Melissa Thornburg
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Melissa Thornburg is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) with 15 years of experience in behavioral health. She holds specialized certification through IITAP as a CSAT and through APSATS as a Certified Partner Specialist, focusing exclusively on compulsive sexual behaviors, pornography addiction, infidelity, and the betrayal trauma that follows — for both individuals and couples.
Her clinical toolkit spans multiple evidence-based modalities: EMDR, Somatic Experiencing (SE), and IFS for individual trauma work; EFT, PACT, and IFIO for couples. She draws on Patrick Carnes' Task-Based Model for sex addiction recovery and brings a trauma-informed, nervous system–aware lens to every presenting concern.
“I work with individuals and couples who are struggling with addictive issues — either within themselves or in a loved one.”
Melissa sees clients in person at her central Scottsdale office at Lincoln Drive and Scottsdale Road, and also offers telehealth sessions. In addition to her clinical practice, she is a Board Approved Supervisor for pre-licensed associates and provides consulting for clinicians working with complex compulsive sexual behavior cases who are not trained in the CSAT or PSB models.
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Melissa is not paneled with insurance. Payment is accepted via cash, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, HSA, and FSA. Superbills can be provided for potential out-of-network reimbursement through your PPO plan.