Gordon Leith, LPC

Gordon Leith is a licensed professional counselor with more than three decades of experience helping people navigate major life changes. He holds a Master of Arts in Counseling with specializations in community mental health and substance abuse treatment. Gordon works with adults one-on-one and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.

He brings a background in outpatient and inpatient settings and private practice. He has also done assignments with federal safety agencies and conducted Substance Abuse Professional DoT back-to-work evaluations. That mix of experiences informs how he approaches complex concerns like addictions, career shifts, depression, and anxiety.

In sessions he leans on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused methods, existential conversation, and hypnotherapy when appropriate. He helps people identify strengths, challenge unhelpful thinking, and develop routines that improve sleep, eating, and day-to-day functioning. He also supports work on relationship and intimacy-related issues and coping after loss or trauma.

Gordon describes the therapeutic process as collaborative. He respects each person as the expert of their own story and focuses on building confidence and motivation. He emphasizes small, achievable steps so progress feels real and manageable.

He practices online from Texas and uses approaches honed over a long career to help adults facing stress, midlife transitions, addictions, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and other concerns. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that fits the client.

Therapeutic approaches and online counseling

Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person in the room. It focuses on listening closely, reflecting what matters most, and helping clients draw on their own strengths to make changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses simple exercises to shift unhelpful patterns and build better routines for sleep, eating, and daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and collaborate with each person to pick methods that fit their goals and preferences. That shared planning helps set clear, achievable steps rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.

Confirm which session formats are offered before booking so you know how meetings will take place. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins during breaks or after work. It can also let someone use phone-based check-ins when less bandwidth or shorter sessions are helpful. Ask about the specific options available when you get matched so sessions match your schedule and needs.