About Central Scotland Counselling & Psychotherapy

Shirley MacKenzie is an experienced practitioner with 20+years clinical experience of working to support individual clients or couples. She works in private practice in city centre locations in Edinburgh and Stirling. She offers psychotherapy, EMDR, counselling, clinical supervision to other therapists and trains student counsellors.

She is also experienced in organisational work in the areas of human resources, dignity and wellbeing in the workplace.

Shirley offers a safe, confidential setting for clients to explore areas of concern, distress or unhappiness. She offers complimentary phone contact to welcome enquiries about whether counselling is right for you.

Why do clients come? Is counselling right for you:

 Improve self esteem and confidence
 Break free from unhelpful relationship patterns and repeating problems
 Move on from grief, sadness, trauma
 Manage anger or reduce stress, anxiety & panic
 Come to terms with grief
 Move out of depression
 Work through and heal the impact of traumatic events and childhood experiences
 Resolve relationship difficulties
 Address longer term problems they’ve been avoiding for some time

My training, work experience and any achievement

There are different modalities of counselling; Shirley is trained and accredited in Transactional Analysis (CTA) and is a member of both UKATA and UKCP & on their register of practitioners. She also practices EMDR which is now recommended by the NHS as part of NICE guidelines for trauma & deep distress.

Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA)
EMDR Practitioner
Supervising and Teaching Therapist (PTSTA)


EMDR treatment which is now a therapy of choice being offered by the NHS for stress, trauma, panic, phobias and other persistent challenges.

Further Information

Private Health Referrals
GP Referrals
Organisational Referrals