Nancy S. Gordon, LCSW

  • Florida Licensed Social Worker SW 7952
  • Qualified Supervisor for Florida Registered Interns and MSW students.
  • Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Cum Laude University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass. 1980
  • Masters in Social Work   (MSW)
  • Simmons College School of Social Work, Boston, Mass.  1984

Nancy Gordon is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Qualified Supervisor who has 29 years of experience working with children, teens, adults and families in hospital, residential and Community Mental Health Center outpatient settings. She received her MSW training in Boston, lived and worked in Vermont for 30 years and was recruited to the Tampa Bay Area in 2005.  For the majority of the last 21 years, Nancy served as Clinical Director to several programs in Vermont and Florida. She has been supervising and training staff and students for 25 years. Nancy is an accomplished speaker, presenter and trainer locally and nationally on a wide range of clinical topics.

Nancy completed the Intensive Training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in 1998 and has implemented DBT programs in several settings. She is nationally known for her work in adapting DBT to adolescents and contributed to the book Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents by Alec Miller and Jill Rathus. She is a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist who has specialized in treating the most seriously disturbed adolescents and their families on issues including suicidal and self harming behaviors, anger and behavioral problems, substance abuse, eating disorders, anxiety and social problems, mood disorders, divorce/separation and grief/loss issues, school problems, ADHD, parent training and she provides an array of therapy.

In February, 2010 Nancy founded Tampa Bay Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TBCforCBT) which is a private practice providing outpatient CBT and DBT therapy for adults and adolescents, clinical supervision for registered interns and MSW students, and agency or community consultations and trainings.  Her mission is to improve the quality of life for individuals and their families by providing access to effective, evidence-based behavioral health treatment.  Her vision is to provide exceptional training, consultation and therapy to clients, therapists and agencies.  TBCforCBT offers one of the only fully adherent DBT programs in tri-county Tampa Bay area.