Sarah McKenzie

I am committed to helping you find meaningful connection and intimacy with your partner.

Honorary placements with Terrence Higgins Trust and Tavistock Relationships offered a wealth of experience working with diverse relationships and sexual issues and I have been privileged to think deeply about my clients by engaging in the most up-to-date discourse on relationships, mental health and trauma via various post-graduate training, including a psychosexual & couple psychotherapy diploma at Tavistock Relationships.

I also have extensive experience with EMDR, a trauma-focused therapy, and can offer couples who feel that trauma is a significant obstacle to intimacy a safe space to process and understand one another.

I have received a certificate of excellence due to positive feedback from patients in the Priory where I was a therapist in the mental health and addiction programmes from 2019 – 2021, and have excellent engagement and outcomes in the NHS , where I have worked as a specialist psychotherapist since 2021.

Prior to, and following my first qualification as an art psychotherapist, I have worked extensively in the charity sector for older adults, people impacted by homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers.

I understand the financial and emotional commitment of therapy and will take time after your session to consider the content, meaning and direction of the work. If resources and behavioural homework such as sensate focus will be useful for the treatment these are tailored specifically for your unique situation.

I am respectful of the impact of discrimination, trauma, socio-economic factors and abusive or emotionally absent caregivers on mental health; my approach is intersectional and trauma-informed.

Psychosexual therapy, as with all modalities I practice, is a psychological therapy and does not involve touch from the therapist.