Don Mackenzie

-Mental Health Social Worker-

Don Mackenzie is an Accredited Mental Health Social Worker with over 27 years’ clinical experience across Australia and the UK. He has worked in diverse settings including One Door Mental Health, the Department of Education, headspace, Centrelink, and NSW Health. Since 2018, Don has been in private practice as the Director of Social Sense Allied Health.

Don provides therapy to children, adults, and families, and supervises Social Workers nationwide. He is an industry expert in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), Victims Services NSW, and Out of Home Care (OOHC) therapeutic support.

His career has focused on psychosocial disability, developmental trauma, family violence, neurobiology, endocrinology, and the social determinants of health. He is committed to ongoing learning and regularly undertakes professional development in evidence-based therapies, including EMDR, Neurofeedback, CBT, Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Schema Therapy, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Don provides services in Brunswick (3056) and surrounding postcodes, along with telehealth (zoom) and phone options.

“I believe therapy is a co-production of knowledge and skills. Alongside my academic qualifications, I deeply value the lived experience and stories of the people I work with. This shared process continually shapes my practice wisdom. Outside of work, I recharge through running, tennis, gym, and daily yoga. I am a parent of a teenager and two young adults so can relate to family and parenting challenges and issues”.