Desire differences, avoidance, shame, pain, curiosity, changing bodies and changing relationships. Sex can become a source of pleasure and connection again.
Attachment-informed therapy, EMDR and IFS can help you understand old patterns, process difficult experiences, and relate to yourself and others differently.
Intensive, structured work on connection and intimacy — without the therapy framework. Available to couples anywhere, including those outside Connecticut or who prefer a coaching context.
Longer, concentrated therapy sessions for couples who want room to go deeper, stay with important moments and make meaningful progress without stopping at the 60-minute mark.
I’m Macdara MacColl, but please just call me Mac. I’m a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and one of a small number of clinicians in Connecticut who is dual-credentialed as a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist and an AASECT Certified Sex Therapist. I’m also trained in EMDR and IFS and have served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of St. Joseph, teaching graduate courses in couples and family therapy and human sexuality.
I love working with thoughtful, accomplished people. You may be very good at understanding problems—and still find that insight alone hasn’t changed the relationship pattern you’re caught in. My job is to help you experience something new.
“Absolute best marriage counselor we’ve ever seen.”
MY APPROACH
Evidence-based. Tailored for you.
EFT
Emotionally Focused Therapy gets underneath the argument on the surface to the attachment needs driving it. In clinical research, 70–75% of distressed couples recover through EFT — with gains that hold years after treatment ends.
Sex Therapy
AASECT-certified work with desire, intimacy, shame, and the full range of human sexuality — approached with curiosity, not judgment.
EMDR + IFS
Two of the most effective trauma approaches available. For the hard things you’ve been through that keep showing up in your relationships and your body.
MADISON, CONNECTICUT
In person on the Connecticut shoreline. Online throughout CT.
The first step is a free 15-minute phone consultation. Tell me a little about what’s bringing you in, ask your questions, and get a feel for how I work.
