Gordon E. MacKinnon, Ph.D.

Dr. MacKinnon is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice since 1986 at MacKinnon Psychological Associates, where he specializes in trauma processing, relationship and family therapy. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in religious education and human resources development, completed a Master of Arts in marriage and family therapy at Wayne State University in 1987, and was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in clinical psychology by the University of Detroit in 1997. Dr. MacKinnon became a professor of psychology at Rochester University in 1997, and in 2005, he was named the director of the school’s MacKinnon Psychology and Counseling Clinic. He continued to teach advanced undergraduate courses in psychology, counseling, and behavioral science as chair of the Department of Psychology until 2021, when he was granted professor emeritus status by the university. In recognition of his work, Dr. MacKinnon was named Rochester University’s Distinguished Faculty of the Year in 2014 and a 2020 Top Docs Psychologist. Dr. MacKinnon is the Vice President of the Academy for Psychoanalytic Arts, he continues to publish and work with patients, and he has been a volunteer for a prostate cancer support group at an area hospital.