About Gemma
Gemma Gordon is an AASW social worker with ten years' experience working alongside people facing difficult relationship and family moments. She focuses on practical support for grief, intimacy-related worries and low self-esteem. Gemma aims to make the first step feel manageable and is warm and encouraging in session.
Gemma approaches counselling with compassion and a holistic focus. She helps clients identify patterns that harm relationships, and develop small, realistic changes they can try between sessions.
How Gemma works
Her background includes assessments, short-term counselling, and connecting people to community resources when needed. In sessions she uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current trust and closeness. She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and the Gottman Method to help people understand emotions and improve communication.
Gemma prefers straightforward conversation and practical exercises rather than jargon. Common themes she supports include abandonment fears, problems with communication, and the impact of separation or divorce. She also works with people facing isolation, questions about life purpose, and learning to practise self-love and forgiveness.
Gemma helps people make sense of their feelings and set achievable goals. Her style is collaborative and gentle. She offers a steady, creative presence and encourages clients to try small experiments in real life.
The overall aim is clearer connection with others and a stronger sense of self-worth.
Gemma lists 10 ways of working on the entry:
What Gemma works with
The areas below are the ones Gemma selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
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Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Therapies that suit online connection
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and choose actions that reflect their values. It can help when someone feels stuck or unsure about life direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness and helps people build safer ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on understanding core emotions in relationship struggles and supports repairing bonds and improving intimacy.Choosing the best approach is part of the work together. Gemma will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which approaches to try. The process is collaborative and may combine elements from different methods to fit what the person needs.
Online therapy with Gemma can happen by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and visual cues, phone meetings can work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging is useful for quick check-ins or shorter reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments and to keep momentum between appointments.
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