M. Deborah Corley

M. Deborah Corley Ph.D. is co-owner and co-founder of Santé Center for Healing, Argyle, TX, a poly-addiction residential treatment center that also treats mood disorders co-occurring with chemical and process addictions. A licensed marriage and family therapist, sex offender treatment provider, chemical dependency counselor, and certified addiction therapist, she has been a popular presenter at many national conferences for the past thirty years. Having taken on the data analysis from the Women’s Sexual Survey, she has co-authored two articles on female sex and love addicts and has authored other articles on related topics such on disclosure, resolution of trauma, restoring trust after betrayal, and treating sexual addiction. She designed and developed the Maintaining Proper Boundaries Course at Santé in 2003 in collaboration with Vanderbilt’s Center for Professional Health and continues as faculty. Dr. Corley has also co-authored three books: Embracing Recovery, Disclosing Secrets and Surviving Disclosure.