Mackenzie Muller offers individuals and couples a warm, collaborative space to explore connection, intimacy, identity, and the stories that shape their lives. Mackenzie believes we all have a story to tell, and that we have responsibility in how we choose to tell the next chapter.

Mackenzie values the counseling relationship as one of the most important tools in the therapeutic process. She prioritizes building trust and deepening connection with clients so therapy can become a healing space. Her clients report having room to express, explore, and process what they need in order to write their next chapters in a way that feels more authentic to them.

Who I Work With

• Individuals and couples navigating life transitions, intimacy, relationships, relational trauma, emotional development, or identity development
• Clients working to strengthen their relationship with themselves and others
• Couples in traditional and non-traditional relationships seeking support around connection, communication, and care
• LGBTQIA+ clients seeking affirming individual or couples counseling
• People interested in sex-positive, trauma-informed, and culturally competent therapy
• Clients working through anxiety, emotional regulation, relationship issues, physical or emotional intimacy, and self-exploration

My Approach to Therapy

Mackenzie draws from her psychodynamic background while integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), trauma-informed care, and existential/transpersonal frameworks. She adapts her approach to meet each client’s unique needs, balancing empathy with thoughtful challenge.

Her work is collaborative and warm. She meets clients where they are, while also helping them explore patterns, clarify needs, and take steps toward growth. She pulls from multiple modalities to support clients in a way that feels tailored rather than one-size-fits-all. Her trauma-informed lens helps clients move at a pace that honors safety and readiness.

Mackenzie is currently being trained as a certified sex therapy informed professional (CSTIP) and has experience working with both traditional and non-traditional couples. She is passionate about inclusivity and holding space for marginalized identities through a culturally competent lens. She believes all individuals and couples deserve the care and support they need in order to live a life they feel they are the authors of.

What Clients Can Expect

Clients can expect Mackenzie to create a therapeutic environment that is trusting, collaborative, warm, and safe enough for meaningful exploration. Sessions may involve examining relationship patterns, processing relational trauma, strengthening emotional regulation, exploring intimacy, clarifying identity, or navigating new chapters in life.

Mackenzie’s approach is both empathetic and active. She cares about meeting clients where they are while helping them move toward the relationships, self-understanding, and sense of authorship they want for themselves.

Areas of Focus

• Relationship counseling in Chicago
• Couples counseling
• Life transitions
• Intimacy, physical intimacy, and emotional intimacy
• Relational trauma
• Emotional and identity development
• Anxiety and emotional regulation
• LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy
• Sex-positive and trauma-informed counseling
• Traditional and non-traditional couples
• CBT, ACT, mindfulness, EFT, psychodynamic, existential, and transpersonal approaches

Background and Personal Details

Mackenzie is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s-level counseling background and CSTIP credentials noted on her profile. Her current training as a certified sex therapy informed professional supports her interest in intimacy, relationships, sex-positive care, and affirming work with diverse couples and identities.

Her professional identity centers on trust, connection, inclusivity, and helping clients feel like the authors of their own lives. She brings both warmth and thoughtful challenge to the counseling process. Mackenzie’s work is a fit for clients who want therapy to support both emotional exploration and practical relationship growth, while honoring identity, sexuality, culture, and lived experience. She recognizes that relationships with partners, communities, families, and the self can all shape healing, and she helps clients approach those relationships with greater awareness, agency, and compassion.

Closing Invitation

To learn more about relationship counseling with Mackenzie, reach out through Ace Counseling Group or schedule a session when you are ready.