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McKenzie Taylor, Student Therapist & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

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Informed by Gestalt Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing, this is a form of therapy that focuses on supporting all parts of a person — body, mind, emotions, and ways of being in relationship with the world. It’s built on the belief that humans are inherently designed with the propensity to heal and move their life in a full & fluid way. However, when faced with overwhelming experiences, ... Read More

Informed by Gestalt Psychotherapy and Somatic Experiencing, this is a form of therapy that focuses on supporting all parts of a person — body, mind, emotions, and ways of being in relationship with the world. It’s built on the belief that humans are inherently designed with the propensity to heal and move their life in a full & fluid way.

However, when faced with overwhelming experiences, we can become stuck and lose access to all parts of our selves — resulting in fixated patterns, thoughts, or nervous system adaptations. Whether or not they’re how we’d hope to cope, all of these responses are our best way to tolerate what feels intolerable in the moment and often happen automatically and out of conscious awareness.

As a therapist, I see my task as working with you to help broaden your awareness of how this stuckness manifests in your life and to support the possibility of experiencing it differently.

To do so, we'll explore what happens for you in the here-and-now as a a result of what was experienced there-and-then. We'll get curious about the felt side of your story, the meanings you make, places you feel stuck, and ways of actively engaging with your thoughts, feelings, and behaviours to support the possibility of feeling something in a new way.

Somatic Experiencing for SEI Students

For students pursuing professional training with Somatic Experiencing International, founded by Dr. Peter Levine, I’m an approved to offer Personal Sessions at the Beginning Level and am an Intermediate-Level Assistant in the SE™ Professional Training Program.

Somatic Skills Coaching

McKenzie Taylor
(She/Her/Hers) Student Therapist & Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Mac is a a fully trained Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), having a Three Year SE™ Professional Training Program with the SOS Internationale and Somatic Experiencing International in Canada and the U.K. between 2020-2023. She’s also trained in and have facilitated movement modalities such as Movement for Trauma, contemporary Pilates, yoga, and meditation for the last decade, which is a lens that she applie to all of her work with clients.

In her final year of studying Gestalt Psychotherapy with the Gestalt Institute of Toronto, as part of a Five Year Training Program, she also practice as Therapist In-Training and is working towards registration as a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). As of 2025, she’s a student member of the Canadian Association of Psychodynamic Therapy (CAPT).

To complement her clinical practice, Mac serves as an Assistant in the Three Year SE™ Professional Training Program throughout North America to support the growth of future SEPs and increased access to leading, trauma-informed care.

For students pursuing professional training with Somatic Experiencing International, founded by Dr. Peter Levine, she’s also an approved to offer Personal Sessions at the Beginning Level.

Mac is a a fully trained Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), having a Three Year SE™ Profes... Read More

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