Practitioner

Michelle Mackness

Canada

Practitioner Info

Email
mm@michellemackness.com
First name
Michelle
Last name
Mackness
Display name
Michelle Mackness
Description

Depathologising Life through Philosophical Dialogue ~

As an APPA-certified philosophical counsellor with 25 years in mental health, including 11 years as a clinical counsellor, and 18 years of meditative practice, I help clients explore life’s deeper questions—meaning, purpose, identity, ethical challenges. I work with relationships, moral dilemmas, existential crises, and life-altering events. I specialise in grief, estrangement, chronic/terminal illness, meaning-making, and supporting parents of trans-identifying children.

I use Socratic inquiry, Stoic resilience, Existentialist authenticity, and Buddhist mindfulness to cultivate clarity and agency. As your dialogical partner, I provide a respectful space, rooted in our shared human condition, to flourish, free from labels. Contact me.

Education
BA (Philosophy, Extended Minor), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC Master of Counselling, City University of Seattle, Vancouver, BC
Favorite Philosophers
Socrates, Epictetus, Kierkegaard, Camus, Buddhist philosophy
Country
Canada
Languages English, French - working knowledge
Issues Complex relationships, Moral dilemmas, Existential crises, Life-altering events, Grief, Estrangement, Chronic and terminal illness, Meaning-making, Supporting parents of trans-identifying children
Approaches Non-clinical dialogue, Socratic inquiry, Stoic resilience, Existentialist authenticity, Buddhist mindfulness, Reflective exercises, Meditative practices
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