Kasia Gordon

Kasia (pronounced ‘Kar-sha’) is a fully registered and endorsed Principal Organisational Psychologist who has provided professional counselling services for 16+ years. With postgraduate qualifications from the University of Queensland, Kasia is a current member of the Australian Association of Psychologists Inc. (AAPi), a Fellow of the College of Organisational Psychologists (FCOP), an accredited psychology supervisor (STAP) and a Certified Gottman Therapist (CGT). 

Kasia builds authentic, transparent, compassionate connections with her clients to best serve their needs and desired treatment outcomes. She shows a commitment to meet each of her clients at their level and work collaboratively towards desired therapy goals. 

Kasia’s passion for learning has resulted in her being widely trained and open-minded. Her drive and conscientious nature means she commits herself to mastery and excellence in her career. Her ability to conjure novel and descriptive metaphors and analogies is a well-celebrated craft by her clients. Kasia’s easy and empathetic style settles nerves and apprehension rather quickly. Her professionalism, pragmatism and unrelenting focus to therapeutically address  ‘the core of any issue’ allows her clients to feel emotionally safe, seen, and assured they are in good hands early on.

Qualifications:

Kasia has undertaken the following professional training and formal certification allowing her to adjust her style and technique to the presenting needs of the couple or client:

• Certified Gottman Therapist (CGT) 
• Supervisor Training and Approval Program (STAP) Accredited (2015) 
• Certified Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (CBT)
• Adult ADHD/ ASD Behavioural Coach (Individual and Group Programs) 
• Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (ACEFT Externship)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) 
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• Schema Therapy (ST)
• HeartMath Institute Training 

In a word, Trust. This forms the foundation for all other aspects of the therapeutic alliance and it’s integral to me that my clients feel safe and secure in accessing their vulnerability, communicating openly, and gaining the appropriate level of support they require to flourish independently.

Warm, intuitive, down-to-earth, solutions-focused, creative and a bit cheeky (I certainly don’t mind a bit of inappropriate humour and having a laugh where it’s appropriate to).

Having quality connection time with those I love is incredibly important to my emotional wellbeing and feeling of presence. I’m a curious, introspective type who values learning, growth, and continuous improvement. Actively investing time into learning new things and honing in on my existing knowledge and skills (both personally and professionally) keeps me inspired, motivated and open-minded. Moving by body plays such a big role in my mind-body connection and I strive to ‘beat’ my ‘working sitting hours’ with physical movement each week.