“I try and provide people a setting that they can feel safe and supported. In my life I have been lucky enough to have had a variety of experiences that I am able to draw on to try and help people feel this way. I have worked with people with trauma experiences and events in their lives and that sometimes causes them to reexperience these events and are causing them issues in their day-to-day lives. My goal is to help them be more functional in their day to day lives.”

A little history on Gordon:

Gordon spent 24 years on Active Duty with the Army and retired at the rank of First Sergeant. During his career in the Army, he worked in criminal investigations with crimes related to sexual assault of both adults and children. As part of his duties, he spent 10 years on a Department of Defense task force responsible for investigating intuitional child abuse. He also investigated suicides, homicides, and has years of experience working crime scenes.

Education history:

While on Active Duty, Gordon completed his undergraduate degree at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey, WA. After the Army he attended Portland State University and received a Master’s Degree in Social Work. He also completed a Post Graduate Fellowship with the Department of Veterans Affairs in Substance Abuse. During his 23 years as a Social Worker, he has worked in a variety of settings and with different populations of clients. These include clients in addictions treatment, supervising a 60-bed homeless program, and conducting individual therapy sessions with a variety of clients and different mental health diagnoses. He has years of experience working with clients with trauma issues and providing them with meaningful help and treatment.

Approach to Treatment:

Gordon is trained in a variety of evidence-based psychological treatment modalities to include Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Motivational Interviewing. Gordon has worked with worked with Military members, to include Active-Duty members, Retirees, Veterans, Military Spouses, and the Special Operations community. He has also worked with the First Responder community to include Fire Fighters and Law Enforcement and their family members. He has worked with a large variety of different diagnoses to include trauma, PTSD, grief, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, terminal illness, chronic/debilitating illness, physical abuse or neglect, and sexual abuse.