Dr. Ruth Gordon – Counselling Psychologist

Manchester-Based Psychologist

Are you feeling low, stressed or anxious? Have past trauma that you want to work on? Difficulties with relationships?

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Dr. Ruth Gordon

Looking for talking therapy with a warm and experienced psychologist who will help you understand, process and give you the tools to move forward?

I am an HCPC-registered counselling psychologist and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) Practitioner and have been providing assessments and therapy in the NHS since 2012.

As a senior NHS psychologist and guest lecturer at the University of Manchester, I offer evidence-based therapies that are founded in research.

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Common Problems

Here are some of the common problems that I am experienced in working with.

Depression

Not been feeling yourself?  Struggling to get going?  Therapy could help you with feeling low or sad, a lack of motivation, constant fatigue, poor sleep, avoiding others, low libido, drinking or using substances more than usual.

Anxiety

Always thinking about what might go wrong?  Or noticed a general sense of unease and problems relaxing?  Or it may be you’re aware of more specific difficulties such as panic, health anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder(OCD) or a phobia.

Trauma/PTSD

Therapy could help you finally process past trauma, meaning relief from intrusive thoughts, nightmares, flashbacks, feeling on edge, difficulties trusting others, as well as feeling down, anxiety and low in confidence.

Relationship Difficulties

Relationships are so important to our wellbeing. Therapy could help you with both platonic and romantic relationships. There could be a specific conflict or more general issues with relationships such as difficulty trusting others or unhealthy patterns that you’ve become aware of.

Low Self-Esteem

Lack confidence and don’t feel good about yourself? Events in childhood often play a big part in low self-esteem. Therapy could help you work through these early experiences or focus on day to day actions that are currently reinforcing your negative views of yourself.

Stress

A constant state of stress has a massive impact on our psychological and physical health. More irritable than usual? Struggling to sleep? Mind won’t stop? Therapy could give you the respite you are looking for.

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Therapies & My Approach

As a psychologist I am able to draw upon a number of therapy models, based upon a joint understanding of your difficulties and where you want to move forward.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)

A common, evidence-based treatment for many types of difficulty, CBT can help you achieve your goals by changing the way you think and behave. I have particular speciality in Trauma-Focused CBT.

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Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

IPT helps you communicate better with others. It addresses problems such as conflict, grief, life changes and difficulties starting or maintaining relationships that contribute to depression.

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Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT)

Particularly useful if you are very self-critical or feel a lot of shame and guilt, CFT involves developing the capacity to soothe as well as motivate yourself by learning about our minds and bodies and using mindfulness and imagery-based techniques.

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Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)

Helps heal and reduce distress from past traumatic experiences by allowing your brain to process events properly, often for the first time.

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

ACT gives you the skills to accept things that are out of your control and commit to act where you can maximise your potential for a full and meaningful life.

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Person-Centred Therapy

If you would like a more exploratory approach, I am also trained in person-centred therapy.  Here we will focus on giving you the right conditions within our therapeutic relationship to truly flourish.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Unsure about something? Find some commonly asked questions here:

After our initial discussion we will begin our assessment.  We can talk through your hopes for therapy, current difficulties and potential therapy approaches.  A full assessment will include your history, discussion of any previous therapy and a detailed understanding of what you would like help with.

It can be very confusing to understand the different types of therapists available.

As a counselling psychologist I have completed a degree in psychology as well as a three year doctorate and later training in additional therapy models.

We use this to complete a detailed assessment.  Typically this may take two to three sessions.  We use this to develop what we call a ‘psychological formulation’.  This is a skill that distinguishes psychologists from other therapists and helps us to jointly understand what are keeping your problems going.  We use the formulation to develop a treatment plan.

One of the benefits of seeing a private clinician is the flexibility it gives you around session numbers. We are not limited to a set number so can discuss this as part of your treatment plan.

Sessions are 50 minutes long.

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We can discuss any questions you may have in an initial free consultation.

Contact me to cancel an appointment.  Appointments cancelled or rearranged with less than 48 hours notice will incur the full cost of the session.

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