Gordon Presley, PsyD

Dr. Gordon Presley is a psychologist practicing in New Brunswick, NJ. and is dedicated to helping clients overcome emotional and behavior difficulties and to maximize their individual potential in order to achieve a satisfying and productive life. Dr. Presley provides a warm, accepting, and healing relationship while applying the best set of proven scientific methods capable of helping his clients reach their therapeutic goals.

Dr. Presley has forty years of professional clinical experience as a psychologist in multiple settings, including the public schools, county jail, state prison, college and professional sport teams, a drug and alcohol counseling center, graduate school adjunct professor, as well as private practice.

As a school psychologist, Dr. Presley developed and implemented very successful violence prevention programs in two urban high schools. Gang members were recruited and taught to mediate disputes, transforming them into peace makers. The program developed in Teaneck, N.J. is documented in the Book "Color Lines", which follows the transformation of a gang leader into a peacemaker and productive citizen. 

As a sport psychologist working at Rutgers, Dr. Presley helped college athletes overcome emotional and behavior challenges and succesfully compete in their sport while maintaining academic standards. One client was able to overcome behavior challenges and achieve one of the highest levels of professional sport success. 

Within his private practice, Dr. Presley has successfully treated women and men from adolescence to elders. He has successfully treated individuals suffering with depression, anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, poor anger management, as well as other emotional and behavior difficulties. Dr. Presley has also published a research article in the Journal of Personality Assessment regarding non biased personality testing of African Americans.