Gord Unsworth, CPCC, MSc, O.T. Reg. (Ont.)

Counsellor and Co-Active Coach

Gord Unsworth is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPPC) who received his certification in 2017 from the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in San Rafael, California.

Gord became a Registered Occupational Therapist in 2007 (College of Occupational Therapists of Ontario, Reg. No. G0707075) after receiving his MSc from Queen’s University in 2007 and a BA from Brock University in 2005. Gord has worked as an Occupational Therapist, Professional Practice Leader and Manager in the field of mental health since 2007 and as a clinician has provided individual and group therapy, assessments, consultations, and education. Gord has worked in hospitals and in the community and continues to demonstrate his desire to be a leader in health care.

Gord has also been an adjunct lecturer, academic assistant, and preceptor with the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen’s University since 2008.

Through Coaching and his Supportive Conversation Framework Gord offers the following:

• Navigation through life transitions (employment, trauma, relocation, relationships)
• Values exploration (identifying or confirming values and how to effectively live them out)
• How to be a more effective communicator (navigating conflict and how to engage in difficult conversations)
• Enabling people to live their best life (utilizing existing strengths and past successes to address existing problems/challenges)
• Working through what matters the most for his client and making adjustments as circumstances change and needs arise