About Shaun
Shaun Gordon is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of practice. He works from a person-centred perspective and aims to make reaching out as straightforward as possible for people feeling stressed or overwhelmed. He meets people with warmth and acceptance, and partners with them to set clear, practical goals.
Shaun regularly asks for feedback so sessions remain relevant and are adjusted to fit what each person needs.
How Shaun works
Shaun has worked in both voluntary and personal sectors and has experience supporting people with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and obsessive compulsive difficulties. He has also helped people facing bereavement, life transitions and interpersonal problems, and has supported those who have experienced self-harm or suicidal thinking.
His background includes roles with Mind organisations and involvement in designing and running recovery groups linked to an NHS mental health trust. He has also been a long-term group facilitator for an OCD, BDD and hoarding support group since 2014. Shaun holds an FdSc in person-centred counselling from Brighton University and is currently studying for a BSc in the same subject.
He is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). In sessions Shaun uses approaches such as client-centred work, mindfulness, solution-focused techniques, somatic methods and trauma-focused ideas, choosing what fits the person and the situation. He aims to help people find manageable ways to cope and move forward.
Shaun lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Shaun works with
The areas below are the ones Shaun selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Shaun uses client-centred work to focus on the person's experience and priorities. This approach means sessions aim to reflect the person's concerns and build direction from what matters to them most.He also draws on mindfulness-based techniques to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without judgement. These practices can be helpful for anxiety, stress and building emotional awareness.
Solution-focused methods are used to identify small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals. This tends to suit those who want focused, action-oriented work alongside reflective discussion.
Finding the right approach is part of the process; Shaun will collaborate with each person to choose or combine methods that match their needs, goals and preferences. He checks in regularly and adapts the work if something isn’t helping.
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