Jonathan Shippey

Jonathan Shippey has been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 1999 and has served clients in the Louisville, Kentucky area since completion of his Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1997. Jonathan also holds a Masters degree in music composition from Southern Seminary, as well as a Bachelors degree in biology from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. Jonathan is a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Senior Certified Gottman Couples Therapist and Master Trainer, having been personally trained by Drs. John and Julie Gottman. He regularly leads The Art and Science of Love weekend workshop for couples and the Level 1, 2, and 3 Gottman Method trainings for clinicians. Jonathan often serves as a roving therapist when the Gottmans lead couples workshops in Seattle and is among a select few whom John and Julie regularly invite to assist with private retreats in their home on Orcas Island, WA.

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Jonathan been a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 1999 and have served clients in the Louisville, Kentucky area since completion of my Master of Arts in Marriage & Family Therapy from Louisville Presbyterian Seminary in 1997. He also holds a Masters degree in music composition from Southern Seminary, as well as a Bachelors degree in biology from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. John is a Clinical Fellow with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and am a Senior Certified Gottman Relationship Therapist and Workshop Leader, having been personally trained by Drs. John and Julie Gottman at their Seattle Relationship Institute. He regularly leads the “Art and Science of Love” weekend workshop for couples and the Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 Gottman Method trainings for clinicians. He is often a roving therapist when the Gottmans lead couples workshops in Seattle and regularly serves as the sole therapeutic assistant when John and Julie lead private retreats in their home on Orcas Island, WA.Jonathan has completed an externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson and the four EFT Core Skills workshops. His specialty in the field of couples therapy has led to several national speaking engagements, including a presentation for US Navy Seal Team Five, as well as a workshop at the national convention of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy. He created and has led several Couples Odyssey workshops for combat trauma survivors and their spouses on behalf of the Wounded Warrior Project. Prior to becoming a therapist Jonathan was an army officer in Germany, serving as a platoon leader of combat medics in a forward-deployed tank battalion, followed by service as the company commander of the 130th Station Hospital in Heidelberg during Operation Desert Storm.

As a clinician, Jonathan has a passion for helping distressed couples, abuse and trauma survivors, post-divorce families and stepfamilies, servicemembers and veterans, and couples recovering from betrayals of trust. He enjoys serving couples through marathon intensives as well as more traditional weekly therapy. As a Gottman Method Consultant, he offers an engaging, personable, and respectful style and is adept at helping clinicians develop mastery of key Gottman interventions, while also facilitating the integration of Gottman Method into their own therapeutic modalities and philosophies.

Jonathan is available for individual and group consultation. You can contact Jonathan directly through his Gottman Referral Network profile here.