Gemma Gordon, AASW
Gentle, practical support for relationship and grief concerns
About Gemma
Gemma Gordon is an AASW social worker with ten years' experience supporting people through relationship strain, grief and intimacy-related concerns. She meets people with warmth and practical focus, helping them find small, manageable steps forward. Gemma explains things plainly and listens for what matters most to each person.
She draws on somatic ideas alongside attachment-based and emotionally-focused ways of working. This means she pays attention to both feelings and how the body holds them.
Background and approach
Sessions blend talking, noticing physical responses, and practising new ways of connecting with yourself and others. Gemma often helps people dealing with breakups, separation, communication breakdowns and the lasting effects of abandonment. She also supports those who feel isolated, who want to rebuild self-esteem, or who are searching for life purpose and self-love.
Her approach aims to repair connection and build safer patterns in relationships. In session she uses client-centred and acceptance and commitment strategies to uncover values and set practical goals. She uses motivational interviewing techniques when helpful to encourage change.
Gemma also assists with planning next steps and linking people with resources when needed. Her style is calm, direct and compassionate. She encourages curiosity about feelings and the body rather than blaming.
People who want clear tools and a gentle but purposeful process often find her approach useful.
How Gemma blends somatic and attachment approaches online
Gemma uses somatic-informed work to notice how feelings show up in the body and to teach simple grounding and regulation skills that can be practised between sessions. This approach can help when grief, anxiety or intimacy issues create strong physical reactions and people want tools to settle those sensations.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to clarify values and create committed actions aligned with what matters. ACT focuses on accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing small steps that move life in a chosen direction. Attachment-based ideas guide sessions that focus on repairing connection patterns and improving communication in relationships.
Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to test approaches, notice what helps, and adjust the plan based on goals and preferences. This means sessions evolve to match changing needs rather than following a fixed script.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy around family and work, revisit notes between meetings, and practise skills in daily life. Appropriately qualified or registered professionals can still deliver focused, practical support through these formats, and Gemma uses them to maintain continuity and accessible care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English