About me
Hi, I’m Olivia Mackinder, a certified Psychosexual & Relationship therapist. I work with individuals and couples of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions.
A registered member of COSRT, I’m fully insured and have regular supervision to make sure I offer my clients the best of me.
As an integrative therapist, I draw on different styles of therapy, including psychodynamic, gestalt, somatic therapy and mindfulness. That means you get Sex & Relationship therapy tailored to you.
I’ve worked for The Awareness Centre and 56 Dean Street in London. I now have my own private practice. I see my clients online (on Zoom) and in person (in Surrey and London).
Finding your voice
Before becoming a Sex & Relationship therapist, I was a copywriter for 20 years. Creating connections has always been a passion.
But good communication in relationships starts with understanding yourself and why you’re feeling what you do. And what do you need to feel good, whole, or fulfilled? So that’s where we start.
I can help you:
Tune into your emotional and physical needs.
Learn how to express those needs with clarity, confidence and compassion.
Relate to yourself and others in ways that feel honest, boundaried and free.
Listening to your body
“You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves” Mary Oliver
I love this quote. Parents, teachers, friends, religion, the media, porn… They all give us messages – some loud, some far more subtle and insidious – about what sex and intimacy are supposed to look and feel like.
But what do you want?
What does your body need or even long for?
If there’s stress and trauma, how do you make your body a safe place to be?
You may not know – so we can start there. If you do, let’s explore what’s in your way.