Michele F. Saffier, LMfT, CSAT-S
Michele F. Saffier has been practicing as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1993. As Clinical Director and Founder of Michele Saffier & Associates she and her clinical team have worked with couples, families, betrayed partners, and people in recovery from sexually compulsive behavior for twenty-four years. She has presented lectures on betrayal trauma for the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT), the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Therapists (IITAP), the Pennsylvania Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT), S-ANON (12-step program for families of people with sexual addiction), among others.
As Co-Founder of The Center for Healing Self and Relationships, she facilitates outpatient treatment intensives for individuals, couples and families healing from the impact of betrayal trauma.
Michele is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist and Supervisor, Level III Attachment-focused EMDR Practitioner, Level III trained in Gottman Method, Certified Clinical Trauma Practitioner, Certified Adolescent Group Psychotherapist, received advanced training in psychodrama and experiential methods, and currently a Level I Internal Family Systems practitioner.