Nice to Meet You.
Hi, I’m Mac —
I’m a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner and Movement Facilitator in Toronto, Canada. I completed a 3-Year Professional Training with the SOS Internationale and Somatic Experiencing International in Canada and the U.K. between 2020-2023 and have trained in and facilitated movement modalities such as contemporary Pilates, yoga, meditation, and Movement for Trauma over the last decade.
I’m an Intermediate-Level Assistant and Personal Session Provider for Beginning Level Students in the SE™ Professional Training Program with Somatic Experiencing International, founded by Dr. Peter Levine.
I’m also in my fourth year of studying Gestalt Psychotherapy through a Five Year Training Program at the Gestalt Institute of Toronto (GIT), where I practice as a supervised Student Therapist * through the GIT Student Clinic.
TLDR:
Ultimately, I get my kicks from exploring somatics as creative experimentation for feeling into your fullness and seeing the ways Somatic Experiencing and embodiment practices can support folks restoring a felt-sense of nervous system resiliency.
Certificate in Somatic Experiencing | 3-Year Professional Training Program with Somatic Experiencing International founded by Dr. Peter Levine (2020-2023).
Certification in Reformer Pilates (2024) — Currently teaching at Fine Tune Pilates.
Movement for Trauma Level I with Jane Clapp (2021)
200 Hour Contemporary Pilates Training (2019)
200 Hour Vinyasa Yoga & Meditation Training (2016)
Ongoing | 5-Year Program in Gestalt Psychotherapy with the Gestalt Institute of Toronto started in 2021.*
Education & Training:
As a white, cis-, able-bodied woman, the learnings & unlearnings in what create safer and more accessible spaces is a lifelong practice — and I’m here for it. I’m committed to challenging oppression in all of its forms in myself, others, and systems, and stay open to receiving such.
I believe that anti-oppressive practices are critical in building a future where access is abundant and belonging is felt — which is the kind of future I’m interested in building.
To continually deepen my ability to practice ways of better supporting the needs and dignity of the folks I work with, some my training has included:
Reverence and Repair with Marika Heinrichs - Wildbody Somatics (2023)
Comfortable Conversations About Race with Natalie Haynes (2023)
Reclaiming Pleasure: Embodied Joy in Trauma Recovery and Social Change with Kai Cheng Thom (2022)
Reaching In, Reaching Out with New Leaf Foundation (2021)
Sharing Privilege with Robin Lacambra (2020)
Belonging Practices:
*Please note that at this time, sessions are not psychotherapeutic in nature nor a replacement for licensed mental health care. SE™ sessions can, however, be a supportive addition for clients that are actively engaged in psychotherapy or beneficial as a standalone approach.