Hey there, I’m Shelly!
Shelly Hummel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, and Workshop Leader in Raleigh, North Carolina. She received her undergraduate degree in Psychology with Honors from The University of Iowa and her Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northern Illinois University.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
B.A., PSYCHOLOGY with Honors, 1996
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
M.S., MARRIAGE & FAMILY THERAPY, 1994
LICENSES
North Carolina, LMFT #861
CERTIFICATIONS & TRAININGS
Certified Gottman Therapist
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist
More About Shelly
Shelly specializes in couple therapy and has been in practice for 24 years. She is also the co-founder of Couples Workshops of North Carolina – an organization that teaches The Art and Science of Love – a Gottman Method two-day workshop for couples who wish to strengthen their relationship and for therapists who wish to experience Gottman Method Couples Therapy – a research-based therapy designed by The Gottman Institute in Seattle, Washington. She has been a guest blogger for The Gottman Institute’s “#AskGottman” series and guest speaker for the NCAMFT Capital Chapter.
Shelly and her husband have been married for 23 years and have an 18-year old daughter.
Shelly and her husband have been married for 23 years and they have an 18 year-old daughter
Shelly and her husband have been married for 23 years and they have an 18 year-old daughter
Shelly has been awarded…
the NCAMFT 2020 Vera and David Mace award for significant contribution to the field of marriage and family therapy. She was also nominated and selected as a a finalist for the 2019 Wake Weekly’s Best of the Best in Wake Forest, NC and well as the Raleigh’s Midtown Magazine Silver Award for best psychologist in 2023.
Shelly has previously been employed by The University of North Carolina Department of Psychiatry and Mercy Mayo Clinic of Des Moines, Iowa where she facilitated a mandated state program for divorcing parents entitled “Children in The Middle.” She regularly speaks at Hope Lutheran Church and guides the “Principles for Making Marriage Work” for which she is a certified educator. She also provides consultation to therapists on a weekly or case-by-case basis.
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