Sallie Foley
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Sallie Foley, LMSW is the director of both the center for sexual health/ University of Michigan
Health Systems and the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program/Graduate School of Social Work
. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, educator, supervisor, and diplomate of sex therapy. She has been on faculty at the Graduate School of Social Work since 1981. Her clinical work and teaching address issues of psychological development, treatment of sexual difficulties, and therapies for bereavement and traumatic loss. She is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sexuality Education
. Among other awards, she is the 2004 recipient of the UMHS Beverly Jean Howard award for Excellence in Social Work. Sallie Foley is a regular lecturer in the University of Michigan Medical School and Department of Psychiatry
. Her current research projects include sexual health concerns and information needs of cancer patients, research providing sex therapy interventions for cancer patients, and the creation of a research database at the center for sexual health.
Sallie Foley has a private practice in psychotherapy
and consultation in Ann Arbor
, Michigan
. Ms. Foley has written chapters and articles about the treatment of sexual difficulties and co-authored the publicly acclaimed Sex Matters for Women: A complete guide to taking care of your sexual self (Guilford, 2002). Her most recent book, Modern Love: A no-nonsense guide to a life of passion (AARP/Sterling, 2006) is based on her popular column “Modern Love” in the nationally circulated AARP the magazine. She lectures nationally and internationally in the areas of grief, trauma, and human sexuality.
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
Health Systems and the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program/Graduate School of Social Work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
. She is an AASECT certified sex therapist, educator, supervisor, and diplomate of sex therapy. She has been on faculty at the Graduate School of Social Work since 1981. Her clinical work and teaching address issues of psychological development, treatment of sexual difficulties, and therapies for bereavement and traumatic loss. She is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Sexuality Education
American Journal of Sexuality Education
The American Journal of Sexuality Education is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 2005 and published by Routledge. It publishes articles on current research, programmatic overviews, resource reviews, and other articles related to sex education. The journal is edited by William J...
. Among other awards, she is the 2004 recipient of the UMHS Beverly Jean Howard award for Excellence in Social Work. Sallie Foley is a regular lecturer in the University of Michigan Medical School and Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
. Her current research projects include sexual health concerns and information needs of cancer patients, research providing sex therapy interventions for cancer patients, and the creation of a research database at the center for sexual health.
Sallie Foley has a private practice in psychotherapy
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is a general term referring to any form of therapeutic interaction or treatment contracted between a trained professional and a client or patient; family, couple or group...
and consultation in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. The 2010 census places the population at 113,934, making it the sixth largest city in Michigan. The Ann Arbor Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 344,791 as of 2010...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. Ms. Foley has written chapters and articles about the treatment of sexual difficulties and co-authored the publicly acclaimed Sex Matters for Women: A complete guide to taking care of your sexual self (Guilford, 2002). Her most recent book, Modern Love: A no-nonsense guide to a life of passion (AARP/Sterling, 2006) is based on her popular column “Modern Love” in the nationally circulated AARP the magazine. She lectures nationally and internationally in the areas of grief, trauma, and human sexuality.