Naomi Afriat Verified
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Los Angeles, California
- Abuse
- Codependency
- Depression
Michele Saffier Verified by Lit Path
LMFT
About
Michele F. Saffier, MA, LMFT-S, CET, CSAT-S, is an award-winning author, speaker, and nationally recognized expert in betrayal trauma and compulsive sexual behavior. With over three decades of clinical experience, she is the Owner and Clinical Director of Michele Saffier & Associates and Empowered Life Institute in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, where she leads a specialized team treating complex trauma, C-PTSD, and intimacy disorders.
Known as a "therapist for therapists," Michele pioneered Rising Together, a comprehensive model for healing betrayal trauma with couples. She is the award-winning author of Ambushed by Betrayal and has been published in Family Therapist Magazine and Counseling Today. She resides outside Philadelphia with her husband, daughter, and their dachshund, Milo.
Michele can be reached at msaffier@traumahealingpa.com www.TraumaHealingPa.com
Specialties
- Abandonment & Neglect
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Binge Eating
- Codependency
- Depression
- Divorce
- Enmeshment
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Marital and Premarital
- Partner Trauma
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Self-Harm
- Sex
- Stress
- Substance Abuse
Services offered
Couples
In person and online, $230 average fee
Sessions are 50 minutes in length. I am trained in the Gottman Method.
- Ages
- Adult (21-64)
- Approach
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Narrative, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Psychodynamic Therapy
- Sliding scale
- Available
Family
In person and online, $230 average fee
Sessions are 50-90 minutes in length. I am a contextual family therapist.
- Ages
- Adult (21-64)
- Approach
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
- Sliding scale
- Available
Group
In person and online, $70 average fee
Betrayal Trauma Group Sex Addiction Group
- Ages
- Adult (21-64)
- Approach
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
- Sliding scale
- Available
Individual
In person and online, $230 average fee
Sessions are 50 minutes in length
- Ages
- Adult (21-64)
- Approach
- Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapy, Integrative and Holistic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Psychodynamic Therapy
Programs
Rising Together
In person and online, $5,000 fee
Rising Together intensives are 4-7 days in length. Intensives are customized based on the needs of the couple or individual. Areas of focus are disclosure, deepening emotional intimacy, constructing the blueprint for a healthy relationship, trauma healing, meaningful communication skills, separation/divorce concerns, compulsive sexual behavior disorder treatment.
- Type
- Intensive
- Length
- 1 weeks
- Prerequisites
- Telephone intake for potential clients.
Education and certification
- Master's Clinical PsychologyCollege for Developmental Studies, 1989
- 30 years working with Betrayal TraumaIITAP, Partner Trauma, 1996
- CSATIITAP, Sex, 2002
Fees and payment
- Accepts
- Credit Card, PayPal, FSA / HSA, Zelle
- Insurance
- Out of Network
Listing last updated July 21, 2026. Back to the directory
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Guiding Light
For individuals in recovery for compulsive behavior(s).
Program focus
Compulsive behavior recovery
Resilient Travelers
Partners and spouses carrying the impact of someone else's compulsive behavior.
Program focus
Betrayal trauma and partner support
Growing Hope
Anyone seeking general mental health therapy for needs unrelated to compulsive behavior.
Program focus
General mental health care
