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Jennifer A. Vencill, Ph.D., L.P.

  1. Psychologist

Jennifer A. Vencill, Ph.D., is a board certified clinical health psychologist and AASECT-certified sex therapist who practices primarily in Mayo's Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic and Transgender and Intersex Specialty Care Clinic.

  1. Counseling
  2. Psychotherapy
  3. Sex therapy
  • Sexual Functioning
  • Sexual/Genital Pain
  • Sexual Desire/Arousal Concerns
  • Difficulties with Orgasm
  • Sexuality and Aging
  • Sexual & Gender Identity
  • Partner/Relational Concerns
  1. 2016
    Postdoctoral Fellowship - Program in Human Sexuality/Center for Sexual HealthUniversity of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
  2. 2014
    Ph.D. - Counseling PsychologyTexas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences
  3. 2011
    MA - PsychologyTexas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences
  4. 2007
    BA - Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, Honors ProgramChristopher Newport University

Certifications

  1. 2021
    Clinical Health PsychologyAmerican Board of Professional Psychology

Awards and honors

  1. 2017
    Rising Scholar AwardSociety of the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
  2. 2017
    Health Disparities Research Institute ScholarNational Institutes of Health; National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities
  3. 2014
    Graduate Research Award (Counseling Psychology Division)Texas Tech University Psychology Department

Professional memberships

  1. 2024 - present
    TreasurerAmerican Psychological Association Division 44 (Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Issues)
  2. 2021 - 2022
    Scientific Program ChairThe Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR)
  3. 2021 - present
    Co-ChairMayo Clinic, LGBTQ+ Research Committee
  4. 2021 - present
    Co-ChairMayo Clinic Menopause and Women's Sexual Health Clinic, Edducation Committee
  5. 2020 - 2022
    MemberDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology Diversity and Inclusion Committee
  6. 2019 - present
    MemberWomen's Health Subcommittee, Clinical Practice Committee - Rochester
  7. 2018 - 2021
    MemberAmerican Psychological Association Task Force for Revising the Professional Practice Guidelines for Working with Sexual Minority Clients
  8. 2018 - present
    MemberAmerican Psychological Association Division 38 (Health Psychology)
  9. 2018 - 2022
    Standards of Care, Version 8, Sexual Health Chapter Workgroup MemberWorld Professional Association of Transgender Health
  10. 2016 - present
    MemberWorld Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
  11. 2016 - 2019
    Chair, Sandra Leiblum Student Research Award CommitteeThe Society for Sex Therapy & Research (SSTAR)
  12. 2006 - present
    MemberThe Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS)
  13. 2006 - present
    MemberAmerican Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists
  14. 2006 - present
    MemberAmerican Psychological Association Division 17 (Society of Counseling Psychology)
  15. 2006 - present
    MemberAPA Division 35 (Psychology of Women)

Publications