Dr. Michael A. Gordon
MSc, PhD
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I have been in private practice for 20 years, and in the mental health field for almost 40 years. My practice draws self-referring, high-functioning adults. couples and families with addiction, anxiety, depression and attachment disorders affecting their lives beyond their historical, current or perceived ability of self-control. In couples, I usually begin individually to create safety and self-awareness, then re-convene targeting clear self-advocacy, expression and truthful communication. EMDR in the couple context can clear a lot of old trauma and wounded pattern-associations that mire us in destructive relational dynamics.
EMDR relieves a great deal of the 'therapy' pressure/stigma for the client, allowing complex trauma to shift rapidly and experientially. It is client-empowering, helping them 'let go' of that which was 'hidden' from their conscious awareness. I facilitate the means by which they can redefine their meaning structure in their world (transpersonal).
As a 6th Dan in Aikido, I bring experience from a defensive art that develops calmness and ready presence, overriding the 'limbic' fight/flight reactivity of our subconscious patterns to daily stress. There is substantial overlap between the process of EMDR therapy in reprocessing old traumas, and this powerful mind/body practice.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $235
- Couple Sessions $285
Payment Methods
ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Cheque, Discover, Mastercard, Paypal, VisaQualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Certificate from LJMU Michael A. Gordon
- In Practice for 27 years
- Attended Simon Fraser University, PhD, Graduated 2019
- Certificate from British Columbia School Of Professional Psychology 2008
- Certificate from Canadian Humanistic & Transpersonal Association 14050MG / 2019
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Behavioural Issues
- Bisexual
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Racial Identity
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Ethnicity
Indigenous Peoples
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Ethnicity
Indigenous Peoples
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioural (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- EMDR
- Existential
- Humanistic
- Imago
- Integrative
- Interpersonal
- Jungian
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Transpersonal
- Trauma Focused
Location
Additional Location
Mindful You Therapy
Gibsons, BC V0N
(888) 596-6278