Dr. Jansen has over a decade of clinical experience within the field of sexual health. In addition to private practice, she has worked and trained in a variety of clinical settings including inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use services.  She has served in clinical leadership roles, including Clinical and Program Director positions.  In addition to expertise across a wide variety of issues related to sexual health and gender, Dr. Jansen has significant experience working with a broad range of relational, professional, mental health, and substance use concerns.

Dr. Jansen regularly provides consultation and training for other clinicians and healthcare professionals.  She provides training in general mental health, as well as sexual health and gender related concerns.  She provides supervision to mental health clinicians across several fields of study, including marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, clinical counselors, and other psychologists.  As an AASECT Certified Sex Therapy Supervisor, Dr. Jansen is also approved to provide supervision to those seeking to become Certified Sex Therapists.

Dr. Jansen is a frequent teacher and educator.  Along with regularly guest lecturing in a number of collegiate, healthcare, and other professional settings, Dr. Jansen has served as adjunct faculty at the University of Minnesota and the University of St. Thomas, where she has taught graduate courses in sexual health and gender.

Dr. Jansen is co-host and producer of the sexual health podcast, The University of Pleasure.

In her free time, Dr. Jansen enjoys reading fiction that is questionable in its taste level, engaging with music in any way possible, and writing bad poetry that may or may not entertain others.  She has an older dog that is grumpy and slow to trust, but well worth the effort. Dr. Jansen has a background in performance and creative writing, including an undergraduate degree in theatre.  Given that she is now a psychologist, you can guess how that worked out.