Harriet Gordon

About Harriet Gordon…

Harriet is an experienced Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist, working with older children, young people and adults suffering from a range of complex emotional, relational and behavioural issues. She gained an MA in Child, Adolescent, and Family Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock & Portman Trust and continued her interest in working with acute complexities by studying at The Portman assessing and working with risk. In 2023 she completed core training with ISTDP London.

She has worked within a CAMHS team in London, a Rape & Sexual Abuse Service and in schools, with young people facing acute challenges, including issues like self-harm, anxiety (panic attacks, ticks), suicidality, abuse and mental health crises. As well as her private practice in both London & Hereford, where she offers both face-to-face sessions as well as online, she runs a specialised therapeutic service for schools working in challenging social areas.

Her Areas of Specialism include:

• Academic Pressure/Exams
• ADHD
• Aggression
• Bereavement
• Bullying
• Depression
• Difficulty with social skills
• Divorce/parental conflict
• Excessive worry & rumination
• Feeling miserable/shame or embarrassment
• Low Self-esteem
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
• Physiological symptoms of Anxiety
• PTSD & other Trauma responses
• Relationship, peer group and family issues (past and present)
• School refusal
• Self-harm
• Sexual Abuse