S. Marissa Stein, MS, LMHC, CST, NCC


Education

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2024 The Institute for Creative Mindfulness, Trained in EMDR

2021 Capella University, MS, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Counseling, Specialization in Sex Therapy

2006 The University of Texas Austin, BA, Theatre and Dance, Austin, TX

Certifications

2024 Nationally Certified Counselor

2023 AASECT Certified Sex Therapist

2023 Level 1 Graduate, Assessing and Treating Sexual Issues in Psychotherapy, The Institute for Relational Intimacy

2017 Certified Heart Centered Hypnotherapist

Licensures

2023-Present, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, WA State

2021-2023 Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, WA State

2018-2019 Registered Hypnotherapist, WA State

Professional Development

2023 Suicide Prevention: Interventions That Work, Professional Psych Seminars, Susan Marie, PMHNP, Ph.D.

2023 Decolonizing Private Practice, Modern Sex Therapy Institute, Cortina Peters, LMHC, LPC

2023 Sexological Research, The Buehler Institute, Stephanie Buehler, MPW, PsyD, CST-S

2023 Assessing and Treating Sex Issues in Psychotherapy Level 1, The Institute for Relational Intimacy, Martha Kauppi

2023 Low Desire and Having Better Sex Through Mindfulness, The Olsen Institute, Dr. Lori Brotto

2023 The Distancing Technique: OCD, and Anxiety Disorders, How to Treat with EMDR, EMDRIA, C Paula Krentzel, PhD and Jennifer Tattersall, LCSW

2023 Introduction to Working with MAPS, The Center for Sex Therapy, with Dr. Caleb Jacobson

2023 Infidelity in the Digital Age: A Treatment Model for the Challenges Facing Couples in the 21st Century, The Olsen Institute, with Dr. Peter Kanaris

2023 Kink and Healing: Two Approaches, TASHRA, with Julie Lehman, LMFT, Andrew Pari, LCSW, CCTP, and Richard Sprott, PhD

2023 ADHD and Sex, Part Two, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with B Lourenco, MA, LMHC

2023 Imagining Abolitionist Sexual Liberation: A Conversation With The HEAL Project

2022 Media Literacy & Net Neutrality, AnteUp, with Bianca I. Laureano, PhD, MA, CSE, CSES

2022 Playing with the Boundaries of Consent: Clinical Issues with Consensual Non-Consent Scenes and Relationships, TASHRA

2022 EMDR Training LGBTQ+ Focus, The Creative Mindfulness Institute, with Roshni Chabra, MA, MFT, LMFT

2022 High Conflict Couples Counseling, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with Ben Trelease, LMHC

2022 Asexuality & Aromanticism, AnteUp, with Aubri Lancaster

2022 ADHD and Sex, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with B Lourenco, MA, LMHC

2022 Lucy in the Sky: Pharmacology, Sex, and Kink, TASHRA, with  Anand Pandya and Richard Sprott

2022 Rope and Psychotherapy: Integrating the Personal and Professional, TASHRA, with Josephine Blomqvist Almbring

2022 Understanding Bestiality and Zoophilia, TASHRA with  Hani Miletski

2022 Yes Daddy! Power Exchange Dynamics in Kink Communities, with Richard Sprott and Anna Randall TASHRA

2022 Emerging Research on Unique Fetish Interests and Communities, Sam Hughes of TASHRA

2022 Understanding Out Of Control Sexual Behavior with Marc Gilmartin

2022 Islam and Sexuality, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with Bina Bakhitiar

2021 Kink Competent Care, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with Sean Orpen

2021 Autism & Sexuality, PNW Sex Therapy Collective, with Jack Duroc-Danner

2021 IFS Immersion: Integrating Internal Family Systems (IFS) Across Clinical Applications: PESI  (21.25 CE)

2021 Narcissistic and Psychopathic Abuse: The Clinicians’ Guide to the New Field of Traumatic Pathological Love Relationships: PESI (6.25 CE)

2021 Psychedelics & Somatics Master Workshop with Camille Barton: The Embody Lab

2020 Our Intimate Selves: Sex, Gender, Orientation, and Transgender Awareness (2-Day Online Conference) Presented by Lee Harrington, The Sexual Health Alliance

2019 Science of Fantasy: Tell Me What You Want: The Fantasy of Desire with Dr. Justin Lehmiller, The Sexual Health Alliance

2017 Heart Centered Hypnotherapy, The Wellness Institute, Issaquah, WA

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Grants, Honors, & Scholarships:

2021 Delta Alpha Pi International Honor Society Member

2022 Institute for Sexuality Education & Enlightenment Sumer 2022 Cohort Scholarship for Holistic Sex  Education Program

Professional Experience

2021-Present Psychotherapist & Owner in Private Practice, Tara Venery, PLLC

2021-2023 Psychotherapist at Pacific Northwest Sex Therapy Collective

2021 Psychotherapy Intern at 4Square Counseling under Paul Gross, LPC

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Professional Affiliations