Bio

About Dr. Gordon Reid

I obtained my Ph.D in Psychology at the University of Windsor in Ontario in 1987. Even with three degrees in Psychology there was still so much to learn. For two years I then worked as the Unit Psychologist on the Acute Treatment Unit at the Lake Head Psychiatric Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ontario. There I worked with people suffering from delusions, hallucinations, paranoia, psychotic depression, mania, and the full gamut of profound psychological disturbances. I learned many important things about compassion, tolerance for other’s experiences, respect and dignity for these sufferers, and the immense value of simply being with others.

When I came to Vancouver in 1989, I began working as a psychologist at the Vancouver Health Department in Kitsilano. After a short while I began my own private practice and since then I have worked almost exclusively with adults, either individually or as couples. People come to my office because they are having experiences such as depression, anxiety, relationship disturbance and a host of other difficulties, that they have not been able to solve for themselves. Of the many things I have learned through these experiences, perhaps the most remarkable is how much courage the people I have been privileged to work with bring to our session. They have been wonderful teachers.

Clinical Experience

  • Member College of Psychologists (1989)
  • Member British Columbia Psychological Association (1989)
  • Member Canadian Psychological Association
  • Member of Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology
  • Registration # 0967