Sallie Foley is a social worker and social work academic specialising in sex therapy, sexual health and the consequences of genital surgery on children.

Biography

Foley is the director of the University of Michigan Sexual Health Certificate Program for the center for sexual health/

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/Department of Social Work and the Graduate School of Social Work. She is also the former director of the center for sexual health at University of Michigan Health System/Department of Social Work. She is an

AASECT The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT) is a professional organization for sexuality educators, sexuality counselors and sex therapists. History and overview AASECT was founded by Patricia Schiller i ...

certified sex therapist, educator, supervisor and diplomate of sex therapy. She has been on the faculty at the Graduate School of Social Work since 1981. Her clinical work and teaching address issues of psychological development, the treatment of sexual difficulties, and therapies for bereavement and traumatic loss. She is on the editorial board of the ''

American Journal of Sexuality Education The ''American Journal of Sexuality Education'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 2005 and published by Routledge. It covers research on sex education. The editor-in-chief is William J. Taverner. It is an official journa ...

''. Among other awards, she is the 2004 recipient of the UMHS Beverly Jean Howard award for Excellence in Social Work. 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 Sex therapy is a strategy for the improvement of sexual function and treatment of sexual dysfunction. This includes sexual dysfunctions such as premature ejaculation or delayed ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, lack of sexual interest or arousal, ...

interventions for cancer patients, and the creation of a research database at the center for sexual health. Foley has a private practice in

psychotherapy Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome pro ...

and consultation in

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, Michigan. 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'' now in its 2nd edition. She also wrote ''Modern Love: A no-nonsense guide to a life of passion'' (

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/Sterling, 2006) based on her “Modern Love” column in '' AARP The Magazine''. She lectures nationally and internationally in the areas of grief, trauma and human sexuality.

Publications

*1984 ''Going to the edge'' *1994 ''Sexual dysfunction : neurologic, urologic, and gynecologic aspects'' (with Richard Lechtenberg, Dana A Ohl and Carolyn Marie Johnston) *2005 ''Sex & love for grownups : a no-nonsense guide to a life of passion'' (published in paperback in 2006 as ''Modern love : a no-nonsense guide to a life of passion'' *2012 ''Sex matters for women : a complete guide to taking care of your sexual self'' (with Sally A Kope and Dennis P Sugrue)

References

External links

Official website
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