Gordon Leith, LPC
Experienced counselor focused on client stories
Details
| Name | Gordon Leith |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LPC |
| Based in | Texas |
| Licensed in | Texas |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 34 |
About Gordon
Gordon Leith is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 34 years of experience. He works with adults one-to-one and offers online sessions to make counseling more convenient. He emphasizes listening and helping people tell their stories in ways that lead to change.
He frames work around Narrative Therapy and Client-Centered approaches, treating the client as the expert in their life story. He also draws on cognitive behavioral ideas and emotionally-focused perspectives to address patterns that cause distress.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and paced to each person's needs. Leith has a Masters in Counseling from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas, with dual specializations in community mental health and substance abuse treatment.
His professional history includes independent practice, in- and outpatient treatment settings, and assignments with federal safety agencies. He used hypnosis in his individual practice for about 20 years and is re-entering the Substance Abuse Professional evaluation field beginning in mid-2024. He helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, addiction, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and ADHD among other concerns.
He also supports people dealing with caregiving strain, body image, attachment questions, and chronic illness. The focus is practical coping, clearer thinking, and rebuilding confidence. Sessions make space for exploring life changes, work concerns, and what matters most to each person.
He works to build trust quickly, listen to the story behind the symptoms, and find steps clients can try between sessions.
What this therapist works with
His listing names Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Career difficulties among the things Gordon works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in his listing among his approaches.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Hypnotherapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Internal Family Systems: Listed by Gordon among the ways he works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Gordon directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how he works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Gordon directly how he uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How narrative and client-centered work translates online
Gordon uses Narrative Therapy to help people separate themselves from problem stories and see new possibilities. This approach looks at the stories that shape behavior and helps people re-author them so challenges like anxiety or addiction feel more manageable.He also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, empathy, and supporting a person's own choices. That approach helps when someone needs a calm space to sort out career moves, relationship concerns, or life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral ideas are used when helpful to identify unhelpful thinking and try practical changes that reduce symptoms.
Finding the best approach is a shared process. The therapist and client work together to choose methods that match goals, comfort, and pace. Adjustments are made over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual connection, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines.
Common questions about this listing
What types of concerns can be addressed in sessions?
He helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, addictions, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD, sleep and eating concerns, and related life changes.
What is Gordon's therapy style like?
He uses Narrative and Client-Centered approaches alongside cognitive and emotionally-focused ideas. Sessions are conversational and focus on the client's story and goals.
How long has he been practicing?
He has 34 years of experience, including work in independent practice, treatment facilities, and assignments with federal safety agencies.
What credentials and region are associated with this therapist?
He holds the LPC credential and practices from Texas.
Which languages are used for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for online therapy?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and preferences.
How are costs and starting steps handled?
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