Sometimes people wait until things feel almost unbearable before reaching out for help. The relationship has become disconnected. Communication keeps turning into the same argument. Intimacy feels confusing, awkward, or completely absent. Grief is sitting heavy in the room. Or maybe from the outside life looks successful, but internally things feel lonely, exhausting, or emotionally disconnected.
These are the conversations Aimee Mortensen is not afraid to have.
Aimee is the Founder of WORTH IT counseling + consulting and one of Utah’s premiere Certified Sex Therapist specializing in relationships, sexuality, grief, trauma, communication, identity exploration, and emotional connection. She works with couples, individuals, executives, entrepreneurs, high-achieving professionals, faith transition clients, and people navigating complex relationship dynamics including betrayal, libido differences, consensual non-monogamy (CNM), sexuality concerns, and major life transitions.
Aimee is especially known for helping people talk about the things they have spent years avoiding. Whether that involves intimacy, shame, resentment, communication struggles, trauma, desire, grief, or uncertainty within a relationship, she creates a space where clients can show up honestly without fear of judgment. Her goal is not perfection. It is helping people better understand themselves, their relationships, and the patterns keeping them stuck.
Her therapy style is direct, practical, relational, humorous, and deeply human. Clients often appreciate that she balances accountability with compassion and insight with action. She has jokingly been called a “friendipist,” a description she embraces because she believes therapy should feel genuine, collaborative, and grounded in real human connection. Sessions with Aimee often include hard conversations, deep reflection, humor, practical tools, and homework designed to create progress outside the therapy room, not just inside it.
Her advanced training includes Gottman Method Couples Therapy, AASECT Sex Therapy Certification, Brainspotting, Neurofeedback, Seeking Safety, kink-informed work, CNM-informed care, grief and trauma work, and sexual functioning. She is particularly passionate about helping clients improve intimacy and communication, navigate grief and loss, better understand sexuality without shame, and create healthier relational dynamics in both romantic and family systems.
Aimee earned her Master’s degrees in Mental Health Counseling and Administration & Supervision from Gallaudet University.
Originally from Sanford, Colorado, a tiny town with fewer than 1,000 people, Aimee describes herself as an overachiever through and through. She loves stand-up comedy, music of all genres, reading, learning, and an ice-cold Dr. Pepper. Her therapy room vibe is honest, deep, direct, empowering, and full of humor in the middle of the hard things.
Clients often associate her with being understanding, assertive, compassionate, empowering, and refreshingly real. Her philosophy is simple: “It is worth it.”
