CREDENTIALS

Credentials, Education & Experience

• AASECT CERTIFIED SEX THERAPIST (post-graduate supervised work with couples and individuals who identify across the gender spectrum; work focused on couples and individuals who presented with sexual dysfunctions, infidelity, emotional infidelity, low or no sexual desire, sexual desire discrepancy, sexual fear, performance-based sexuality, sex minimized to penis-in-vagina penetration; sexual boredom/disappointment/frustration)

• NCC (Board Certified National Certified Counselor) through NBCC

• LMHC (Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State #LH60878464)

• LPC (Texas)

• LPCC (California)

• LPC (Tele-health license in Florida)

• MA, COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

• BA, PSYCHOLOGY, Magna Cum Laude University of Washington

• PRIOR TO LICENSURE SUPERVISED BY:

  • Dr. Tina Shermer-Sellers, Clinical Sexologist, Founder of the Northwest Institute on Intimacy

  • Doug Hansen, MSW, Human Sexuality Professor at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

  • Jessa Zimmerman, LMHC, Sex Therapist

EXPERIENCE: 

• 2021, Spoke & Co-facilitated one Marriage & Family Therapy Class session at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology (Online)

• 2020, Co-facilitated Sexual Health & Relationship Health Course for a group of twenty 8th grade students weekly from February - May

• 2018-Current, Board Member for Northwest Institute On Intimacy (advancing sexual health knowledge in the community)

• 2017, Presented to undergraduate and graduate students on sexual health and working with couples and individuals therapeutically around sexual issues at: Antioch University, University of Washington, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology

• 2016-Current, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, Seattle Intimacy & Sex Therapy, aka Jamie Abenroth Therapy

• 2016, SMALL GROUP FACILITATOR for therapists, Northwest Institute On Intimacy

• 2015-2016, CLINICAL INTERN, Seattle Counseling Service which serves the LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and ally) community. My clients identified across the gender spectrum and sexual orientation spectrum.

TRAINING SESSIONS:

• 2021:

  • CRUCIBLE THERAPY WEBINAR, Working With Written Mental Dialogues (2 hours) : Sarah Morehouse & Tara Christophet (Online)

• 2020:

  • CRUCIBLE NEUROBIOLOGICAL THERAPY, Training 4 (6 day intensive) : Dr. David Schnarch, Grace Whitman, Barbara Fairfield (Online)

  • CRUCIBLE THERAPY, Female Therapists Working With Male Clients (3 day intensive): Barbara Fairfield LMFT, Grace Whitman MSW & Dr. David Schnarch (Online)

  • CRUCIBLE THERAPY, Working With Affairs (3 day intensive): Dr. David Schnarch

• 2019:

  • CRUCIBLE NEUROBIOLOGICAL THERAPY, Training 3 (6 day intensive): Dr. David Schanrch

• 2018:

  • CRUCIBLE NEUROBIOLOGICAL THERAPY, Training 2 (6 day intensive): Dr. David Schnarch

  • CRUCIBLE NEUROBIOLOGICAL THERAPY, Training I (6 day intensive): Dr. David Schnarch

  • AASECT ANNUAL CONFERENCE (5 day training with various topics presented: alternative sexualities, holistic sexuality, couples desire discrepancy, how embodiment changes the brain, current research on girls and consent in the United States)

  • EMBODIMENT & DESIRE (And how they change the brain) (5 day intensive), Dr. Stella Resnick

• 2016:

  • THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: TRAUMA (1 day intensive); Bessel van der Kolk, MD

  • MIND MAPPING THERAPY (4 day intensive); Dr. David Schnarch and Dr. Ruth Morehouse

  • EXPANDING THE PRACTICE OF SEX THERAPY FOR PROFESSIONALS: WOMEN'S SEXUAL STORIES (8 day intensive); Dr. Gina Ogden

  • SAR (SEXUAL ATTITUDES REASSESSMENT) FOR AASECT CANDIDATES (3 day intensive); Dr. Tina Shermer-Sellers

  • REDEEMING FOOD AND BODY (3 day intensive); Matthew Tieymeyer, LMHC and Diane Summers, CEDRD

  • PASSION FOR LIFE: COUPLES INTIMACY RETREAT (4 day intensive); Dr. Tina Shermer-Sellers

  • PSYCHOTIC ASPECTS OF PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION (2 day training); Dr. Avedis Panajian

• 2015:

  • ADVANCED CLINICAL SEXOLOGY (5 day intensive); Dr. Tina Shermer-Sellers

  • PRACTICUM I (5 day intensive); The Crucible Approach by Dr. David Schnarch and Dr. Ruth Morehouse

  • PRACTICUM II (5 day intensive); The Crucible Approach by Dr. David Schnarch and Dr. Ruth Morehouse

  • EXTRA-RELATIONAL AFFAIRS (4 day intensive); Dr. David Schnarch and Dr. Ruth Morehouse

  • WOMEN'S INTEGRATIVE SEX THERAPY (3 day intensive); Dr. Gina Ogden

  • EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE IN WORKING WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS (2 day training), Dr. Avedis Panajian

  • PASSIONATE MARRIAGE RETREAT (4 day intensive); Dr. David Schnarch and Dr. Ruth Morehouse

• 2014:

  • WOMEN'S SEXUAL DIFFERENTIATION CONFERENCE (3 day intensive); Dr. Ruth Morehouse

MEMBERSHIPS:

• AASECT (American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists)

• NWIOI (Northwest Institute On Intimacy)