MacKenzie Stuart

MacKenzie Stuart is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adults, couples, partners, and families in addition to teaching in several counseling psychology programs. MacKenzie specializes in nontraditional relationship structures, including polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy, as well as chronic depression and suicidality. Her other clinical interests include psychosis, psychopharmacology and drugs, LGBTQIA2-S and GNC/non-binary communities, kink and BDSM practices, and sex work.

• Psychopharmacology and the biological bases of behavior
• Diagnosis and empirically-supported treatments
• Polyamory and other forms of consensual nonmonogamy
• Chronic depression and suicidality

• John F. Kennedy University, MA in Counseling Psychology, 2011
• Scripps College, BA in Politics and International Relations, 2006

• Core Faculty in Counseling Psychology, The Wright Institute
• CEO and President, Metaphor Therapy: A Marriage and Family Therapy Corporation
• Senior Deliberate Practice Trainer, Sentio Counseling Center
• Adjunct Faculty in Counseling Psychology, Saint Mary's College of California, Dominican University of California, University of San Francisco, and Sentio University

• Stuart, M. (2024, April). A supervisor’s deliberate practice journey. Psychotherapy Bulletin, 59(2). 8-11.