Gordon Shaw
Specialisation
Allied - Psychologist
Gordon’s work focuses on adolescents and adults. His integrative approach to psychotherapy endeavours to make psychotherapeutic sessions accessible to all his clients across age groups. Gordon believes that at different stages and points in everyone’s lives, we all need someone who we can trust with the most vulnerable parts of ourselves, and it is for this reason that he offers his clients various forms of psychotherapy, short-term (solution-focused) therapy, intensives and long-term (talk) therapy.
Areas of Expertise
- Trauma and Stressor Related Difficulties
- Grief and Bereavement
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Life Adjustment and Transitions
- Stress Management, Coping and Burnout
- Work/Life Balance
- Personal Growth and Development
- Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties in Children and Adolescents
- Relationship Difficulties (Couples; Parents and Children)
- Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- Addiction & Substance Abuse
- HIV/AIDS Counselling
- Academic and Career Guidance
- Community Engagement Projects (involving topics such as: Discrimination, Gender-Based Violence)
Treatment Techniques
Gordon’s psychotherapeutic style offers you a safe and containing environment in which you can explore your thoughts, feelings, maladaptive behavioural patterns, and ways of relating with others. Through this process, he will provide you with the necessary support and comfort that you need to work through your unresolved issues and the discomfort that addressing these issues brings. By developing your awareness and insight, you will be able to understand yourself better and translate this understanding towards making positive changes in your life.
As a Counselling Psychologist, Gordon’s practice involves assessing, diagnosing, and intervening with people who are dealing with life challenges, developmental issues, and adjustment problems, in order to optimise and enhance their psychological well-being and functioning.
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Narrative Therapy
- Schema Therapy
- BrainWorking Recursive Therapy (BWRT)
- Gottman Couples Counselling
- Psychological, Psychoeducational, Neuropsychological and Forensic Assessments
Qualififcation
- BA Psychology - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- BA (Honours) Psychology (Cum Laude) - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- MA (Community-Based Counselling Psychology) - University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
- Registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
- Registered with the Dubai Health Authority (DHA)