

  • Dysphoria - sex, gender, social: all presentations welcome.

  • Desisters and detransitioners welcome.

  • Existential Concerns (meaning & purpose, chronic & terminal illnesses, death & dying).

  • Life transitions (change in family structure, career change, retirement).

  • Mental Health (psychosis, bipolar, trauma/PTSD, depression, anxiety).

  • Addictions (alcohol/substance use).

  • Concurrent Disorders (mental health and addictions).

"I am grateful to have found a career that aligns with my natural abilities, challenges me to develop new skills, and allows me to share the human experience." 

© Michelle Mackness 2023

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