LPC
Gordon Leith, LPC
- Experience34 years
- LocationTexas
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Addictions, and Career
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Gordon
Gordon Leith brings an Internal Family Systems-informed perspective to his counseling, integrating it with client-centered and cognitive-behavioral techniques to address a wide range of life challenges.
Background and approach
He is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas with more than three decades of clinical experience, and he emphasizes clients' strengths while helping them navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, mood disorders, and issues with self-esteem and intimacy.
Leith earned a master’s degree in counseling with dual specializations in community mental health and substance abuse treatment, and he has worked across settings from independent practice to inpatient and outpatient treatment programs.
He has long used hypnotherapy alongside talk therapy and, between 2005 and 2018, conducted Department of Transportation back-to-work evaluations as a Substance Abuse Professional and plans to return to that work in mid-2024. Although he currently sees adults in one-to-one online sessions, his earlier work included clients of many ages and formats such as couples, families, and groups.
Grounded in respect for each person’s knowledge of their own life, Leith frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on practical coping, motivation, and rebuilding confidence during life transitions and chronic challenges.
Integrating Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is used to help people understand and relate to different parts of themselves, offering a way to work with internal conflicts and long-standing emotional patterns that often underlie anxiety, trauma responses, and relationship struggles. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the client's own perspective, creating a collaborative, empathetic environment where the therapist follows the client's lead to build insight, self-compassion, and motivation for change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and coping difficulties through practical strategies and skill building.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to assess goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve, then adapt methods so sessions feel relevant and useful rather than prescriptive.
Online therapy with this clinician can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for scheduling, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care across changing life demands. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still receiving structured, experienced support from a licensed professional.
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Experience
34+ years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English