Jennifer Godbey, LCSW, MSW

Jennifer Connor Godbey, is an Assistant Professor and outpatient clinician at University of Kentucky, Department of Psychiatry seeing a variety of patients, adults, adolescents and their families.  She completed her MSW at University of South Carolina and was employed by Clemson University to do research with pregnant and parenting teens.  She earned her LCSW in Kentucky in 2005 and has been practicing since 2002.  She trained and was certified in Functional Family Therapy in 2014 and has moved on to serve as the primary provider for the FFT Clinic, offering family therapy, supervision and consultation in FFT over the last 8 years.  She is certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) and uses this in regular practice with patients as well as co-facilitates consultation group for EMDR, having practiced this model for 15 years. Jenn has been doing clinical work and teaching at UK Psychiatry for the past ten years. From 2003-2013, Jenn was the Program Director/therapist for Florence Crittenton Home Residential Treatment Program.  Prior to that, she had worked for Bluegrass as an in-home therapist.  As a clinical social work supervisor in KY, she has supervised social work clinicians, students and psychiatry residents.  She has presented in classes and conferences/workshops on topics related to Functional Family Therapy, EMDR, psychotherapy, and clinical supervision to clinicians and providers in multiple settings.  Jenn has been active in Kentucky Society Clinical Social Work for 15 years, serving on the Board in multiple roles, currently as past president and chair of governance committee.