Iain Mackenzie
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About me
You might be feeling anxious, low, stuck in repeating relationship patterns, or quietly exhausted from holding everything together. Perhaps part of you longs for closeness while another part pulls away. Maybe you don’t have clear words, just a sense that coping on your own isn’t working anymore.
Therapy offers a space where those feelings don’t need to be pushed aside or managed alone. Instead, they can be understood.
I’m Iain, a Humanistic and Integrative Therapist offering a warm, compassionate, and grounded space to explore whatever brings you here. My work is relational and developmental, recognising how our early experiences shape how we see ourselves, others, and the world. Together, we gently explore how those patterns may still be influencing your emotions, reactions, and relationships today.
I work integratively, drawing from person-centred, Gestalt, and existential perspectives, allowing our work to be shaped around you rather than fitting you into a model. We can explore questions of identity, meaning, loss, belonging, or simply make sense of what feels overwhelming right now, at your pace.
Before private practice, I supported people navigating complex life experiences, including addictive patterns and relational trauma. My own lived experience of recovery and therapy also informs my work. I deeply respect the courage it takes to ask for help and to look inward with honesty and care.
This might resonate if:
You’re coping outwardly but feel disconnected inwardly
You struggle with intimacy, boundaries, or self-worth
You’ve outgrown old ways of surviving
You want deeper understanding, not just symptom management
You don’t need to be in crisis to begin. If something inside you is asking to be understood, that’s enough.
I offer a free 20-minute call so we can see whether working together feels right.
Training, qualifications & experience
- BSc Counselling and Psychotherapy - Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
- Level 2 Counselling Concepts - Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
- Foundation Access - Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute
- DBT Level 1 - Association for Psychological Therapies
- 8 years of experience working with addiction
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Therapies offered
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Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
I work both face-to-face (Dudley DY5) and online. I also work via telephone.
I offer a free 20-minute consultation to understand your issues and see if we are a good fit.
Individual sessions are £60 per hour. Concessions are available for people who have low income and are limited to two spaces.
Individual and block bookings are available.
Payments are made by Bank Transfer and are due prior to the session starting.
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Further information
I have an Enhanced DBS and have full professional insurance
