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.
