Dr. Elizabeth Mac MacLeod

Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) Trauma-informed Expressive Arts clinician, multicultural narrative approaches are applied with self-reflective multi-dimensional art modalities that grow your understanding of who you are, what your values are, and why you think, feel, and act the way you do. Vital energy practitioner that calls on the wisdom of our ancestors and modern understandings of trauma, psychology and somatic (body) awareness and peaceful practices to restore equilibrium that confirms the journey IS the destination. Patterns of intergenerational trauma & gift transmission identified and decoded through Attachment Theory.

Get clarity of brain-body process when overwhelmed with emotional & sensory experiences. Brainspotting (an EMDR derived modality) can integrate back to balance -reducing, and in some cases eliminating- emotional trigger. Educated in antisocial abuse trauma and recovery. Receive support during high conflict divorce, parental alienation, DV by proxy as well as trauma-bond recovery. We explore safely and gratefully so what was hidden may be illuminated as part of the sacred whole. This softens resistance and restores flow. Through Self-PARTSnership, you grow more at home in body and life—living in wisdom, compassion, and alignment with the Creator.

I take a structured but flexible approach that combines talk therapy, somatic awareness, and experiential techniques. In sessions, we focus on identifying patterns in how you think, feel, and respond—especially in moments of overwhelm, conflict, or emotional shutdown.

I help clients track what is happening in real time in their nervous system and connect that to past experiences, attachment patterns, and learned coping strategies. From there, we work on building regulation skills, increasing clarity, and shifting patterns that no longer serve you.

Depending on your needs, I may integrate Brainspotting, expressive techniques, or parts-based work to help process emotional material more deeply, rather than only talking about it. The goal is not just insight, but actual change in how you feel and respond in your daily life.

The first session is focused on understanding what is happening for you right now and what you want help with. I will ask direct but respectful questions to get a sense of your current challenges, your history, and how things are showing up for you emotionally and physically.

You do not need to prepare anything or tell your whole story. We focus on what feels most relevant.

I will also begin to reflect patterns I am noticing and may offer simple ways to help you feel more grounded or less overwhelmed, even in the first session.

Most clients leave the first session with a clearer understanding of what is going on for them, a sense of direction, and whether this feels like a good fit.