I help adults and couples explore the emotional patterns that shape intimacy, desire, and identity. My work is sex-positive, trauma-informed, and relational.
People often come to me feeling disconnected, unsure how to express their needs, or caught in familiar cycles. Together, we create space to slow down, understand what’s getting in the way, and move toward relationships that feel more grounded, honest, and alive.
About Me
Hi, I’m Mackenzie (she/her), a queer, trauma-informed therapist offering relationship therapy in NYC at The Sexuality, Attachment, and Trauma Project (I am licensed in NY and NJ). I work with adults in partnerships of all kinds — individuals, couples, and multi-partner pods — and explore how relational patterns show up across different relationship structures. Many of the people I work with are part of the LGBTQIA+ community or are exploring their identity in some way, and I aim to offer a space where all expressions of self feel welcome and supported.
Before becoming a clinician, I spent years working as a performer and teaching artist. That experience taught me to listen closely not just to words, but to tone, rhythm, emotional undercurrents, and the parts of ourselves that speak quietly. In therapy, I bring that same attunement, helping clients notice and understand their internal world with clarity and compassion.
People often find me during moments of transition or rupture. You may be rebuilding after betrayal, navigating a shift in your identity or relationships or noticing patterns that repeat despite your best efforts. My role is to help you understand the emotional templates formed earlier in your life and how they continue to shape the present.
My work is relational, psychodynamic, and attachment-focused. We explore the past as a way to understand what needs attention now, not to stay stuck there but to make room for new, more aligned ways of relating. Therapy can be a place where dismissed or misunderstood parts of you finally have space.
I approach therapy with an awareness of the larger systems that shape our lives, including racism, colonization, gender norms, heteronormativity, and power. I’m committed to continuous learning, reflection, and accountability, and I welcome conversations about identity, privilege, culture, and difference. If something feels off in our work, I invite you to name it, and I’ll take responsibility for helping us move toward repair.
Specialties
I work to help clients understand the deeper threads that shape their identity, relationships, and sense of self. Below, you’ll find areas where I have additional training, clinical focus, or lived experience—and how I approach them in our work together.
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Sex and intimacy are shaped by early experiences, cultural messages, and often by trauma or shame. I support clients navigating desire differences, sexual shame, communication challenges, or patterns that feel misaligned with their values. This includes exploring pleasure, understanding desire, rebuilding trust after rupture, and navigating kink, non-monogamy, queer relationships, or other relationship structures.
This is a sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, nonjudgmental space to talk openly about what you need and what you long for.
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You might be in the middle of a life shift or quietly sensing that something needs to change. Whether you're grieving, rethinking your career, moving through a breakup, or feeling disconnected from who you’ve been, I support clients in exploring who they are and how they want to move through the world now. Our work may include reclaiming agency, rewriting internal narratives, and grounding into your own sense of truth.
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Grief can emerge from breakups, betrayal, identity shifts, aging, unmet expectations, or the loss of a dream. I help clients make space for grief in its many forms and rhythms. Using a relational, psychodynamic lens, we explore the meanings of your loss while tending to the parts of you that are still growing, changing, and reaching for connection.
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If you find yourself repeating the same arguments, shutting down when things get too close, or struggling to voice your needs, we’ll explore the relational patterns shaped by early experiences. This includes understanding attachment injuries, boundary challenges, and how your nervous system responds to closeness, conflict, or vulnerability.
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I provide affirming, sex-positive support for LGBTQIA+ clients and anyone exploring sexuality, gender, and belonging. Our work may include untangling internalized shame, exploring desire, understanding relationship patterns, navigating identity transitions, or making space for joy, resilience, and authenticity.
I hold room for the full spectrum of queer and trans experience and approach this work with warmth, curiosity, and respect for your lived story. -
As a former performer and teaching artist, I understand the complexity of creative lives. Whether you’re navigating visibility, vulnerability, or shifts in your artistic identity, I offer support that honors the emotional, personal, and artistic layers of your experience. We’ll work together to reconnect with your voice and creative process in ways that feel authentic, flexible, and sustaining especially if trauma has shaped your relationship with expression or visibility.
Who I Work With
adults navigating intimacy, desire, or sexual concerns
couples seeking greater clarity and connection
people questioning or exploring their sexuality or gender
individuals moving through transitions, identity shifts, or coming-out processes
LGBTQIA+ clients wanting a grounded, affirming space
creatives and performers wanting a therapist who understands their world
anyone healing from relational trauma, attachment wounds, or emotional injuries
people in non-traditional relationships, including ENM, BDSM, or kink communities
My Values in Therapy
I strive to create a therapy space where:
your full identity is welcome
your lived experiences are taken seriously
conversations about power, privilege, race, gender, sexuality, and culture are invited
feedback is encouraged, and repair is possible
LGBTQIA+ identities and relationships are affirmed without hesitation
access, safety, and collaboration guide the work
the impact of systemic and collective stress is acknowledged and can be explored
your autonomy, boundaries, and pace are respected
If you have accessibility needs, whether sensory, communication-related, or logistical, I’m happy to collaborate to make sessions work well for you.
My commitment is to ongoing learning, feedback, and accountability so clients feel understood and supported.
Fees and Insurance
I am an out-of-network provider, which means I don’t accept insurance directly. However, I’m happy to provide you with the paperwork (a “superbill”) you can submit to your insurance for potential reimbursement.
Individual Therapy – $150 per 50-minute session
Relationship Therapy (Couples or Partners) – $200 per 60-minute session
I hold a limited number of sliding-scale spots for clients who need reduced rates.
If cost is a barrier, please reach out — I approach these conversations with openness and care.
Contact Me
Schedule a free 20-minute consultation to see if we might be a good fit or feel free to reach out with any questions you might have.
✉️ Mackenzie@satproject.com
📞 908-280-5114