Christian Jordal

Christian Jordal, PhD, is the chair and an associate clinical professor of the Counseling & Family Therapy Department at Drexel University. He has been at Drexel since 2012. He formerly taught foundational, contextual and supervisory graduate and undergraduate courses in couple and family therapy, counseling psychology, and human development at the Northcentral University, University of Oregon and Virginia Tech.

Jordal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey and been clinically active for 15 years across a variety of university, agency and hospital-based settings, including the Drexel University Individual, Couple, and Family Therapy Services Clinic, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine at the University of California at San Diego, the Family Therapy Center at the University of Oregon and the Marriage and Family Counseling Service in Rock Island, Illinois. He is trained in Emotionally focused Therapy and has a private practice in Center City Philadelphia, where he works with adult individuals, couples, and families.

Jordal is a Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Jordal earned a post-graduate certificate in sex therapy from the Philadelphia Council for Relationships in 2014, and he completed a post-graduate certificate in transgender healthcare from Widener University in 2018. He is a Certified Sex Therapist Supervisor by the American Society for Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists.

Jordal's research agenda and scholarship includes the use of mixed methodology and encompasses sexual and gender identity and relationships, marital commitment, and behavioral health outcomes. Jordal is the former editor of the Journal of Family Psychotherapy, affiliated with the International Family Therapy Association. He has co-authored several articles published in peer-reviewed academic journals and presented his work at national conferences including the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists; the International Family Therapy Association; National Council for Family Relations; and the Society of Behavioral Medicine.