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Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
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Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod

Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)

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Grass Valley, CA 95945
Trauma-informed Expressive Arts clinician & coach, multicultural narrative approaches are applied with self-reflective multi-dimensional art modalities that grow your understanding of who you are, what your values are, and why you think, feel, and act the way you do. Vital energy practitioner that calls on the wisdom of our ancestors and modern understandings of trauma, psychology and somatic (body) awareness and peaceful practices to restore equilibrium that confirms the journey IS the destination. Patterns of intergenerational trauma & gift transmission identified and decoded through Attachment Theory.
Get clarity of brain-body process when overwhelmed with emotional & sensory experiences. Brainspotting (an EMDR derived exercise) can integrate back to balance -reducing, and in some cases eliminating- emotional trigger. Educated in antisocial abuse trauma and recovery. Receive support during high conflict divorce, parental alienation, DV by proxy as well as
trauma-bond recovery. We explore safely and gratefully so what was hidden may be illuminated as part of the sacred whole. This softens resistance and restores flow. Through Self-PARTSnership, you grow more at home in body and life—living in wisdom, compassion, and alignment with the Creator.
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My Practice at a Glance

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Grass Valley, CA 95945

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I specialize in Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and DV Annihilation trauma / parental alienation 
$200 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  
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My Practice at a Glance

Available online only

care.headway.co/providers/elizabeth-mac-macleod ev

Grass Valley, CA 95945

My website
I specialize in Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and DV Annihilation trauma / parental alienation 
$200 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and families  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $200
  • Couple Sessions $250

Payment Methods

American Express, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa, Zelle

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Blue Cross
  • Blue Shield
  • Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Carelon Health IPA of California (CHIPA)
  • Cigna and Evernorth
  • Humana
  • Medicare
  • Optum
  • Quest Behavioral Health
  • superbills possible
  • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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Clinical OR coaching. Individual sessions are $200/hr. 90 mins brainspotting for $300. Private pay brainspotting trauma-integration reset sessions avail: Full day (2x 3hr sessions with dialogue intermission $1200) and 1/2 day (1x 4hr $800). Couples/family $250/hr.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.
"
Clinical OR coaching. Individual sessions are $200/hr. 90 mins brainspotting for $300. Private pay brainspotting trauma-integration reset sessions avail: Full day (2x 3hr sessions with dialogue intermission $1200) and 1/2 day (1x 4hr $800). Couples/family $250/hr.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of California / 162145 Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 6 years
  • Attended California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), MA Counseling Psychology Expressive Arts, Graduated 2020
  • Additional Credentials

  • Certificate from North American Institute of Medical Herbology (NAIHM) in name only / 2018
  • Degree/Diploma from PhD, California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), Transformative Studies Psychology PhD / 2025
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It is important to include the whole ecology of what is 'us' - it is important to have a holistic lens - we don't exist in a vacuum.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.
"
It is important to include the whole ecology of what is 'us' - it is important to have a holistic lens - we don't exist in a vacuum.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Highly Sensitive Person (HSP)
  • DV Annihilation trauma / parental alienation

Expertise

  • Anxiety
  • Career Counseling
  • Caregivers
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Marital and Premarital
  • Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
  • Parenting
  • Peer Relationships
  • Relationship Issues
  • School Issues
  • Spirituality
  • Sports Performance
  • Stress
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Women's Issues
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We experience our gifts as burdens until we understand and make peace with our life experience in context.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.
"
We experience our gifts as burdens until we understand and make peace with our life experience in context.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.

Client Focus

Age

Teen
Adults

Participants

Individuals
Couples
Family

Age

Teen
Adults

Participants

Individuals
Couples
Family

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment-based
  • Brainspotting
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Energy Psychology
  • Expressive Arts
  • Family / Marital
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Multicultural
  • Narrative
  • Somatic
  • Trauma Focused
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Trauma-informed work includes Brainspotting with lateral moves into Expressive Arts modalities. Included is a hefty dose of evidence-based neuropsychoeducation on trauma response as protective response to attachment disruption... and how to unravel this safely. with my clinical practice we can map the past. in my coaching practice we expand the present and create aligned future landscapes.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.
"
Trauma-informed work includes Brainspotting with lateral moves into Expressive Arts modalities. Included is a hefty dose of evidence-based neuropsychoeducation on trauma response as protective response to attachment disruption... and how to unravel this safely. with my clinical practice we can map the past. in my coaching practice we expand the present and create aligned future landscapes.
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
for a free 15 minute consultation now.

Location

Primary Location

care.headway.co/providers/elizabeth-mac-macleod ev

Grass Valley, CA 95945

Nearby Areas

Counties

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Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Photo of Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod, Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)
Dr. Elizabeth 'mac' MacLeod
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, MA EXA, LMFT, AHG(c)